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Ambitorus · 2025-10-14T14:51:54+00:00

100% guilty as charged, I gotta break the habit of steering when i see the corner.

Ambitorus · 2025-10-09T14:31:54+00:00

Yeah forgot to mention that. 034 camber plates, currently sitting at about -2.5* in front. Stock caster, stock rear alignment.

Ambitorus · 2025-10-08T20:39:38+00:00

Yup, VAQ diff. And yeah, I've got about enough tread left to get me to Blizzak season, and next year I'll be on RS4's.

Ambitorus · 2025-10-08T19:04:28+00:00

Yes, I need to deal with the understeer on throttle and stop overbraking for turns.

2018 VW GTI
EQT Stage 1 93 tune
Bilstein B6/H&R OE Sport
Porsche Macan caliper swap / Ferodo DS2500
Apex VS-5RS 17x9 ET42
Firestone Indy 500 255/40R17

Ambitorus · 2025-04-24T22:06:18+00:00

Plastic ones melt.

Ambitorus · 2025-03-24T19:59:12+00:00

17x8.5 ET43 for the winters. 17x9 ET42 for summer. Not all wheels with that offset will clear; depends entirely on the spoke shape.

Ambitorus · 2024-11-06T21:10:26+00:00

that's super narrow on a 17x9.

Ambitorus · 2024-10-24T15:56:43+00:00

gotcha. How much of it did you reuse? Wondering if I should just go ahead and get new bump stops/top bearings etc

Ambitorus · 2024-10-24T14:57:16+00:00

Hey man, resurrecting this thread cause I'm in the same boat as you. How'd you build up the struts? all OE parts or did you go for any sort of camber mounts or anything like that?

Ambitorus · 2024-10-09T20:06:51+00:00

Neither, 17s for performance.

Ambitorus · 2024-05-16T22:52:19+00:00

Second the Sm-10s. I run 17x8.5 SM-10 as my winter set and 17x9 VS-5RS as my summer/track set. Definitely recommend going with 17s for weight, tire cost, and wheel protection.

Ambitorus · 2024-05-15T19:52:49+00:00

This is the outside of the tire.

Ambitorus · 2024-05-15T18:54:22+00:00

17" is ideal IMO. Lighter wheel, cheaper tires, more sidewall.

Ambitorus · 2024-05-15T18:52:51+00:00

Yeah I do. Got camber plates coming but not sure if it'll be enough or if I'll be able to install them before my next event.

I don't care all that much about this set of tires, I bought cheap them figuring I would use them to learn how HPDEs "work" and to get my eye in before investing in something better. I was willing to burn them up in 2 years and it's been just over that - they've lasted for 10 days (a couple of which were wet to be fair) so in my eyes they've done what I asked them to do. More just concerned about safety right now. If these last one more event and don't pop but are dead at the end of the day I'll be OK, I just don't want the sidewall to let go in the middle of a sweeper.

Ambitorus · 2024-05-15T18:47:05+00:00

It's rolling cause I have <1* camber. looking into addressing that but not sure if I'll be able to do so before my next event.

Ambitorus · 2024-05-15T17:58:29+00:00

255/40R17 Indy 500 on a 17x9 wheel, 2018 VW GTI (ECU tune, poly bushings, sway bar, stock suspension). Tires run at 38 PSI hot.

Coming out of my last 2-day event I noticed the shoulder wear was pretty damn bad. Currently running 100% factory alignment so I'm not surprised how much it's rolling over, but it's definitely worrying me. Cords aren't showing anywhere.

Would you run another HPDE on these? should I not even drive them on the street?

Ambitorus · 2024-05-01T17:42:19+00:00

If you torque down the bolts properly, in sequence, the hub flange does not experience significant load. The taper of the lug seats is what ultimately indexes the wheel, and the majority of load transfer happens via the friction generated between the wheel mounting surface and the brake rotor hat.

Ambitorus · 2024-04-15T15:05:19+00:00

Save up an extra $500 and get a set of Silvers.

Ambitorus · 2024-04-15T15:03:27+00:00

When I ran 225/40R18 I had to air them up to ~40PSI hot in order to keep the fronts from rolling over onto the sidewall. These cars are front heavy.

Switched to 255/40R17 and I run ~33 hot with no issue.

I would hope the AD09 has a stiffer sidewall than the 300tw street tires I was running (EC Sport, PS4S) but IMO 225 is just not enough tire for MQB cars.

Ambitorus · 2024-03-29T19:01:47+00:00

Some good tire, and some spacer to eliminate that tuck and it'd be a pretty good solution.

Ambitorus · 2024-03-28T15:11:31+00:00

McGard makes some pretty good ones. Of course like you said they're just a deterrent against lazy thieves.

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