Staggering Widths on a AWD 18" wheel?

[Kosh]

I did all of my rotations and tire changes between winters and summers myself. That and I kept lousy records of alignments.
That car would eat up the insides of the tires a bit.

Here is a pic of the DWS when they came off. I had a pic of the AS3+ but must have deleted it. Cords were showing on at least 3 of them but they had a little more tread than the DWS.
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What car were those on .. and once again thx for the input

 

[MerlintheMad]

Cords were showing on at least 3 of them

Holy moly! In this car, I am not going to come remotely close to letting the treads look like that, much less "cords showing".

 

[WildBill]

What car were those on .. and once again thx for the input

2010 Subaru Legacy GT

Holy moly! In this car, I am not going to come remotely close to letting the treads look like that, much less "cords showing".

I don't pretend that my use of tires to the point that I have in the past is advisable. I think in both cases I was trying to use up my summers to the point I was putting my winters on.

 

[Nev]

As long as the overall heights match I don't see what the problem could be. Unless there is something specific to AWD systems that don't give well with OE sizes.

For instance a 285/30/20 tire would be nearly the same height as 245/35/20. The stock 255/225 setup is a 0.4% front to rear height difference, same as the above 285/245 set up.

Would the 235/40/18 'be good for the front seeingbthey come staggered with 255 at the back and 225 in the front

 

[Kamauxx]

Would the 235/40/18 'be good for the front seeingbthey come staggered with 255 at the back and 225 in the front

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[oddball]

Note that the size designations (e.g. 225/45/18) are just general classifications. That'll get you close, but there can be a lot of variation.
Each tire manufacturer posts a tech sheet for their tires that lists the effective rolling height (or effective height, or whatever else they call it) for the tires. You can check out all the sizes for a given rim size and pick two that match as closely as possible.
In my case with Nitto 555g2 I got staggered sizes that have identical effective rolling height.