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staggered or not??

Poll ended at Sun May 23, 2010 8:09 am

Staggered
6
40%
Not
9
60%
 
Total votes: 15

ka-t4u
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i am comptamplating getting a set of these, i like them a lot, i know that they are not the "best wheels" out there and that ou guys will obviously suggest other brands..... thats not why am here though, all i want is your opinion.... the deal is, they come in 16x8/0 offset/3.5" lip; and they also come in 16x7/+15 offset/2.5 inch lip; heres is where i would like to hear your opinions, should i go staggered or not?? i love the look of those fat lips on wheels, but i also love the look of staggered wheels on rwd cars like ours, so what would be your choice??


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Az24tsx
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I voted Staggered I used to have 16x8/0 on my hatch and they looked pretty good

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hatedinthemind
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i voted "not" go 16x8 all the way around

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simmode1
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hatedinthemind wrote:i voted "not" go 16x8 all the way around
Word. Even 8 inches wide is too skinny, IMO. Why go even smaller than that!?

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simmode1 wrote:
hatedinthemind wrote:i voted "not" go 16x8 all the way around
Word. Even 8 inches wide is too skinny, IMO. Why go even smaller than that!?
agreed

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Didderson
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uuh, IIRC the +15 wheel is also 8" wide. That was 2 years ago though, maybe they changed it.

I dont know what to suggest haha...
Stagger might be cool to see, but it looks fine without.
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Look at that Rankaster countryside! :P

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simmode1
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^^^That does looking nice. I never really understood the fascination with staggered setups, to be honest... :gotme Hell, I want sticky 245 tires all around...

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To fit the 0 offset wheels well, i'd suggest a 195/55R16 tire. If you don't run a stretch, you'll be pulling a lot.
So yea it kinda sucks, but you make tradeoffs for the look I guess.

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elchoccolatte
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Staggered!

kc240guy
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I think staggered only looks good when there's no lip because two different sizes of lip looks weird. Especially when there's only 3 inches to play with.

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well my car is only on drop spring/strut combo, so i probably won't have any issues with roll/pull, thanks to all you guys for your replies and lets see some more!!!! the ones on that picture do look good with the 0 offset all the way around!, another thing i was worried about was the 0 offset upfront sticking too far out and looking hideous.... thanks again to all of you and please let me get some more!!

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kc240guy wrote:I think staggered only looks good when there's no lip because two different sizes of lip looks weird. Especially when there's only 3 inches to play with.
Exactly. I like a certain amount of symmetry or uniformity when it comes to my car. If I'm gonna run deep dish, I want the same amount of lip front and back. If I run concave, I want the same amount of angle all around...

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You very well may have rubbing issue on fender depending on tire. My Vert is on Tanabe springs and was rubbing even on little bumps with 225/50/16 on 16x8 0 offset and about -1 on the rear camber. Had to pull the fender a good bit.

ka-t4u
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well my rear camber is set to -2, thats the closest i could get it.... oh and am gonna be running 205/50's up front and 255/50's out back!! lol chunky ftw!!! i don't really like to stretch...

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255/50! holy dragster rat rod batman!


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