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The Stick
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The Hunter road force balancer will also tell which wheel to mate with which tire to use the least weigh to balance, if the tires are all the same size.
There are only 2 different tires available in the stock size for my Range Rover with 16 in wheels.
Going from a 16 to a 17 with the same type of tire as possible typical requires a wider tire, adds unsprung weight, adds .1 seconds 0-60 acceleration, takes more feet to stop, and adds .1 g cornering according to a test done by Car and Driver. Going from 17 to 18 also goes to a wider tire, but you can also get stickier tires so even though the unsprung weight goes up the acceleration and braking are the same as the 17, and you still gain another .1 g cornering.
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06 Cayenne S Titanium Edition
Last edited by RKDinOKC; 06-20-2011 at 06:34 AM..
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