optronix
Senior Member
No, I didn't articulate what I meant well at all. Note the time I posted it. That's my excuse lol. I'll try again.I hate to ask since it's so subjective, but do you mind elaborating on "slippery at low speeds?"
You know how you drive some (most) other front-wheel drive cars and they "feel" front-wheel drive? To me, one of the ways I describe this sensation is "slippery"... maybe it's just my brain's way of referencing it to a similar experience, but I always felt like the way a typical FWD car steering felt was sort of like how a RWD car felt when the road was wet. That might be a bad analogy but that's what led me to using the term "slippery"... and this is mostly only noticeable at parking lot speeds.
I was one of those "never-FWD" guys until I started hearing about the FK8, and by proxy FL5, and how they "didn't feel FWD". That was pretty much the only reason I ever even considered this car, and as you can tell from my effusive praise it did not let me down. For me, I never notice the car is front-wheel drive until the slight torque steer kicks in.
I recently bought a set of Apex VS-5RS, 19 x 9.5 +45, this past spring. I'm using the OEM PS4S. I instantly noticed the steering feel changed after the wheels were installed. It feels more front-wheel drive. More "slippery", in my own (probably misleading) parlance.
Let me be clear, it's not enough to deter the experience. Far from it- especially since once you get up to speed it virtually disappears and the car feels normal. and I LOVE the way the wheels look on the car. In fact most people probably wouldn't notice- but as a prior "RWD or bust" guy with my sports cars (seriously, I didn't even want a 911 Turbo or Carrera 4S for similar reasons), it's probably more noticeable to me than most others.
Hopefully that clears things up. My main point is that it was noticeable after just altering the offset of the wheels by 15mm... throwing a bunch of aftermarket suspension components could potentially ruin the way the car drives, judging off this experience.
Eww... How? Factory camber? How many miles?
That makes sense. I'd say I tested out the slippage pretty thoroughly LOL
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