So my friend just bought new rims volk GT-U off my friend who owns an s2000 and its a staggered set up, so one pair is 235 or 245 and second pair is 215 so he put the bigger tires in back and smaller in front, wouldn't you just put the bigger tires in front since it is fwd not a rwd like the s2k would there be any problems, PROS & CONS to this, any opinions on that at all.??

Pictures of set ups like that would be nice thanks a lot guys!


Modified by Jdmsoles at 4:50 PM 1/8/2008

 

Maybe its just me but i have no idea what you said.

 

GTU? What are you talking about?

Also if the car is front engine, front drive then staggered wheels/tires look fuucking retarded.

S2000s come from the factory with staggered wheels/offsets and different tires sizes front/rear.

 

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As in the beretta GTU or whatever? im not sure i get what you mean, but the front tires should be the way they are... except.. get all of the tires the same size, sell the beretta, buy a honda.. and then come back and ask questions in a honda-tech forum...

 

only good for drag racing... really. also only good for wider tires on the "drive wheels"

 

If he wants to run a staggered setup, the wider tires should be on the front.

 

My first thought is GTU = RX7 GTU but the OP needs to clarify what exactly he's referring to.

I have 205/50R15 in front and 195/50R15 in back on my hatch right now but not by choice. Even such a small difference in tire size is visually noticeable and physically noticeable (rub).

 

ok sorry guys maybe i should of been more clear he bought volk GT-u's he doesnt really want to run a staggered set up he just bought the rims because he wanted them and he got a good price on them hope this makes more sense now.. so i suggested to run bigger tires in the front doesnt make sense to have fatty tires in the back if its not rear wheel drive right.??

 

I run larger tires in front than in back...

225/50/15 BFG Drag Radials on front
205/50/15 Falken Ziex 512s on rear

 

What is width of the rims and offset?

 

i understood you the first time, maybe people should just read more. but its not a bad thing to run wider in the front. although, 245 in the front is hella wide.

 

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15" Rota Grids...i just bought them from a Sponsor on the site and dont know the details

 

schister....i'm gonna guess he wasn't asking you
but the op....
eeesh.

yeah what's the width of the tire?
i didn't think 245's would fit..

 

specs are Volk GT-U front 215 with 43+ on 17 rear 43+ "he said" 17 235 . i thought it would be smarter to just mount fatter tires in front, and this is not a drag car so no drag radial its a DD hes running falken azines any more pictures guys im thinking on running 215 front with a 205 rear with chargespeed overfenders?? anyone doing that ... thanks a lot guys

 

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Since the post was directly below mine, i assumed he was referring to me. This could have been avoided if people used the quote option

 

what car are these rims going on? i would sell them and get something that fits better, or sell two of them and buy the size of the other rims.... .02

 

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Also if the car is front engine, front drive then staggered wheels/tires look fuucking retarded.

S2000s come from the factory with staggered wheels/offsets and different tires sizes front/rear.</TD></TR></TABLE>

are you serious dude most honda have that look that the front is wider in the front eg's accords etc.. so im confused by this ...

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but the op....
eeesh.

yeah what's the width of the tire?
i didn't think 245's would fit..</TD></TR></TABLE>

^^seems like it tho

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As in the beretta GTU or whatever? im not sure i get what you mean, but the front tires should be the way they are... except.. get all of the tires the same size, sell the beretta, buy a honda.. and then come back and ask questions in a honda-tech forum... </TD></TR></TABLE>

wtff..


would a bigger tire in the front be a bad idea for auto x, because i saw a red ef with with Overfenders on a auto x course so im guessing that he was running a staggered set up ....anyone know what im talking about..??

and for car its on a acura RSX

 

Nothing wrong with wider tires in front. I've seen plenty of Japanese tuners doing it on YouTube/Best Motoring videos. I think we as Americans aren't used to the idea, but it makes perfect sense if you think about it.

 

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and for car its on a acura RSX </TD></TR></TABLE> did you ask this in the rsx forum? maybe wheel and tire?

 

Yes, come ask the wheel and tire forum. Actually, first read the wheel and tire FAQ as it will clarify a lot of misconceptions you seem to have.

In short, don't do a staggered set up on your car. It is asking for trouble on the street or the auto-x. Strickly drag racing is a different story.

 

ok thanks a lot guys one simple question, so why get overfenders on auto x cars ... to run wider tires all around??

 

pretty much

 

BTW:

The original post did not mention "rims" when he was referring to "GTU" so that's why all the confusion set in. That's why Beretta and RX-7 were tossed in here.

Anyways I stick to "bigger tires up front looks retarded" for STREET cars. In your first post honestly you didn't come across as someone who would be knowledgable enough to even know about auto-X, etc. Sorry for judging you based on one incoherent post, but that's what happens online.

As far as overfenders, flared fenders, Japanese "option" tuner type cars, etc. sure having more meat up front for a FF car isn't a bad idea I suppose, but then again that's not the original question that was asked.

If you could post some examples of "most" of the cars looking like this I'd like to see it, because when you replaied to me and said:

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That means you really think that more than 50% of these cars have bigger wheels/tires/offset up front, which is not the case.

 

go outside and look at a eg hatchback for example the front looks wider then the back never said it was i said "looks", because it does look wider in the front.. and i dont claim to know about auto x i asked a simple question of what i saw.. and are you serious thats not the original Q dude go read the first post and the title ............

 

The front fenders are flared more, sure, but that's just because the front wheels need to not hit the fender despite having a wider range of motion than the rears (both go up and down but the fronts obviously can be turned). The idea of flaring the fenders more in the front versus rear is the same deal - you put wider wheels/tires on the car, you need to flare the front fenders more than the rear simply because the fronts have to deal with that larger range of motion.

Um. Though if you're saying stock EG tires look wider in the front versus rear despite being the same size, then no, I don't believe they do. And I own an EG, with stock size tires.

I think part of the problem is that a lot of what you're asking can be interpreted multiple ways. Either of the above could be an answer to your question but (hopefully) only one of them is the answer. Not trying to start a fight, just trying to explain why people are being all quizzical 'n ****.