Evo Forum

[Warrtalon]

Not competitive enough to swap wheels for each event? Come now, if you're going to compete at all, that is a very small thing to do. I'm as lazy as it gets, but I still don't have a problem changing wheels. It only takes 15-20 mins, and it's very easy using a nice battery-powered drill - easy as pie. If you would rather do it the night before, you could just drive to the event on your race rims/tires. The short distance and normal driving won't hurt them at all as long as it's not raining (don't think you have too much of that in Dubai). Also, you won't want to drive daily on your race setup, because to have tires that large, you will need to have your camber set very aggressively. You don't want to drive daily like that - it will kill the tires much more quickly. I change alignment along with my tires/rims for races, and then I change back for street driving. I have both front camber settings marked on my camber plates, and then I just have to do the front toe adjustment on the tie rods. You may not want to do that, but then that means you won't want to do -3.0 camber. You'll want to do -2 to -2.5 so that it will be ok for combined daily/autox use. This will mean you'll also probably want to go with the 265/35-18s. 285/35s won't fit right (only 285/30), and they require heavy camber along with heavy fender rolling.

You may be able to fit the 265/35-18s on 18X9.5 FN0C1Rs, but it depends on the exact alignment, how much you're lowered, and the offset. You say you don't need a spacer, but you can only know that based off the offset of the rim. A wheel/tire that large will most likely need a spacer to clear the suspension.

No, I don't think toe-out all-around is a good idea. Why do you? I do slight toe-out up front and 0 toe in the rear to help with turn-in. It's not based on my opinion - my whole suspension setup was designed by a pro Evo driver here in the States.