Nismo vs Sport - why same tire in front, but not in rear?

jcosta79 · 04-11-2013, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

Truthfully though, the speedo isn't acurate enough for any of that to matter as you're reasonably close to the same outside diameter.

It matters to the VDC. Put on tires that are too far off from the OEM OD and you will have the VDC kicking in all the time.

Ask me how I know.

Cmike2780 · 04-11-2013, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by jcosta79

It matters to the VDC. Put on tires that are too far off from the OEM OD and you will have the VDC kicking in all the time.

Ask me how I know.

That's kind of what I mean. I don't think swapping the wheel & tire package from a Nismo to a base would really throw it out of wack for example. There's a bit of wiggle room in tire sizes but not much.

jcosta79 · 04-11-2013, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Cmike2780

That's kind of what I mean. I don't think swapping the wheel & tire package from a Nismo to a base would really throw it out of wack for example. There's a bit of wiggle room in tire sizes but not much.

You are correct. Honestly, for how much the VDC kicks in with my NISMO with the wider wheels and tires, I don't think Nissan re-calibrated anything over the base car.

I am going to try a 305/30/19 rear when I need tires and see how the car likes it. It's much closer to the stock OD of 26.5".

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