Staggered Rims On Tl! Yes Or No?
10-31-2006, 12:56 AM
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Staggered Rims On Tl! Yes Or No?
I seen an 03 tl yesterday with 19x8.5 in the front and 19x9.5 in the rear. i fell in love and is now on my x-mas list for baby! wat do you guys think he did with the suspension. didnt get a chance to chat with the guy!
10-31-2006, 12:21 PM
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On a 2nd gen TL, 8.5 is too wide and 9.5 is just plain stupid without a major fender remodel.
If you really want the staggered look (which I think is just plain stupid on a FWD car, go with 7.5" +48 offset in the front and 8" +50 offset in the back.
If you really want the staggered look (which I think is just plain stupid on a FWD car, go with 7.5" +48 offset in the front and 8" +50 offset in the back.
10-31-2006, 10:42 PM
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Originally Posted by NSXNEXT
On a 2nd gen TL, 8.5 is too wide and 9.5 is just plain stupid without a major fender remodel.
If you really want the staggered look (which I think is just plain stupid on a FWD car, go with 7.5" +48 offset in the front and 8" +50 offset in the back.
If you really want the staggered look (which I think is just plain stupid on a FWD car, go with 7.5" +48 offset in the front and 8" +50 offset in the back.
11-01-2006, 01:06 AM
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Originally Posted by etxxz
and having wider rims in the back is just plain ignorant too 
i dont care about it being ignorant, it looks bad ass. the 04 and up TL are doing it so why cant i! IF U GUYS HAVNT NEVER SEEN IT DONE BEFORE, LOOK ON PAGE 2 OF THE PHOTOGALLERY AT REV-01- WORK WHEEL TEASER. I LOVE IT!
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11-01-2006, 07:06 PM
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not necesaraly....most VW (jettas and golf specially) look really nice w/ staggered wheels and TONS of people make them for fwd cars and offsets that'll work on the TL. mini cooper on staggered... most hondas will look better on 5 or 7 spoke rims IMO. but yeah, a g35, Z or bmw with nice wide staggered rims and a chromy lip = sex
11-02-2006, 01:16 AM
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actually pimpin white cl-s is running staggered and it looks amazing...he has 18x8 in front and 18x8.5 in rear...it looks sick..works vs...check it out in the black market..he is selling them..pics are there also
11-02-2006, 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by NSXNEXT
If you really want the staggered look (which I think is just plain stupid.......)
Originally Posted by Phrosttz0
get yourself a RWD car if you wanna stagger
Originally Posted by brianlin87
really just depends on how you look at it. if you just want the "look" of staggered wheels, why not just get the same width wheel all around but vary the offsets a bit in the rear.
But yeah, Staggered wheels do look good but in this game of modifying cars there's basically 2 schools of thought, Show-B4-Go and Go-B4-Show. I personally adhere to the latter of the two but to each his own. The problem lies when the "show" compromises the "go" (ie 50lb wings, cut springs, or staggered wheels on a front engine front wheel drive car.) Unfortunately there are limits to what we can do with our ff TL's, things that look good on other cars just don't work on ours. But as stated above: its your car, do with it what u will.
BTW: I want a car that can fly but u wont see me strapping wings to it and driving it off a cliff (not this year at least.)
Anyways GL with whatever u decide :thmbsup:
11-02-2006, 06:44 PM
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Originally Posted by type-s09
actually pimpin white cl-s is running staggered and it looks amazing...he has 18x8 in front and 18x8.5 in rear...it looks sick..works vs...check it out in the black market..he is selling them..pics are there also
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i think most of us here is going for the looks....if i am all out performance why would i even put 17" or 18" wheels...infact i will put 16" and it doesn't even have to look nice...i sold quite a bit of staggered wheels on fwd...it might be retard to some of you but all the owners who bought a custom made staggered wheels from me is for looks only...each of those 19" wheels is over 30 lbs each...
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Originally Posted by brianlin87
really just depends on how you look at it. if you just want the "look" of staggered wheels, why not just get the same width wheel all around but vary the offsets a bit in the rear.
11-02-2006, 11:54 PM
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I'm mainly going for looks. My TL is not an daily driver, i have an 96 honda accord for that. This is y i am thinking about do the staggered look. I do plan on putting my car in car shows and the staggered look would be sumtn a lil different.
11-03-2006, 07:58 PM
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here is a pic of staggered look wheels
both front and back wheels are 19x8 same offset....but the front is regular disk and rear is super low disk....kinda hard to tell but you can see the lip at the back is bigger....of course if you want more you must buy staggered wheels
both front and back wheels are 19x8 same offset....but the front is regular disk and rear is super low disk....kinda hard to tell but you can see the lip at the back is bigger....of course if you want more you must buy staggered wheels
11-03-2006, 08:58 PM
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That looks good Rev..I also wanted to go with the staggered look but couldnt find a Work distributor that wanted to answer questions so I just went a different route 
11-03-2006, 09:40 PM
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Staggered wheels look nice on cars, but serve little purpose on a FWD car.
Yes, its your money, and yes you can do with your car as you please. So by all means.
But mind you, it's really hard to find wheels with the correct offset for out cars and the wider the wheels you want in the back, the harder it will be to find correct offsets. That will be your biggest limiting factor.
Oh and you'll most likely get weird looks from people who know a thing or two about cars. I know I always look twice when I see staggered wheels on a FWD. Kinda lame IMO...
Staggered wheels are for RWD cars.
Yes, its your money, and yes you can do with your car as you please. So by all means.
But mind you, it's really hard to find wheels with the correct offset for out cars and the wider the wheels you want in the back, the harder it will be to find correct offsets. That will be your biggest limiting factor.
Oh and you'll most likely get weird looks from people who know a thing or two about cars. I know I always look twice when I see staggered wheels on a FWD. Kinda lame IMO...
Staggered wheels are for RWD cars.
11-14-2006, 10:47 AM
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What kind of rims are those?? Looks like it tucks in kind of nice. I think staggered on rear wheel drives look better since you have more options for lip sizes, our 2nd Gen TL wheel setups are limited just finding wheels that fit right without rubbing, but to go staggered is a whole other issue. This setup looks very nice. My big issue with staggered is excessive tire wear since you can't rotate them front to back to even out wear.
Originally Posted by REV-01
here is a pic of staggered look wheels
both front and back wheels are 19x8 same offset....but the front is regular disk and rear is super low disk....kinda hard to tell but you can see the lip at the back is bigger....of course if you want more you must buy staggered wheels
both front and back wheels are 19x8 same offset....but the front is regular disk and rear is super low disk....kinda hard to tell but you can see the lip at the back is bigger....of course if you want more you must buy staggered wheels
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