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Old 04-23-17, 09:08 PM
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Default Front/rear staggered wheel diameter?

Lots of folks stagger the width of the wheels & tires -- but has anybody staggered the diameter? Perhaps a silly notion, but I was wondering the other day what that may look like and if anybody had done it. Maybe something like a 18" front with 19" rear, or 19" front with 20" rear.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts & comments.
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Originally Posted by spoogenet
Lots of folks stagger the width of the wheels & tires -- but has anybody staggered the diameter? Perhaps a silly notion, but I was wondering the other day what that may look like and if anybody had done it. Maybe something like a 18" front with 19" rear, or 19" front with 20" rear.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts & comments.
I've seen that done on a 3GS. My friend put 18s on front and 19s on rear. If I can find a pic of it I will post it. I want to do 19s on the front and 20s on the rear of my LS430.
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Originally Posted by kitabel
Used to be common 60 years ago, was called "big & littles" because the only aspect ratio was 100, so big rear tires must be large OD.
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I was wondering more along the lines of wheel diameter, however wheel+tire diameter would be relatively constant. A bit of a different notion than a dragster setup.
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