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Some time ago, I threw out the idea of increasing just the rear wheel size from 16 to 17 as an experiment. After two weeks or so of driving with 16's on front 17's rear, I'd like to report my observations.
Simply, change has been dramatic and it's an awesome suspension mod.
Mainly two noticeable effects. While turning back side stays planted much better. The change feels very similar to when I upgraded the anti-roll bar. Turns flatter and recovers quicker, thus more crisp turns.
Second and more importantly on acceleration the weight transfer to the back is much reduced which helps each and every acceleration more immediate.
On comfort I couldn't detect almost any negative effect by going 17s in the rear.
I have driven my viggen with all 17s, and all 16s and I can say the current 16s front and 17s rear is a really fun setup where the handling is very good as well as the driving comfort in the urban roads. For all the 16 inch wheelers, even by increasing the rear wheels to 17s you'll change your car into a much more fun car to drive.
Oh and the looks, I'll put up a photo soon, but I don't really care the mismatch because the handling change has been so much fun.
borami
posted by 98.14.12...
, Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:26:35, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 05:59:32
, Fri, 2 Oct 2009 06:37:23, Sat, 3 Oct 2009 23:55:56
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