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Is it bad to not have a staggered wheel setup on our car !!

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Old 09-30-2001, 07:29 AM
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Default Is it bad to not have a staggered wheel setup on our car !!

I was thinking of putting on 17 x 7.5 or 17 x 7 all the way around my s2000.. What are the negative effects of this?
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your fronts will grip more than they would otherwise.

increase of front grip = decrease of rear grip = increase oversteer.
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Generally, what Josh says is true. It can be mitigated, however, with tire choices. Just because you have the same width wheel doesn't necessarily mean that you must have the same width tire.

Keep in mind that you are getting into handling experimentation at this point.
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I think a HouStook (Dave) tried this at the track once and was totally dissapointed.
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