Also, San Francisco is full of potholes, and the 18's on my Infiniti have lost a couple sidewalls through them by getting torn. So keeping the 15's not only fit the budget, but the ride and cushioning as well. Besides, the crash characteristics for the Smart want 15's up front (hence Brabus using mixed sized wheels) as part of the crumple zone.
As for the springs (I kept the factory shocks) the rears are much larger in "gauge" or diameter, and the fronts are matched, but stiffer. It is a harder ride, but I will take that over the "porpoising" that the car used to do with the 1.0 firmware and still a little bit with the 2.0 code.
If you like to take corners fast, or have the hills in your city like I do, it's nice to have the wheels firmly planted on the ground, and I can definitely feel it.
Now I am debating moving the stock rear tires up to the front, and putting 195X50's on the back which should preserve the speedo (mostly to keep milage numbers correct without re-gearing) and put a bit more meat on the ground.
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Originally Posted by fairweather
I've been thinking about those shocks. Do you notice a performance difference with them over the regular shocks? If so, how so? Thanks.
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