Just like the topic says, does anyone know if it's possible to run a staggered wheel setup on a tC? I hope to do that when i get mine. I just wanted to know if it was possible. If it is possible, what's the widest i can run in the back for 18 and 19 inch wheels?

 

I dont get it..............are you trying to put bigger tires on the back? like 19"s then 18"s up front???

 

no. i want a staggered setup (i.e. 18x7 in front, 18x9 in the back) with an 18in or 19in wheel diameter. sorry if i wasn't clear.

 

so you want wider rims in the back? what for? just curious...

 

i personally just like the look of wider wheels in the back. i saw a black G35 coupe in my neighborhood with staggered bronze 18 or 19in wheels on it and it looked hot. i just want to replicate that look on my tC as soon as i get it.

by the way, i know that the tC is a front wheel drive car.

 

If you can find someone who sells the rims at the bolt pattern, maybe you could, I'm not too familiar with how it works but most cars i've seen do it had the wider rear end to accompany it.

 

Yes, you can 18x8.5 fronts and 18x9.5 rears. check it out we have posted pics of the black tc. the car looks good. if you have any question you can call me tavis @
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you probably could, but you'll lose performance and won't be able to rotate all 4 tires, thus shorter tire life. I don't really see the point.

 

ive been lookin at wheels too...on tirerack they give u a recommended offset for each wheel that fits a tC...

anybody know if the offset matters THAT much?...cuz id like the wheels to sit more flush with the body

 

yeah u can run staggered on a tC longo's demo car is running it, looks pretty clean =)

 

Sorry to resurrect this, but this would be a pretty bad idea.

The reason to do this on cars like the G35 coupe is because they are rear wheel drive. Wider tire means more surface area, which means more rubber in contact with the road, which means more traction. The only thing this would do on a FWD car is increase understeer.

 

Agreed, there's no good reason to do this in a FWD car, in fact it would probably be better to have more tire in the front, but I don't think anyone usually tries that

 

very true and people do do it my integra has wider tires in th efornt than the rear. it makes the car more "tail happy". IF you put smaller wheels in the front and wider wheels in the back on a tc it would handle like crap and throw of almost all of suspension dynamic. -Jay

 

its possible to do a staggered setup on a any car, but unless your car is rear wheel drive (which it is not), that is a real ricer thing to do. Mod your car in a way that its going to improve it, hell, you can do mods that won't necessarily improve it (show mods for example), but don't mod it in a way that it will decrease the performance of your car.

 

He wants to exaggerate the understeer.

 

There's absolutely no point in doing this. And actually if you do its really like Jo2 said, a ricer move. It does nothing for your performance or looks. Most people put larger tires on because 1- it gives them better traction, and 2- it gives them better gas mileage.

 

Larger tire = more rubber = more surface contact = more friction = more work needed to move larger, heaver mass = more gas used = lower mpg, not better.

 

Umm, gas mileage difference would be negligible at best, assuming the actual wheels aren't much heavier.

 

Yes, I know this. I was correcting Charisma.

 

Not sure what it does for this car, but on my Camaro it helped with gas mileage. It's simple science. Larger wheel rotates less but moves more using less gas.