Couple of good points already made by others...................you've just discovered the foibles of increasing the leverage (via your adapters moving the wheels/tires outboard to the stock location) your wheels exert on your suspension; the potential detriment of drastically increasing unsprung weight vs sprung weight (if you didn't know it's commonly accepted at a 1 to 4 ratio) without proportionately altering both spring rate and compression/rebound damping to compensate for the increase in unsprung weight, vividly demonstrating how low aspect ratio tires have stiffer sidewalls vs higher aspect ratio tires, thereby improving turn in response, decreasing rim protection, while increasing ride harshness, and requiring a minimum threshold sprung weight to function properly, as well as how important understanding the theory and practical implementation of toe in/out, camber, and caster settings are to proper suspension function. BTW: They do look bitchin'. As a practical suggestion....................Bajaron seems to have a pretty good grasp on the ins and outs of Spyder suspension based on experience and technical knowledge.................you might wish to consult with him r.e. potential mitigating measures for your new "pimpin' dubs". Good luck! Oh yea...................you've succeeded in making me nervous about swapping my front tires to 185/60/14s on the stock rims. Thanks! :joke: One more thing: I take it; it the roads are never wet at "your house"? Because if they are......................you'll discover why not having fenders over your tires sucks. OK, OK.................one more, one more thing..........................the taller OAD of the new front rim/tire combination with a corresponding increase in rear rim/tire OAD has fundamentally altered the overall stance of your ride, affecting center of gravity, polar moment of inertia, weight shift on acceleration and braking, roll rate and yaw response. They still look bitchin' though.
hyea:
! As much as I like my Spyder, I've always wondered why the BRP engineers decided to run with the tiny wheel sizes and not something in the 16 or 17" range? Would've made replacement tire selection much larger, and easier for us, and an additional selling point for Spyders. Larger wheel diameters would have made 320mm brake rotors and 4 to 6 piston calipers feasible as well (would have gone well with the 200HP, 6 spd, 640 lb Spyder :yikes: they should have built all along.........................just sayin').
I thought I had a blow-out the way it was sputtering.... I saw my life flash before my eyes as I heard cars breaking inches behind me. I was forced to pull off to the right since there was no left side lane, while cars where swerving around me.
