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      03-25-2020, 04:58 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by pbonsalb View Post
I am thinking about trying 285/30/18 or 295/30/18 in place of the 295/35/18 that I am running now and was also curious about ride. My fronts would stay 265/35/18. The goal would be to effectively shorten the final drive. Going to a 285/30/18 rear on a 6MT with 3.85 gives the equivalent of a 4.10.
Yeah, 4.10 is 6.5% shorter than 3.85. If I go from 275/35/19 to 275/30/19, that gets me a 4.1% shorter FD which will be noticible. Basically, works out to be a 4.00 rear end relative to what I am running now (or a 3.96 compared to factory size rear tires). I just do not want the ride to get silly harsh.

Thanks again for the input.

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