Will a staggered wheel fitment hurt all wheel drive?
Dec 7, 2005, 06:58 PM
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Will a staggered wheel fitment hurt all wheel drive?
Im looking at a wheel and tire package - Front 245/35/19 Rear 275/30/19, will this hurt all wheel drive due to more weight and mass in the rear then there would be in the front? 
Dec 7, 2005, 07:00 PM
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Can't do that due to the fact that the front and rear wheels would be rotating at different speeds due to the different rotating diameters of the tires. It would tear up your center diff.
For example: Using SO3 Pole Positions just because that was the first tire I thought of, the difference in overal diameter is only a tenth of an inch (25.7 for the 245/35 and 25.6 for the 275/30), but that means that over the course of a mile, the 275/30 will rotate 3 more times than the 245. That's not good......
For example: Using SO3 Pole Positions just because that was the first tire I thought of, the difference in overal diameter is only a tenth of an inch (25.7 for the 245/35 and 25.6 for the 275/30), but that means that over the course of a mile, the 275/30 will rotate 3 more times than the 245. That's not good......
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Dec 7, 2005, 07:12 PM
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with those wheel sizes they should be the same outside diameter though, unless the vendors wrong of course, I guess its risky unless there pretty excact in size.
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They would have to be EXACT. No messing around with that. I'm not saying it's going to be an immediate explosion type deal, just that eventually your center diff would take a **** on you. What kind of tires came in the package? And those packages are obviously normally for RWD cars so it doesn't matter. You could TECHNICALLY do it, I just don't like to put more wear than necessary on a drivetrain that already takes a good amount of abuse as is.
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Dec 7, 2005, 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by super05awd
They would have to be EXACT. No messing around with that. I'm not saying it's going to be an immediate explosion type deal, just that eventually your center diff would take a **** on you. What kind of tires came in the package? And those packages are obviously normally for RWD cars so it doesn't matter. You could TECHNICALLY do it, I just don't like to put more wear than necessary on a drivetrain that already takes a good amount of abuse as is.
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Dec 7, 2005, 07:46 PM
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Hmmm, never thought of it that way......I guess even if your tire pressure was low the effective circumference of the tire should be the same, so it wouldn't really matter.
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no, your tire will sit lower with less pressure. that can throw it off 1/2" to 1" without being super low. of course a low-profile tire would reduce that, but on a 17, there can be a bit of a differnce
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