Square tires on staggered wheels? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

switchlanez · 11-28-2013, 04:09 AM

Thinking of running 245/35R18 square tires on 18x8.5F/18x9R staggered wheels. Advantage is I can rotate the tires front to back granted I have cheap access to a tire mounting machine. Disadvantage is it will have wider contact patch in rear but won't induce as much understeer as a truly staggered tire setup. Sort of a balance between form (wider rear wheels to fill out rear fenders) and function (square tires).

Opinions?

asphaltkyle · 11-28-2013, 05:28 AM

You're also adding unnecessary weight to the front.

jshadeck · 11-28-2013, 09:13 AM

8.5-9? Barely gonna make a difference to filling out the fender OR the contact patch. If it were me and those were the 2 optional sizes, id run square 8.5 rims with rear spacers to "fill out the fenders". What ur thinking of doing gives u none of the benefits of staggered with ALL of the negatives.. (Cant rotate w out remount, same tread width, heavier rear wheels, barely)

ZionsWrath · 11-28-2013, 09:28 AM

And gonna be hard to sell them once you get tired of them.

switchlanez · 11-28-2013, 10:58 AM

Thanks for the replies... a little background on what prompted me to start this thread. I inquired with the manufacturer and their demo car is running 18x8.5 front and 18x9 rear with square 245/35R18 tires. And they specifically recommended 245/35R18 for both wheel sizes. They make light wheels (lighter than Volks) with a focus on track performance but their setup struck me as odd.

switchlanez · 11-28-2013, 07:43 PM

Just found out Moto-san of Club4AG had his FR-S running 18x8 F / 18x9 R with 225s all around.

Jeeper_x · 11-28-2013, 09:34 PM

I run my 9/10 wide wheels with 225/40..... No problem....

11-28-2013, 04:09 AM	#1
switchlanez Glorious BRZ Master Race Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Subaru Libird Location: Race Wars Posts: 3,645 Thanks: 1,050 Thanked 2,718 Times in 1,079 Posts Mentioned: 110 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Square tires on staggered wheels? Thinking of running 245/35R18 square tires on 18x8.5F/18x9R staggered wheels. Advantage is I can rotate the tires front to back granted I have cheap access to a tire mounting machine. Disadvantage is it will have wider contact patch in rear but won't induce as much understeer as a truly staggered tire setup. Sort of a balance between form (wider rear wheels to fill out rear fenders) and function (square tires). Opinions? __________________ << BUILD THREAD >>

11-28-2013, 09:13 AM	#3
jshadeck Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012 Drives: 2013 Scion FR-S Whiteout 6MT Location: carlisle, pa Posts: 773 Thanks: 3 Thanked 221 Times in 163 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	8.5-9? Barely gonna make a difference to filling out the fender OR the contact patch. If it were me and those were the 2 optional sizes, id run square 8.5 rims with rear spacers to "fill out the fenders". What ur thinking of doing gives u none of the benefits of staggered with ALL of the negatives.. (Cant rotate w out remount, same tread width, heavier rear wheels, barely) __________________

11-28-2013, 10:58 AM	#5
switchlanez Glorious BRZ Master Race Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Subaru Libird Location: Race Wars Posts: 3,645 Thanks: 1,050 Thanked 2,718 Times in 1,079 Posts Mentioned: 110 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thanks for the replies... a little background on what prompted me to start this thread. I inquired with the manufacturer and their demo car is running 18x8.5 front and 18x9 rear with square 245/35R18 tires. And they specifically recommended 245/35R18 for both wheel sizes. They make light wheels (lighter than Volks) with a focus on track performance but their setup struck me as odd. __________________ << BUILD THREAD >>

11-28-2013, 07:43 PM	#6
switchlanez Glorious BRZ Master Race Join Date: Apr 2011 Drives: Subaru Libird Location: Race Wars Posts: 3,645 Thanks: 1,050 Thanked 2,718 Times in 1,079 Posts Mentioned: 110 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Just found out Moto-san of Club4AG had his FR-S running 18x8 F / 18x9 R with 225s all around. __________________ << BUILD THREAD >>

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11-28-2013, 05:28 AM	#2
asphaltkyle Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Drives: 2013 BRZ, 2011 M3 Competition Location: San Francisco Posts: 358 Thanks: 29 Thanked 49 Times in 40 Posts Mentioned: 10 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	You're also adding unnecessary weight to the front.

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