^^Car originally came with square setup. Lets say I install staggered, will I have exaggerated tire stick out in the rear because of the wider wheel? My understanding cars set up for staggered take this into account.
I have the same widths front and rear on my aftermarket, but my offsets are much lower, 32 Front and 34 Rear. I 'm using the stock width tire, but might go one size up next time I get tires. Even with the low offset in the rear, I don't get any poke, but is most certainly flush.
^^^8mm further out in front and 5mm further out in back: it's not a lot to see, but hopefully "spirited" driving won't smack anything! I doubt that fairly normal driving would make any contact.
^^^8mm further out in front and 5mm further out in back: it's not a lot to see, but hopefully "spirited" driving won't smack anything! I doubt that fairly normal driving would make any contact.
Thanks for the comments, guys. I clearly need to read up on tire/wheel siding with offset, etc. Interestingly the wheels I bought only had an 8.5 option for the 19 inch tire size, so not sure how I could have remedied that other than looking for a different wheel. I just assumed that tire rack would only provide appropriate recommendations for figment.
Thanks for the comments, guys. I clearly need to read up on tire/wheel siding with offset, etc. Interestingly the wheels I bought only had an 8.5 option for the 19 inch tire size, so not sure how I could have remedied that other than looking for a different wheel. I just assumed that tire rack would only provide appropriate recommendations for figment.
Is it inappropriate to run a wider tire in the back on square setups? As long as the tire fits the rim properly the only thing that a wider tire in the back would do is increase the tendency to understeer. If my Stinger had come with 18" wheels and 225 tires (OEM square setup using A/S tires, usually on AWD), and I wanted to go wider and stay square, I would not be going any wider than you have. But personally I'd want to stay with all four tires the same, but wider, probably 245 all around.
There is no advantage to all four wheels the same running wider tires in back, and a couple of disadvantages: most drivers say that the Stinger has natural understeer as it is, so, wider tires in the back than front would increase understeer, a potential handling issue: and the other disadvantage is that you can't rotate your tires (which is a big deal with some drivers, and would be for me with all four wheels being the same width).
However, if this all comes down to the question of turning the tires back in (possibly?), and the hassle seems to outweigh the advantages of all four tires being the same (including any understeer/handling quirks), then I'd adapt to the understeer and wear those rears out, then get some discount on the new for the wear still left in the front tires and buy four new tires the width that I want. (I think that 225 all around looks a bit puny.)
Thanks for the comments, guys. I clearly need to read up on tire/wheel siding with offset, etc. Interestingly the wheels I bought only had an 8.5 option for the 19 inch tire size, so not sure how I could have remedied that other than looking for a different wheel. I just assumed that tire rack would only provide appropriate recommendations for figment.
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I finally got back to TireRack and they are willing to send me wider front tires. I’m guessing the 255’s will rub so I’m going to request 245’s as you’ve had no problems with yours, correct?
I finally got back to TireRack and they are willing to send me wider front tires. I’m guessing the 255’s will rub so I’m going to request 245’s as you’ve had no problems with yours, correct?
255's can probably be run on the front, pretty sure others have done it, if the offset of the wheel is correct. I guess if you are a couple mm's off either way it could cause problems having a 255 vs. a 245 tire. seems like the offset is more this issue. just spit-balling of course.
I have no idea why TSW has a 1mm difference in those offsets. That would be a question for the designer(s).
