I just bought OEM g35 18 wheels, they are staggered, will they fit my my 04 g35x

or will it hurt my awd?

 

It'll be fine, just run the same diameter size tires.

 

im not very inclined with this kind of stuff, but umm, the tires that are on the wheels are 225 45/18 front, the rears are 245 45 18 so will this hurt them?

 

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html


^^Punch the numbers into this in the future for reference on these questions.

In direct answer, no you SHOULDN'T use the staggered tire sizes listed on your car. They will throw off your AWD system.

But you can change the rear or front tires to match up, so you could still use those rims if you want to. A 225/50 in the front would put the Diameter close enough and should still fit without rubbing. Or drop the profile in the back to 245/40. There are a couple options, you could even run the same size, like a 235/45 all around but that's more costly initially because you'd have to change all your tires at once. Though this is the recommended option anyways.

Any local tire shop should be able to help you sort this out, you'll need to have them swapped installed and balanced anyways so you may as well shop around for a good shop with good pricing. You can get tires from Tirerack.com as well but keep in mind you still need to pay for shipping taxes and installation, a lot of times it's cheaper to just go to the local tire place.

 

You have a few choices. 1. sell the front tires and get the same as the rear. 2. sell the rears and get the same as fronts. Or sell both and get 235/45 all around.

 

Um coupe 18s are not staggered, just the tires are. They are 18X8 +30 on all 4 corners if you are talking about the first gen 7 spoke versions.

 

Come on, blowing up a t-case would be a blast...right?

Lol. I'd go with the 45/18s all around.

 

You may or may not be confused about aspect ratio ratings on tires. Most of us had a hard time with this at first before we learnt, so in case you don't know..

.. The tire size breakdown off the top of my head:
ex. 245/45/18
245 = the tires width in mm
45 = aspect ratio, this is a percentage of the width, it represents the height of the sidewall, but is NOT A DIRECT MEASUREMENT
in this regard, a 245/45 and 265/45 would have a completely different sidewall height.

18 = obviously rim height, tire bead to tire bead

So you can see why suggesting 45/18 all the way around without specifying the width of the tire is completely useless.