Enkei RPF1 18x10.5 ALL AROUND
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There is a guy in the unofficial enkei thread with 305/30/18on all four corners
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10mm in the rear.
18x10 +23 front
18x10 +28 rear
Disclaimer: The V710s are not a BIG 305. They are about as wide as the oversized 285 Hoosier. I have a pair of 305/35/18 R888s I was going to try at some point.
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Potentially a faster set up for the track
Less understeer
Depending on tires, you can possible rotate for longer life
Con
unstaggered 10.5's will have extra unneeded weight
Unstaggered tire setup will have low amounts of understeer (some people can not handle that)
10.5 is pointless up front when the offset suck for maximizing tire size for the wheel.
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So although the 10.5 appears unnecessary and certainly heavier than a 9.5 (which can easily handle a 285 tire), you do get more rubber area from the 285 on the 10.5. I ran this set temporarily while I was getting a 10.5" wheel fixed, and it was the first time I experienced understeer in this car. I always ran the same size tire all around on the same size wheel, so this was the first time in recent history that I competed with more tire in the rear due to the wider wheel, and it was very noticeable. I'm back on 10.5s all around now with 285s.
As a point of comparison, the wheel in the back is also a 10.5, but has 315 rubber on it, which has even more contact patch than the 285 on the 10.5. Maybe I'll try those next!