anybody riding on bigger tires than the normal 195 or 205? i'm buying tires and thinking about a staggered setup or larger tire....opinions please

 

by staggered I meant the wider tire being on the front, larger contact patch in the front and lighter tire and smaller contact patch in the rear for neutral handling... i've seen a couple DA's with 215/50/15 front and 195/50 rear

preferably not drag slicks either

 

Just get 195/50-15 on any pre-'96 Civic. Staggered sizes don't make any sense on a Civic.

 

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i don't see how doing this would have a positive affect.


Modified by peacexisxfree at 11:59 AM 9/20/2006

 

there is nothing wrong with a staggered setup on an FF. i don't think it always looks good, but it is more about handling characteristics.


alot of people run 225/50/15 or 225/45/15 R compounds up front, and then a 205/50/15 R compound in the rear. this helps promote oversteer, and gives you more contact patch in the front of the vehicle. on a high HP front wheel drive car this helps alot, as you can still run a decent amount of negative front camber, and still have decent contact patch on the ground to get the power to the pavement. and for a 205mm width tire you don't really need the same width you would when running a 225mm. so you can run a smaller width rim to save weight.
so 15x8 in front, and a 15x7 in back for instance. if you want the TRACK WIDTH to maintain the same you'd of course need to stagger the offset. though a lower track width in rear can actually help with oversteer some.

for daily driving i run 225/40/14's all around on my 4 door EG. on 14x7 team dynamics wheels +35mm.

 

^thanks for the info...have any pics of your 4 door?

 

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Not true. Using wider tires doesn't change the size of the contact patch at all (although it does change the shape of the contact patch). As long as the tires are normally inflated to support the weight of the car, the size of the contact patch depends only on the weight of the car and the inflation in the tires, not on the tire size. For example, if you have a 2640-pound Integra Type R, and you inflate the tires to 33 pounds per square inch, the size of the four contact patches will total 80 square inches - and it doesn't matter whether they're skinny 185 treadwidth tires, or 245 steamrollers.

(If you have trouble understanding this, read this article.)

 

only pics with my autox setup. 13x8 rota RB. 225/50/13 hoosiers