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    But are worse in the wet as they have a wider print. What you gain in the dry you lose in the wet. Thats the law of tyres. 185 is the best compromise tyre for both conditions IMO. And as it rains so much in this country and the roads are greasy id go 185 everytime.

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    havent noticed any difrence in the wet dry tbh mate.altho the greasy roads arent lettin me get power down as cleanly as id like.

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    Maybe the foot print isnt big enough to notice a great difference. But wider tyres are always going to be worse in the wet than narrower ones.

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    surely that woud depend on tread pattern n water dispersion methods?

    is this statement scientifically proven??
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    Qualifying my statement. If you took two identical tyres. Same make, manufacturing method, pattern, tread etc. But one was narrower (185 v 195), the narrower one would give better wet weater grip.

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    My 2 cents on rain tyres.

    Tyres with aggressive rain cuts need a bit more width to be effective as their rubber contact patch has been reduced by the grooves. But for more conservative cuts, smaller tyre width should aquaplane less than wider ones at speeds. But at slower speeds, the wider tyres might have the edge with less water build-up.

    Also these days, some tyres come with deep rain channels that run the circumference of the tyres. Effectively making them 2 or even 3 skinny tyres running side by side. So, even the super wide tyres with this type of designs are quite tolerant to aquaplaning. But I think they mostly come in sizes 205R16 upwards.

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    so back 2 my question does any1 have the toe in/toe out settings for the williams?

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    I posted above.

    Acceptable range (per front wheel)
    0degee 5minutes to 0degree 15 minutes

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    There are alot of forces that act on a tyre, its more complex that tyre area = grip. Deformation of tyres can occur circumferentially, radially, axially and torsionally. Aquaplaning is one problem in the wet but tyre physics during of wet weather running involves other forces that have just a great a role.

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    Scotte666, as per pm these are the settings brought up by autodata2004

    Toe-In : Degrees-0 degrees 10 minutes- 0 degrees 30 minutes
    mm-1 - 3


 

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