Thank you guys for the guidance. Here are the things i'm considering. The car has to stay streetable. I use it EVERYDAY. I don't have any problem with a harsh ride or nervous steering - but the car has to be usable.

QUESTIONS:

1. will removing the spring pads have any down side? I was told my my dealer that they are 9mm pads.

2. What are the best compromise settings in terms of negative camber, toe, etc... For both autocross and daily driving?

3. When comparing the Kumho 700's with my OEM conti's i found the following. My front tires, 225/45/17 have an actual foot print of 7.75 inches wide. The rear tires 245/40/17 have an actual foot print of 8.5 inches wide. The Kumho's have and actual foot print of 8.66 inches!!! Given this fact, and that i don't want to create ESP/ASR/ABS error, Should i go with 4 tires that kumho calls 225/45/17 but have a true footprint larger than my street 245/40/17's? The specified rim size from kumho is 7.5 wide - which is the size of my AMG RIM up front. If i got 4 AMG wheels, This would keep my rim size, off-set, and quality all up to AMG specs!
What do you guys think?



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Noah
1999 C43
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