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Old 03-12-2017, 08:24 PM
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Suspension travel

Gonna autocross this year. Plan on doing all 10 of them.

Bought some 205x50-15 Nitto Neo's on 38mm spaced rims. Look good.



They stick out past the front fender. Is there more than a couple inches of suspension travel? Maybe about 3"?

 
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probably scrape the fender liner?

might want to get some camber bolts and tuck it in some.
 
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Old 03-18-2017, 08:14 PM
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Gonna be close. Pretty sure this is full compression. Autocross tires about 1/2" smaller in diameter. Gonna be close.

 
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Old 06-24-2017, 02:54 PM
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I shouldn't have bought +38 rims with the 205/50-15 tires. It's fine. Last Autocross was on a major rough track. No issues. Have run a couple thousand miles on the new tire/rims... no interference... for $600 to my door.. hard to beat..
 
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Old 06-25-2017, 05:29 AM
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What suspension are you running?
 
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Old 06-25-2017, 07:32 AM
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looks like stock
 
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Old 06-26-2017, 05:50 AM
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Bone stock
 
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Old 06-26-2017, 11:52 AM
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So how's the autocross going? What class?
 
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Old 06-27-2017, 03:17 AM
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Autocross is a blast. This is the funnest car I've ever done. Why? I can drive it 10 of 10. All other cars had too much power and I couldn't be 100%. This is also the very first front wheel drive car I've owned, so there was a learning curve...

That said. 22 pounds per horsepower makes it non competitive in the HS class (SCCA thinks the Fit should be with Civic SI's and Focus ST's for some reason).

I'm out there just having a blast, so it don't matter.
 

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