jdgang Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 they didnt have the 1.8t GLI when I got mine so I had to settle for the Plat Grey 1.8t GLS. Love the car though handling accecleration and gas mileage all in one package Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carve4life Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 they didnt have the 1.8t GLI when I got mine so I had to settle for the Plat Grey 1.8t GLS. Love the car though handling accecleration and gas mileage all in one package your car doesn;t perform any better or worse than mine either, so i dont think you had to settle at all. put a rieger body kit on that and drop it with some 30mm springs and you got a sick looking car that beats the hell out of my stocky anyday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NateW Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 It's my understanding that the main advantage of low profile tires is reduced deformation, especially when cornering. These look like they could be made relatively stiff even with a tall profile. That's interesting. With bigger wheels you not only add weight, you add weight to the outer portion of something that needs to be spun up / spun down when accelerating and braking... adding 2 pounds to the outside of all 4 rims is worse than just adding 8 pounds of lead in your trunk. So running lighter wheels with higher profile "tires" might be a pretty good thing. Well, maybe. If I remember right, these same photos made the news about a year ago (maybe it was early '05) but I don't recall reading that they were destined for production. It'll be interesting to see how the pros and cons add up in reality. Oh, and you can adjust these too - the same way you adjust the damping on a TD2s or the cant on TD1s. Just swap out a harder set for a softer set. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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