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Originally Posted by STeeL25T
I got a set of wheels I've had in the boxes for over a year now, got them for my 240sx but never put them on because I'm crazy about taking down my DD to convert to 5 lug with the questionable looking used hubs I have. They are a good bit wider in the rear than in the front so I never thought to use them on my SVX because I've always heard staggered wheels on AWD car is a big no no... However a friend was telling me the other day as long as I use the same sized tires on each wheel it wouldn't really be a problem. I believe that would involve stretching a tire... What do you guys thing aboot that?
Didn't mean to change to subject but just thought I'd ask haha. I like the new wheels. They look great with the coilovers. Get some rubber on em!
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if you mean for example your rims are 17x8 front and 17x8.5 rear and you decide to run a 245/40/17 on all 4 corners yup thats perfectly acceptable.
It really will matter what the rim width is though and finding a tire that can use both sizes. if you use a tire that requires a really narrow rim but put it on a wide rim it wont look right (IMO) and possibly will pop off the bead and lose air.
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Originally Posted by icingdeath88
If you make the front and rear tires the exact same circumference, you can use whichever size you want. I think it's supposed to be easy to get close, but hard to get dead-on. It ends up being a matter of fitting the actual tires and measuring.
That said, I wonder if you have more/less leeway with the 5-speed versus the stock auto.
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See above for the tire size. Though I too have heard you can get within 1/4 inch by using 225/40/18 and 255/35/18
according to tire size calc the 225's are 25.08 diameter and the 255/35's are 25.02
And as to the transmission leeway I would guess the 5 speed will be more lenient as it uses a viscous diff I think.