Baby steps. I wanted to see how the handling was. I'll step up to 275 or 285 in the rear if I have no issues having a 9.5 with rim gives me flexibility
You will have no problem at all with the 9.5" +35 offset wheels that you have in the rear. There is quite a bit of room between the inside of the tire and the shock. The outside of your tire sidewall should be flush with the fender lip (or slight poke). If you go with a wider tire, you will have no issues even running up to a 295 in the rear as it still would not come close to the suspension but it will defiantly have poke.
This is awesome! I will definitely contact you when I take delivery of my MachE!
That is my experience as well. I like my wheels, but maybe when it comes time for new tires, I will try the same set you have. I just am not sure the ride improvement is worth the range loss. I will make that decision when I need to, so no rush to worry about it now.
Yeah I'm still not super convinced the range hit is all that much at all. I showed at worst 8% but I suspect that had more to do with wind conditions on the day I tested. I'm guessing these wheels/tires are no worse than the impact the GTPE wheels/tires have on its range which is less than 5%.
Newly installed Curva Concepts CFF50
Front-20" x 9" with Toyo Proxes S/T111 255/45
Rear-20" x 10.5 with Toyo 295/40/20
Just sold my Macan and with the new set up it drives so much better. I drive around 130 miles each day for work so I'll try post results of the range hit that I will be taking.
After about two weeks of driving, I'm getting about 10% less. Was getting around 200 miles, now it's down to 180. I was getting 3.1mi / kWH, and now it's 2.8mi / kWH.
On my next set of tires I will probably just go with 255 front and rear, over the staggered having 295's in rear.
Thanks for the update and probably solidifying that I'll probably stay with my decision of purchasing 20x8.5 rims for my summer setup. Do you know how much each rim/tire weights?
Rear rims 10.5"-26.2lbs
Wow. Thanks for the info. Your setup is lighter than I thought that it would be. What do you think is the primary contributor to your 10% range hit?
With just the eye ball test, the new tires are sooo much wider,(especially the rear 295), and they are also a little taller than OE set. I'm sure there is an engineer on here someone that can give the scientific answer. Probably takes more energy per rotation of the tire. You also have to consider you will now be paying 10% more each day, which I didn't initially consider. But it looks great, rides much better, and next time just do either 255-265 all around to see if I can get it to a 3%-5% range hit. To be honest, if you go 245's that would probably do the trick, but that's why I like this forum where you can get feedback from many other setups. To each their own. At least I have a Mach e to experiment with
