Well the H&R springs lowered me 1" in front and 1.5" in rear. The Falken Azenis 225x45x17 rub on the front Fender liner only. I thought about removing liner for clearance but there is a long bolt going through and would rather hit plastic than the bolt. But the rubbing is not bad even If
I push car hard. The rear is a different story. We touch the inside edge of the rear fender well.
Took a crescent wrench and rolled the inner lip up and took a wood block and hammer and completed rolling the inside lip. I promise it SOUNDS MUCH WORSE than is really is! NO PAINT CHIPPING at all. Now the rear touches only on very ruff surfaces. An as the tread wears the clearance increased. I am not talking allot of rub just a 1/16 of an inch very close. But the Thump is a Thump.
As far as racing goes this is the start of my third year. The Contour is competitive against anything except for the Neon ACR and the Subaru
Impressa. These are very tuff cars and National competitive drivers driving them also. On a tight
technical 60 second course I am with in 1-2 seconds. On a fast open course I am within one second. If it has allot of 180% and sweepers I'll drop to 3-4 seconds. Front tires have trouble hooking up and I burn the inside front coming out of a turn. Try to dance gas but at some time you need to floor it!. Limited slip would help alot but I am not running street mod! Those guys are nuts! and spend TOO much money.
Good racing
Vern
