Hey guys,

I tried enough searching but still didnt get a straight answer yet.
In the market for new rims for my 05 G sedan .. WAS going to get 20" but would kill the comfort/performance/mileage on the car too much.

So now im settling for 19"s staggered.


DOES THE STAGGERED RIMS and WHEELS CAUSE ABS/BRAKE PROBLEMS???

THANKS!

 

No and no.

Search a bit more and you will see that a vast majority of sedans run a staggered set-up. On all my staggered set-ups Ive never had an issue (nor heard of any). My set-ups have ranged from front tire being 1/10" larger than the rear to the rear being 3/4th of an inch larger than the front with zero issue..I do have to say that spirited driving with a sligher larger rear tire is nice with VDC on. It allows for a little more slip before interaction.

On a side note, my 20's ride exactly the same as all the 19's I had prior. Fuel economy I cant comment on yet, but I will be checking that soon.
In another recent post I posted my experince with 3 sets of 19's (all different tire sizes), one set of 18's, and my current 20's. Ride quality comes down to the tires more than anything.

 

Thank you so much that does help a lot!
Im most probably going to go with 19"x8.5 in the front and 19"x9.5 in the rear with 45mm offset.. Later on il probably drop on an inch on the car!

 

Im probably going to have to order TPMS right?
Or can I use the stock ones from my car...?

 

Most wheels will accept the stock TPMS, you should be fine.

Glad to help.
For those wheel widths I would recomend 225/40/19 front and 255/35/19 rear. They would put you at 26.08 front and 26.02 rear.
Do they offer any other wheel offset?

 

no man those are they only offsets they offer.
And for the tire size.. the first set of number --->225 that determines the width of the tire correct?

 

Correct.
225 is the width of the tire
40 is the sidewall height (it is a percentage of the width)
19 would be the wheel diameter that it the tire mounts to.

The second number is the percentage of the tire width. So in this case the sidewall (89.9mm) is 40% of the width of the tire (225mm).

So as the width increases the sidewall hight also increases (with the same profile). The reason why a 40 series in the front and 35 series in the rear.

You may have already known that, but I figured that I would elaborate while I was on the topic...

Those wheels will fit good, but you might find that you will want a spacer down the road. 5mm rear looks nice (more if you want to replace wheel studs) I had 9.5 + 40 rear and I liked how they fit. If the front are 8.5 + 45 you will probably want a 15mm spacer to make them fit like the rear.

 

YES DEFINITELY was thinking of getting a spacer in the future.
Thanks a lot man you've helped me out a lot. Il try 2 see if i can get 40 series in the front. If not il go with 35 in the front and 30 in the rear.

What do u think of 245 width in the front and 275 width in the rear?

 

I wouldnt reccomend 225/35 front and 255/30 rear. Those tires will be way too small with your set-up.

245/35 and 275/30 would work too.

I have been running a 245 in the front for a while and think its a good width. I ran a 275 rear for a while, loved it but I was on a 35 series and it didnt look right with the 245/35 front...on my car. I am back to a 255/35/20 rear and 245/35/20 front and im happy.

 

^Exactly what im running on my staggerd 20s. Fuel economy is bad but dont use the odo to calculate. Use gps mileage and go from there. My nav in my 03 says im getting 17mpg but after checking with the odo theres like a 1.3 ratio with my wheels. Not acurate but good enough. so im getting like 19/24 not to bad but way worse. Oh and the 1st few days man you will blow 20 bucks if you drive like an ***!