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Originally Posted by Triple M
Glad you brought this topic up. I posted something similar recently titled "true square setup". That's what I was getting at, which is overall front and rear track width in relation to contact patch. I had wanted to go a little wider on my 18 x 9.5 (265 to 275) up front, while going a size smaller (285 to 275) in the rear on my 80 x 10.5. Me and Bigjae were actually discussing this recently at COTA when we considered oem numbers which is looked up, and found to be the SAME 1.54m (60.6in) both front and rear despite factory "staggered" setup. Wheel offset is an important factor. With addition of spacers (needed at times), those values change even more. I think bottom line is having more contact patch up front can never hurt as long as it doesn't affect turn-in/steering characteristics. This is a poorly understood topic( I'd be the first to admit I'm still learning), just ask the folks at APEX wheels how many begillion questions they get  |
In my quick google search when i posted this i too also saw overall track width front and rear to be equal with the difference in wheel width - this is prob why they went with this setup. Hence my +19mm wider in front now (using wheel calculator) due to the change in size but the rears staying the same.