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Give your review on SPASM on the roads and ground clearance since you don't have FAL. Car does not look slammed even with SPASM.. looks just right.. nice.
Give your review on SPASM on the roads and ground clearance since you don't have FAL. Car does not look slammed even with SPASM.. looks just right.. nice.
First impressions, I am pleased with ride height for 2 reasons...
1) With SPASM, wheel gap is right where i like it...small and tasteful.
2) With splitter retracted...it sits higher than my brother's M4 Competition and similar to my dropped RS5, which never gave me issues. With everything deployed...it definitely takes on a menacing look.
Thanks to Nurburgring tuning...the suspension seems to comfortably dampen without a lot of travel and (hopefully) minimal scraping or rubbing. We got some winter beaten roads around here and I will be putting that hypothesis to the test.
Last edited by Pad Bender; 12-22-2020 at 10:55 PM.
IMO...The steering column stitching really finishes out the cabin if you are doing any colour combination other than straight black.
Regarding the stock turbo brakes, the 408mm steels are just a hair off the 410 ceramics. I think they are putting the same brakes on the new GT3...
As for offsets...the Exclusive wheels (both Turbo and Turbo S) have are wider by 0.5 inches and have more aggressive offsets. I think they have beefed offsets on the 2021 carerras by 3mm too.
All in all, I think the drop is perfect and the clearance seems forgiving...which is appreciated as I didn't spec FAL. No issues with the sporty ride on first impression.
Im gonna go for rip once the she is prepped...and take some proper video.
Wheels are interesting - Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what I'm seeing: Porsche made the Exclusive wheels 1/2 wider, which means 1/4 inch, or 6mm, closer to the fender edge. Exclusives have an offset of ET44 and standard wheels offset is ET41. So the standard wheels are actually closer to the fender edge by 3mm.
Net effect is the Exclusive wheels sit out closer to the fender edge by about 3mm compared to stock wheels.
At the same time, the tire size is identical, despite Exclusives being a 1/2 wider wheel. So the tire stretches a little more which may make the sidewall a little shorter.
I think, at the end of the day, go with the wheel that looks best, b/c the fitment is so close between the wheels.
FWIW, your wheels look great with your overall design.
Wheels are interesting - Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but this is what I'm seeing: Porsche made the Exclusive wheels 1/2 wider, which means 1/4 inch, or 6mm, closer to the fender edge. Exclusives have an offset of ET44 and standard wheels offset is ET41. So the standard wheels are actually closer to the fender edge by 3mm.
Net effect is the Exclusive wheels sit out closer to the fender edge by about 3mm compared to stock wheels.
At the same time, the tire size is identical, despite Exclusives being a 1/2 wider wheel. So the tire stretches a little more which may make the sidewall a little shorter.
I think, at the end of the day, go with the wheel that looks best, b/c the fitment is so close between the wheels.
FWIW, your wheels look great with your overall design.
Correct on the offset calculation, where exclusive design wheel faces are ~3mm more outward. Interestingly, the offsets also mean the exclusive design wheels make for narrower front and rear track width.
As for the tires, my understanding is that a tire's rolling circumference is dictated by the steel belted carcass. It is the curvature of the sidewall that deforms to accommodate varying rim widths; the sidewall nominal height (radial dimension) remains unaltered.
Correct on the offset calculation, where exclusive design wheel faces are ~3mm more outward. Interestingly, the offsets also mean the exclusive design wheels make for narrower front and rear track width.
As for the tires, my understanding is that a tire's rolling circumference is dictated by the steel belted carcass. It is the curvature of the sidewall that deforms to accommodate varying rim widths; the sidewall nominal height (radial dimension) remains unaltered.
Great explanations...wider wheels don't always produce a bigger contact patch. PZeros are probably the limiting factor...gonna burn them off sooner rather than later and switch to P4S.
Great explanations...wider wheels don't always produce a bigger contact patch. PZeros are probably the limiting factor...gonna burn them off sooner rather than later and switch to P4S.
These are new PZeros (PZ4 NA, or something like 1.5 generations newer than what was on 991.2) which may actually be better than MPS4S, so don't rush to get rid of them. Pirelli nearly caught up to MPS4S with PZ4 generation and the "NA" version is supposed to be another (half)step up. I hate how Pirelli keeps the same name and does not provide any info about tire model changes but they do improve tires meanwhile quite a bit.
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