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Anyone running staggered height wheels 18/19?

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Old 04-23-11, 12:39 PM
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Default Anyone running staggered height wheels 18/19?

Wondering if anyone has a setup like this? Are there good and/or bad things about running staggered heights? If there are pics for the 2IS, please post.
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I haven't seen it (or cannot recall), but I think it would look good. With the RWD models having different height tires front/rear it can sometimes give the illusion that the rear wheels are smaller than the front. I think having the staggered wheels might help with that.

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I'm bringing this post back from the dead because I too am interested in doing this and want to know if this has been done by any members? The only car I knw of is the toms car that had the first sc on it. I'm thinking of running wedssport sa55m 18/19 I think it will make the rear on the 2is look a little smaller.
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I've read of one 2IS on here having done this, but it was a while ago. I just don't see the need for it, but if you want to do it I don't see a problem doing it.
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So long as the car is RWD, no problem at all... I did 18/19" staggered on my SC400 years ago...

you will want to try to keep the same or similar diameter to stock if possible...
stock 225/40-18 or optional 235/40-18 on the front, then run 255/35-19 or 265/35-19 on the rear... wheel specs will determine what you can run as well...
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There was a guy a long time ago that did 19" front and 20" rear ...
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Im running 19/20
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CCJ22 was running 19 front 20 rear. I don't know about now but I don't recall him making any posts about a new setup. Here's his build thread.
https://www.clublexus.com/forums/bui...and-tuckn.html
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I did end up running a 18/19 setup.
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there was a forum member with staggered white 350z wheels 18/19s...
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