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until recently, i've always operated under this assumption (street tires, azenis specifically):

"higher pressures, reduce the contact patch of your tire, and reduces grip. increasing tire pressure in your rear tires, in a fwd car like my mkIV gti, will encourge rotation"

i read a couple of posts on a vw forum where drivers were reducing the pressures in their rear tires down into the 20's and 30's (psi) to encourage rotation. i've never experimented with pressures this low. is this crap, or would it actually work?

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05 MCS

Having never driven on race tires, I can only give you the street tire version. I run 45f/37-35r, cold. I've tried having the front tires lower and hate the way it feels. I'm currently driving a 1900 pound crx with koni yellows, but I did the same setup with the type-r.

I'm convinced you can go either way, heavy up front and light in the rear or the opposite, you just have to play with it and go with what's comfortable.

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You can do it either way - just depends on whether you want to ride on the middle of the tire or the edges. You could also decrease front bar size/spring rate or increase rear bar size/spring rate. The tire pressure deal is really more for stock-class cars - which can't do the second option.