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Originally Posted by Noir
How do the apexs feel for you, Biginboca ?
I think I want a wider square set... but I'm curious as to how these aid you in performance
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I love these apex wheels. For the price I just don’t see how you can beat them. They are lighter than many of the forged wheels I was looking at. I stuck with the 9” width because I wanted to stay as light as possible. I was even comparing tire weights when I was shopping lol
I know you have a sedan so you can probably get away with a 9.5” wide wheel up front. 9.0” square on the ARC8 was a safe fitment option for a coupe, plus the 9” wide ARC8 is 1/2lb lighter per wheel vs the 9.5”. I read an article where Porsche calculates that wheel/tire mass is a 6:1 penalty vs static weight in the car. So 1 lb of wheel weight equals 6lbs of weight sitting inside the car as far as how it affects handling and acceleration. By going with the set up I did vs say a 9.5” with a 265 square tire I save about 2lbs per wheel/tire. That’s 2x6=12lbs per corner. So like saving 48lbs of static weight off the car.
In a n/a 328 48lbs is a lot of weight that’s like adding 5hp. I need that 5hp
Having 255’s up front really didn’t make any detectable change to me in the handling. I’m sure on an auto cross a good driver might feel the difference but for me adding front camber made a much bigger difference than the tire upsize did. The wider front tires do look much better though. They really fill out the fender wells.