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Soon to order Proxes R888, any better prices?
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<blockquote data-quote="c6zhombre" data-source="post: 13067660" data-attributes="member: 76381"><p>One thing I notice on these tire sizing threads is most of the first concerns are the tire widths. Which is good. But what a lot of people seem to neglect is the tire height. Far too many times I see combos pieced together with front tires that are actually taller than the rears! It gives the car a reverse rake appearance, not to mention its actually the rear that really needs some sidewall to absorb the tq these motors throw at them. Last thing you want is a rubber band on the rear....while the fronts have a huge sidewall creating all kinds of unnecessary resistance and weight where you least want it.</p><p></p><p>I'm not advocating a pro stock look...but at the very least the rear should be at least as tall to the fronts. I think optimum is a rear tire about 1/2" taller than the front. Sometimes thats difficult to do with the tire choices available, especially wide 18s....but there's no way I'd run an overall taller, larger sidewall front than the rear.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="c6zhombre, post: 13067660, member: 76381"] One thing I notice on these tire sizing threads is most of the first concerns are the tire widths. Which is good. But what a lot of people seem to neglect is the tire height. Far too many times I see combos pieced together with front tires that are actually taller than the rears! It gives the car a reverse rake appearance, not to mention its actually the rear that really needs some sidewall to absorb the tq these motors throw at them. Last thing you want is a rubber band on the rear....while the fronts have a huge sidewall creating all kinds of unnecessary resistance and weight where you least want it. I'm not advocating a pro stock look...but at the very least the rear should be at least as tall to the fronts. I think optimum is a rear tire about 1/2" taller than the front. Sometimes thats difficult to do with the tire choices available, especially wide 18s....but there's no way I'd run an overall taller, larger sidewall front than the rear. [/QUOTE]
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