Staggered wheels on AWD
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Burning Brakes
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Staggered wheels on AWD
I've looked around and I can't find anything on it. I've heard many stories about how staggered wheels are bad on AWD vehicles and I heard it doesn't affect anything. I'm just making sure if running staggered wheels and tires will be ok? New to the AWD scene...lol
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My only concern would be tire rotation which would become non-existent
This tire rack article is pretty decent.
Winter Tech Information - Matching Tires on Four-Wheel Drive & All-Wheel Drive Vehicles
This tire rack article is pretty decent.
Winter Tech Information - Matching Tires on Four-Wheel Drive & All-Wheel Drive Vehicles
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From: Montreal, Qc, Canada
from my experience if you do it right you will not have any issues on going staggered. Your car will look mean and more aggressive and not stupid like some other said here, if that's what you looking for.
Keep in mind that you have to keep it as symmetric as possible in order to achieve good results.
In my case I'm running 20x9 and 35 offset in front and 20x10.5 and 40 offset in the back. The important thing is to have the same tire dimensions all around. On my car I have 245/35 R20, slightly stretch in front and very stretch in the back. Been running this setup for three years now and no problem at all, even lowered. I know I have a TL, but the logic is that it's possible to get it done on the TLX as well.
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Hi there,
from my experience if you do it right you will not have any issues on going staggered. Your car will look mean and more aggressive and not stupid like some other said here, if that's what you looking for.
Keep in mind that you have to keep it as symmetric as possible in order to achieve good results.
In my case I'm running 20x9 and 35 offset in front and 20x10.5 and 40 offset in the back. The important thing is to have the same tire dimensions all around. On my car I have 245/35 R20, slightly stretch in front and very stretch in the back. Been running this setup for three years now and no problem at all, even lowered. I know I have a TL, but the logic is that it's possible to get it done on the TLX as well.
from my experience if you do it right you will not have any issues on going staggered. Your car will look mean and more aggressive and not stupid like some other said here, if that's what you looking for.
Keep in mind that you have to keep it as symmetric as possible in order to achieve good results.
In my case I'm running 20x9 and 35 offset in front and 20x10.5 and 40 offset in the back. The important thing is to have the same tire dimensions all around. On my car I have 245/35 R20, slightly stretch in front and very stretch in the back. Been running this setup for three years now and no problem at all, even lowered. I know I have a TL, but the logic is that it's possible to get it done on the TLX as well.