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What floatiness ? My stock suspended, non brembo 2011 GT has a very jiggly ride....

 

yeah, the clearance is a big trade off in the quest for the perfect stance. the k-springs have very respectable clearance imho. the streets are just too jacked around here to go much lower without scraping up a daily driver. its just tempting to get sportlines because i adore every stang i see with them.

 

yeah ill check. i'd assume most people don't run them around here because the roads are sporadically terrible. i'm a lunatic though, i may get a set for the summer and see how they work out.

 

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Have you pushed it hard on a road course yet? You'll learn real quick (Turn 1) what 'floatiness' is.

 

I run a tire shop for the United States Army. Simply stand a 20 inch diameter tire next to one of that of a smaller diameter tell me which is taller?? Don't mean to sound like a *****

 

If I was running lets say a 17" or 18" it would put the car that much closer to the ground with 245/35/20 my exhaust rub when I'm entering parking lots or anything with a slight hump

 

What's a 20 inch diameter tire got to do with a 20 inch diameter wheel?

You may be out of business soon, running a tire shop, but not understanding the difference between a wheel and a tire.

 

Well there's your problem. You're running 26" tall tires where a 27-28" tire should be.

Quit the tire business and put proper diameter tires on your car.

 

It's not my business it's the army's so hey... I'm talking about wheel diameter forgive me for saying tire my goodness. I like how my ride is set up I really don't have room to put a taller tire without having issues with rubbing. I was just trying to lend advice about the suspension setup having it myself.

 

How are you going to put a 20 tire on a, lets say 17" or 18" rim? Lol

 

I'm lowered on K-Springs on 295's out back and 255's up front, so basically unless you're bagged, you're full of **** and backpedaling.

Taller tires, especially when they are stock diameters cannot and will not cause rubbing issues. Running very wide tires might, but you'd be way wider than a 245.....

 

For got the period. I was saying that 245/35/20 is what I'm running. If I was running a smaller WHEEL it would typically make the car slightly low. How ever you could compensate for the smaller wheel by using a taller tire.

 

Ok . Whatever I know my ride. My front tires sit in the fender a little. Maybe I wouldn't rub I don't really know nor am I willing to find out. I know the sport lines really dropped my car and I have issues with the exhaust rubbing going in and out of parking lots.

 

You would not compensate with a taller tire. The tire diameter should stay static.

Either way, your issues stem from improperly choosing a tire that was far too short for the application.

 

Your exhaust rubs because your tires are too short, and as a side effect of it your car sits closer to the ground.

 

Sportlines are much better than K-springs as far as ride comfort however, that is a subjective opinion. If you match these up with quality dampers like koni the ride quality will be good. Stock dampers can't really handle the higher springs rate let alone the drop, you'll get the "bouncy" characteristics. K-springs aren't really that great as far as quality (depending on who made them that year for Ford) and performance.

 

Ok. I can live with that. I didn't choose the tire I bought the wheels and tires from someone as a package deal for 700 bucks when the wear out I might try a taller tire. I like the height and stance as it sits now. Just gotta be careful in parking lots.

 

What part of the exhaust is hitting? Pics?

 

He runs the tire shop for the army, not the exhaust shop. Next time I see a Humvee driving around on tires for a smart car, I'll know where it was serviced.