Any Ideas on staggering wheel sizes and a tighter wheel profile?

[908sho]

I love the look of larger tires in the rear and slightly smaller up front, is there any known performance effects after doing this? What is the ideal wheel size for a tighter fitment? Has anyone tried using wheel spacers to get a wider profile to get flush to fenders? Thanks


2018 sitting on megan racing coilovers, (Ik my rear and fronts have completely different tires rn I have to change them.)

 

[yaycandy]

9.5 front, 10.5 rear. @Nova had his 10.5 rears rubbing with h&r lowering springs. Just need to roll the rear fenders a bit if they rub. Or just get 10” rears.
I also have 1 inch hub adapters on for stock flowers to sit flush. Ill take pics of how it is now.

 

[Texas Marauder]

Larger rear and smaller front diameter tires are a no-no on all wheel drive vehicles, unless they come that way from the factory. I don't know of any like that.

Trying to put wider wheels in the rear with corresponding wider tires, the same diameter as the front, will be challenging.

 

[yaycandy]

Larger rear and smaller front diameter tires are a no-no on all wheel drive vehicles, unless they come that way from the factory. I don't know of any like that.

Lots of members have a staggered setup without issues. Our awd can handle it. Its not an older fulltime awd mechanical setup. Then its a no no.
Diameter yes issues, width no issues

 

[908sho]

9.5 front, 10.5 rear. @Nova had his 10.5 rears rubbing with h&r lowering springs. Just need to roll the rear fenders a bit if they rub. Or just get 10” rears.
I also have 1 inch hub adapters on for stock flowers to sit flush. Ill take pics of how it is now.

Interesting, your fitment looks great thats like exactly what im going for. I will look into 1" hub adapters. Could you possibly link your tires or hub adapters if you get a chance. Thanks

 

[yaycandy]

Interesting, your fitment looks great thats like exactly what im going for. I will look into 1" hub adapters. Could you possibly link your tires or hub adapters if you get a chance. Thanks

Mine were custom made at the time to the hub diameter. Ill look around to see if there are any available for our funky hub size on factory rims

 

[yaycandy]

Interesting, your fitment looks great thats like exactly what im going for. I will look into 1" hub adapters. Could you possibly link your tires or hub adapters if you get a chance. Thanks

If you find a set with 63.4mm bore diameter and 5x4.5, you need to cut the existing wheel studs down with a grinder

114.3mm and 4.5” is the same.
Lesson of the day.
Dont let the metric system bully you.

 

[Nova]

Like @yaycandy said, I had a little bit of rubbing issues on my rear tires due to my square setup on my car. After getting an alignment and having my rear fenders rolled, I haven't rubbed at all since. Here's a couple pics of my tires and fenders. My wheels are 20 x 10.5

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[yaycandy]

My initial thoughts doing it years ago was, ill get chips up the sides from the treads being out farther but over 3 years and no issues at all. Most roads around me are stone also.

Actually working on the rears now as i have the pads rubbing. Probably because i didnt grease the slide pins. Idiot. But you can see the factory studs cut down a but so they dont touch the rim when installed.

 

[908sho]

Like @yaycandy said, I had a little bit of rubbing issues on my rear tires due to my square setup on my car. After getting an alignment and having my rear fenders rolled, I haven't rubbed at all since. Here's a couple pics of my tires and fenders. My wheels are 20 x 10.5View attachment 87996View attachment 87997View attachment 87998

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Thanks for the reply, are you running the same 1" spacers, and what tires you running?

 

[Nova]

Thanks for the reply, are you running the same 1" spacers

No, I don't have spacers of any kind because my wheels are already 10.5" wide. I'm not running factory wheels.

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[bpd1151]

I have been running a staggered set up for years on my SHO....

Which saw DD duties, as well several track runs (both 1/4 strip, and road coarse) and have had ZERO issues.

I learned that as long as the variance is less than 3% between the front and rear, then the system/electronics won't sense an issue, or go haywire.

As such, I run the following:

20x8.5's up front, wrapped in 255 45ZR 20's

20x10's in rear, wrapped in 275 40ZR 20's

Nitto 555R's.

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[908sho]

I have been running a staggered set up for years on my SHO....

Which saw DD duties, as well several track runs (both 1/4 strip, and road coarse) and have had ZERO issues.

I learned that as long as the variance is less than 3% between the front and rear, then the system/electronics won't sense an issue, or go haywire.

As such, I run the following:

20x8.5's up front, wrapped in 255 45ZR 20's

20x10's in rear, wrapped in 275 40ZR 20's

Nitto 555R's.

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Thanks for the info tried to look on your profile for a pic but couldn’t find one, would you mind linking a pic so I can see what this fitment looks like?

 

[bpd1151]

Thanks for the info tried to look on your profile for a pic but couldn’t find one, would you mind linking a pic so I can see what this fitment looks like?

There some pics in this thread here.....

Aftermarket wheel picsâ¦

Aftermarket wheel picsâ¦

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Found some pics in my PB album(s). Although dated as I now have the Wilwood Big Brake Kit and am also running the Nitto NT555R's.

But same size shoes as mentioned above.

Hope they're of some help.

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[Mahu24]

I'm running 20x9.5+35 with 275/40 Indy 500's and it's a flush fit

 

[802SHO]

I don’t run staggered anymore but used to for about a year or so. Didn’t think it was really necessary so when I bought new wheels/tires I stopped doing it, never had any issue from it. Our cars aren’t AWD 100% of the time like Audi and Subaru. Used to be 20x9 all the way around 245/40/20 front and 275/35/20 rear with 1” spacers all around

 

[kryptto]

I'm running 20x9.5+35 with 275/40 Indy 500's and it's a flush fit View attachment 88013

Which brand of RIMS are those - if you dont mind me asking?

 

[Mahu24]

Which band of RIMS are those - if you dont mind me asking?

Superspeed RF05RR. It's a Canadian wheel company.

 

[kryptto]

Superspeed RF05RR. It's a Canadian wheel company.

I really like those - I have had some personal financial set backs that have slowed down my pace of doing upgrades to mine.

I am a Costco member - so the Michelin SS 4 tires are always fairly priced and cant beat the nitrogen fill and many other perks.

That said my tires are bald - have a great alignment and rotated even more than manuf recommended - so they are perfectly bald all around.

I digress - so months back when I was looking to replace the tires - but had to replace the transmission in my daily driver $4500 later - I am coming back now to price them out. Costco introduced a custom rim company to their offerings I beleive a couple years back. A few months back when looking to replace - I looked over their rim offerings, wasnt all that impressed and started looking seriously at Niche wheels.

Well the difference several months make, I am waiting for this paycheck to buy rims and tires, going back and forth between TireRack and Costco - I am going with Costco. The company Velox Wheels changed up their lineup - I am greatful I even went back - thinking it was the same $hit from a few months back.

These will be my next buy shortly, yours kinda looked similar that was why I asked:

 

[Mahu24]

I really like those - I have had some personal financial set backs that have slowed down my pace of doing upgrades to mine.

I am a Costco member - so the Michelin SS 4 tires are always fairly priced and cant beat the nitrogen fill and many other perks.

That said my tires are bald - have a great alignment and rotated even more than manuf recommended - so they are perfectly bald all around.

I digress - so months back when I was looking to replace the tires - but had to replace the transmission in my daily driver $4500 later - I am coming back now to price them out. Costco introduced a custom rim company to their offerings I beleive a couple years back. A few months back when looking to replace - I looked over their rim offerings, wasnt all that impressed and started looking seriously at Niche wheels.

Well the difference several months make, I am waiting for this paycheck to buy rims and tires, going back and forth between TireRack and Costco - I am going with Costco. The company Velox Wheels changed up their lineup - I am greatful I even went back - thinking it was the same $hit from a few months back.

These will be my next buy shortly, yours kinda looked similar that was why I asked:

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Thanks, took me a while to pick out what wheels I wanted. I didn't have many options for a 9.5" wide wheel. I bought my wheels and tires from WheelWiz, being in Canada. Cost me $4200 for this setup.

I would seriously consider the Firestone Indy 500's, they are a great tire, and much more affordable than a lot of other comparable options.

I wanted the lightest wheel possible in a 9.5, so conveniently these wheels checked all the boxes for me. Correct size, lightweight, bronze, and have a load rating high enough for these boats.

That would be the only thing I would double check with the wheels you're looking at, make sure they are load rated heavy enough for these cars