Staggered vs Square Setup 18”
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Howcome you didn't go for a more square set up in the end?R60BBA said:hopz121 said:Wheels look great OP
What tyre sizes are those?
Have you lowered it?
225/40 + 255/35
No but planning to!
From the pictures your car looks lowered about 30mm already, definitely check the springs before you buy new ones
philbo909 said:Howcome you didn't go for a more square set up in the end?R60BBA said:hopz121 said:Wheels look great OP
What tyre sizes are those?
Have you lowered it?
225/40 + 255/35
No but planning to!
From the pictures your car looks lowered about 30mm already, definitely check the springs before you buy new ones
Good question.
2 reasons:
1. Cost - there are only 2 legitimate vendors in the UK that sell 437m reps (CM Wheels and Skidz) [There is a 3rd vendor in North London but I question their legitimacy]. Skidz sell 437m reps in a square set up and CM staggered, but Skidz were looking for an extra £150 including postage and packaging. (Plus I also managed to get a free set of Bimecc bolts from CM - I highly recommend them).
2. Conservatism / fear of change - I am used to driving with a staggered set up and will be taking the car to the Nurburgring this May. A square set up gives more oversteer and I guess there is always that fear of not catching a corner and subsequently being charged a grand just to fix a couple pieces of Armco. The staggered set up provides me with more predictably and thus less worry
R60BBA said:philbo909 said:
Good question.
2 reasons:
1. Cost - there are only 2 legitimate vendors in the UK that sell 437m reps (CM Wheels and Skidz) [There is a 3rd vendor in North London but I question their legitimacy]. Skidz sell 437m reps in a square set up and CM staggered, but Skidz were looking for an extra £150 including postage and packaging. (Plus I also managed to get a free set of Bimecc bolts from CM - I highly recommend them).
2. Conservatism / fear of change - I am used to driving with a staggered set up and will be taking the car to the Nurburgring this May. A square set up gives more oversteer and I guess there is always that fear of not catching a corner and subsequently being charged a grand just to fix a couple pieces of Armco. The staggered set up provides me with more predictably and thus less worry
Nice, that's more than enough reason! car looks awesome by the way
Just seen this thread. Looks good I love my square setup!- I'm running 9.5" 265/35-18 all round on a MC,
The increased traction on the front end is superb.
If your running a Si make sure you fit the offset front bushes they increase caster and therefor mid corner grip!
Adam
The increased traction on the front end is superb.
If your running a Si make sure you fit the offset front bushes they increase caster and therefor mid corner grip!
Adam
California
Sorry to revive and old thread but I recently saw on the forums how your Z4 is running a 245 front tire. I wanted to run a square setup on my car, so I was looking between a square setup of either 245/40/18 or 235/40/18. I was wondering if you had to modify anything in order to make the tires fit. I just recently did suspension and installed adjustable koni shocks but I'm on stock m-sport springs. I'm currently in the process of prepping the car for the canyons/track and wanted some help on this. Any tips or advice would be greatly appreciated.
I didn't make any mods at all to mine... standard e85 3.0i, standard 8"/8.5" wheels. All i would say is, 245/35 on an 8" rim was probably the max, ideally it would have been on a 9" width rim.
If you're staying on stock rims then id say 235 40 18 would be my optimal pick for a square setup.