my RS has a staggered 225 front and 235 rear (goodyear eagle GT). dont ask me why, i just got it like that. is that too narrow for front wheels or is that fine? thanks.

 

i wouldnt go smaller than 235 to tell u the truth

 

Staggered setups have to be very carefully matched up so as not to put undo stress on the transfer case. I would never run a staggered setup on an AWD vehicle.

Josh

 

Yep, replace those ASAP.

 

will it be ok for the short-term if i don't drive too hard, since i dont have the money right now to replace them? i can get it in a few weeks.

 

Agreed on above. If all tires have the same outside diameter you'll be ok. However, that 225 is a bit small for the car. I definitely wouldn't do it long term if at all.

 

According to a tire size calculator, you are nominally 1.4% too fast.

I ran with a 10% difference once on my STi (stepper gear we didn't know about) and it took no more than a few days driving very little for that tranny to detonate and cause one heck of a mess.

 

i fail to see how tire WIDTH would hurt it any if the tire height is the same size... or am i being dumb? i also heard the height wasn't a certain number but a ratio...so i'm assuming i'm wrong haha

 

Here, calculate it for yourself.
http://www.1010tires.com/tiresizecalculator.asp

It changes the section width, diameter (sidewall height), revs per mile...so the 225s will have to go 0.8 MPH faster than the 235 tires to keep up. What you do think that will do to your transfer case?

 

thanks for the info. will get the money to get it changed asap.

 

also...if you have 5k or more miles on the rears you can't just slap new ones on the front

tread depth needs to be close too

 

How many miles are on it already with the staggered setup? Your transfer case may already be f'ed up. Did you get it from a dealer or was it a private sale? Either way, if there's any way to undo the transaction, I would, and just wait for an RS that isn't potentially screwed up to come up for sale.

 

Just let some air out of the rear tires and you'll be fine......

....... no not really that was me being an ****.

 

You'd break my car then! But talk about having to be careful, you guys need to have the tires be equal, I need them to be the perfect amount unequal...

Anyway, 225/235 is dumb, whoever did that needs to be shot, I wouldn't go smaller than 235 on an Evo even if I was dumb enough to stagger the widths anyway. 245s are good, 255s are the way to go. And always all 4 corners, all the time! If you get an irrepairable flat in one, and the others are half worn out, that means 4 new tires. Yay! It sucks, but that's the price you pay with most AWD vehicles. So yeah, replace it as soon as possible and drive it as little as possible.

 

how do i know if my transfer case is still ok or if it's f*cked up already? i already ordered 235's and are installing them tomorrow.