DaveB

Curse of the multi storey car park means I need to respray the front bumper. Silver now, may be i'll go for black? Matt paint is for blackboards, not cars!

What's the widest wheels you can fit to a gt86 anyway?

Actually increasing the width of the tyre doesn't increase grip because the coefficient of friction will be the same. A bigger tyre will hold more energy before it overheats though. The best way is to change the compound to a more sticky type.

Silver it is,

Just below the light

Sorry, wrong picture.

Dunno. However, cadwell in the morning! :-)

Have to say thank you to Paddy & Ross at A2B for being very patient and installing all this; wheels, tyres, coilovers, pads, roll bars and bushes set up and properly aligned. FINALLY! 2 Degrees negative camber at the front, 1.7 at the rear, standard roll bars, uprated bushes. https://www.facebook.com/atobvehicles?fref=ts Now to see how it all handles

No No; I put "litchfield" eibach bars on front and back, but they've both come off and the stock ones have gone back on. They were 25mm front and 19mm rear, and way too stiff for me. On the bumpy Yorkshire roads, there was no wheel travel, it kept raising an inside rear on steep turns for example. Much better with the stock ones front and back as they allow the wheels to move more. Much better traction.

The Eibach's were 19mm - they seemed ok to drive but the bushes were also quite floppy too when I got them off. Whiteline go up to 22:18 front to back. There are some other manufacturers but eibach seem to have biggest diameter. *Afterthought - The big ARB's maybe a good way to go if you've got some forced induction torque to push the back around with the throttle...

I'll take some pics tomorrow before Cadwell on Wed; or you can just google a silver brz and photoshop the wheels black! Specs are 215 45 R17 Dunlop Sport Maxx RT's - in black. Team Dynamics 17*7 Alloys - also in black Stoptech front pads - they look much like the originals Super pro bushes. - dark blue Front roll bar 18mm and rear roll bar 14 mm BC Coilovers - 5kg/mm alround (not 6kg at the back - although I considered it) - all bump & rebound set to SOFTEST of 30 clicks all round :-) Camber -2* front -1.7* rear Have to say that the eibach roll bars were too stiff across the front axle. There was a lot of understeer and general squeeking from the bushes. In fact after six weeks of day to day duties the front bushes had the restitution and frictional properties of wet haddock. Maybe 25 mm is too much for general road use? I think this is why the bars shifted and grazed the front wishbones. Only a cosmetic graze though and easily touched up though.

So demanding!

Check the seals on the rear shocks and roll bar clearance. A big bump or scratch on the shaft can cause fluid to leak from the shock. They're 150 pounds each.

Too much choice! Went for Dunlop sport max rt, good side walls for the track, good treads for road and rain. Original roll bars going back on, then suspension is getting aligned and set up. Happy days ! Using Lauren's settings but standard toe.

Other than "black round ones" - which ones are best?

Why?

Am tempted by Toyo R1R's ....

No tss, just track and summer. Garage in the salty winter roads!

Agree the goodyears are too soft for the track, but I might squeeze another day from them at cadwell next Wednesday! Thinking advan advan ad08r next

Or the roll bar deformed and the end bent inwards. But seems v unlikely! The trouble is you can only buy them in pairs. Only eibach in make 25mm diameter.

Eibach roll bar