Semi's up front?

Was thinking a way to solve my tire rubbing issue up front is to get a set of Semi's with a lower profile...

Good idea / Bad idea ?

Doesn't look like any one has an answer 😈

Why cant you get road tyres with a lower profile??

i'm running semi's on my car since the drift competition.

they are fantastic for grip, really. no more understeer issues, unless it pisses down with rain.

but you definitely need a lower profile on those tyres of yours.

something like 225/45/16.

what profile are you currently running?

225/55/16"

I can get a set but only end of Feb 😳 And that is 225/45/16" for R970 a tire

Vlade wrote:

225/55/16"

I can get a set but only end of Feb 😳 And that is 225/45/16" for R970 a tire

That was from ATS Motorsport, who else can you recommend?

Try Mintys tyres in fisagie street, they sell the Toyo semis....for the 17" 45x235 they asked me around R1500 a tyre, I don't know what they would ask for 16"

Another guy on drift works said I must first try an spacer try space the wheels slightly further out

Shir semi's are expensive ATS R980 (Dunlop I think)
Tiger Wheel and Tire R1800 Yokahama

And general tires up front are all above a grand 🙄

I'll rather try the wood + hammer solution.

seriously - you have too much rubber up front.

i have a similar problem because my car is so low, but i only have 225/45/17 size tires there.

thats why i suggested the smaller ones, but why do you need semislick???

that will only get you in kak with the police and in more kak when it rains, which has been happening considerably lately???

veecee wrote:

seriously - you have too much rubber up front.

i have a similar problem because my car is so low, but i only have 225/45/17 size tires there.

thats why i suggested the smaller ones, but why do you need semislick???

that will only get you in kak with the police and in more kak when it rains, which has been happening considerably lately???

I was looking for smaller tires, and instead of just buying tires for the heck of it I thought semi's will be better, the rain doesn' t bother me too much my car is a weekend car anyway. Police yeah, they are street legal, but to explain that to them is another story.

And semi's will help with the understeer 😉

i find lots and lots of 205/55/16's

all the time.

almost every luxury sedan car has 16" mags these days. and they run 205/55/16!

no problem for those - just lemme know how many and when you're coming to pick them up!

gimme 2 let me know when I can come pickup 😀

will do!

youll be waiting and waiting and waiting 😉

just like mike!

BTW: Solved my problem...

Just used a hammer 😮 😂

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tell me more!

hang on, i remember also solving my problem with a 4 pounder! but i didnt solve it entirely!

tell me more!

Took out the plastic in the arches... took a hammer and pounded the arch in where it touched (done neatly one doesn't even notice)

Then on the main subframe there is a place where they have joined two pieces together this was sticking out like |= (where the = is the two pieces of metal, whacked that flush against the subframe)