I saw this set up in a car, 195-55-15 in the rear and 205-50-15 in the front. I was wondering what you guys think? I am planning to get next tires and it was the first time i saw this set up.

 

umm.. sounds cool.. nice fattys in the front for burn outs!! haha

 

u need 195 55 15 and in the front 205 50 16 baby

 

why dont you get 205/50's all around.. makes no sense to me

 

yeah what he said/\

 

why not just get 205's all the way around so u can rotate ur tires? the 10mm difference in x-section width is barely noticeable. that person probably had that "setup" b/c he replaced the tires one pair at a time

 

yep just like im gonna have to do. 40's and 50's in back because im to broke to buy 4 tires when I only need two. Damn I need a camber kit.

 

What year civic was it? If it was a 96 and up, its to prevent rub in the rear due to his wheel choice. It actually causes better traction up front.

 

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If you stagger your tire sizes, you won't be able to rotate them. Just keep them all the same size for a street car.

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You probably just need an alignment.

 

I saw this setup in a a video of a japanese Spoon civic,

 

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Most Japanese competition cars stagger their tire sizes to get rotation despite having a front-stiff spring bias. Here in the US, we don't see staggered tires as often because of the popularity of rear-stiff spring biases.

 

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Me too, man i know how it is, i have to travel to and from Georgia and Florida.

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Not necessarily true, a shop cant fix your camber if your car is too low, your wheels bow out too much, only toe and caster, thus forth the reason for aftermarket camber kits to match with springs.

 

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shakes head.

 

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Not necessarily true, a shop cant fix your camber if your car is too low, your wheels bow out too much, only toe and caster, thus forth the reason for aftermarket camber kits to match with springs.
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and that's why he's recommending an alignment. Camber won't cause more than 5% of tire wear unless you're running insane amounts. I run 2.5-3.5 every day with no issues. TOE wears your tires out. Get an alignment and get your toe fixed

 

shorter LCA's in the rear

The japanese do run a staggered tire size as you can usually run a wider tire in the front and to do less is giving up traction

hower it's usually like 235f 205r or 245f 215r

running 205's all around will be good for street use with a little fender rolling so you can correct camber a bit for when you're not going full speed around a corner

 

the reason is to allow the car to rotate in the corners more
it allows the rear of the car to come around...its also dont with tire width for the AWD mitsubishis
they run for exampl3 and 8 inch wide front with a 7.5 rear to change the alignment of the sidewalls
also to allow for rotation
its not a cosmetic reason but a suspension tuning reason
try it out sometime
if you arent into serious road racing then I wouldnt bother to run staggered
tires
my current setup is a 215-45-16 front 16x7 and 205/50 15 rear 15x6.5

 

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and that's why he's recommending an alignment. Camber won't cause more than 5% of tire wear unless you're running insane amounts. I run 2.5-3.5 every day with no issues. TOE wears your tires out. Get an alignment and get your toe fixed</TD></TR></TABLE>

Most shops wouldn't even try to give me an alignment without a camber kit, i may try this, but still i want a camber kit. guess your right, i dont know,

 

tuning with tires = dumb. get all the rubber that you can fit.

 

you are all entitled to your opinons about that subject
nuff said

 

running bigger tires up front and smaller tires in the rear(on a fwd car) will give it more nuetral handling. But I would run 195 all the way around if you don't want to rub.