otee670

sup fellas
i wanna know if i can do a stagger wheel set up on my 06 gs300 awd
i heard it will mess up the awd alignedment or somethin like? i don't know
but anyway's any info would be great
keep up the good work to all club lexus members

rominl

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whoever told you that, don't listen to them....

awd can have staggered setup, people have done it here, just keep the front and rear overall diameter close and you are fine

ek9vboi

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meaning the offsets can be different as long as the tire sides are the same.

for example, 20x8.5 front with an offset of 35 and 20x8.5 rear and an offset of 45. the tire size would be around 245/30-20 or even 245/35-20 but I would go with a 245/30 just because I hate chunky tires. Plus sometimes you get rubbing if the offsets are a little off.

rominl

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not true, you can have different widths front and rear as well. you can use 245/35 and 285/30 and the car will run just fine

rominl

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https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...s300+staggered

it's been done

stvincent

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i'm sure *Nardeezy* gonna chime on this one..
for me.. i chickened out, and ordered (still on order) the same width all around w different offsets, but just like romiln said, it's been done..

nardeezy

You can do it, but I wouldn't recommend so unless you care more about looks rather than performance and practicality. To make a long story short, I've done enough research to feel confident that nothing should get damage running a staggered setup (if setup properly).

otee670

this is what i'm talking about
no offenced to all you guys that reply
i really appreciate all the info and feed back
but one person saying yes and another saying no and another saying yes but would not recomend it?
i read most of the other threads that you guys posted and i know you guys have had this same discussion before
i would like to do stagger 20" and drop the ride
if i did decide to do it
what would be the best set up
and thanks again for the help and info

otee670

nardeezy
GS300 AWD (black/ash)
Tanabe NF210 coil springs
20x8.5 & 20x10 iForged Aero wheels
245/35/20 & 285/30/20 Dunlop SP Sport 9000 tires (1st Set
245/35/20 & 275/30/20 Sumitomo HTR ZIII (Current Set
do you still have your same staggered setup and what issues do you have

rominl

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he didn't recommend due to performance and practicality issues, NOT alignment or traction or other vehicle safety related issues though

IXI187IXI

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it will throw off your awd system. even if you get the tire size diameters the same (it will be close but never exactly the same on a staggered setup) over time it will mess up the awd system.

rominl

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do you have more info? i know a lot of bmw and audi awd cars have staggered wheels and they never have problems on awd system messed up

say someone has 245/35 and 285/30, the difference front and rear on diameter is less than 1mm. are you telling me that will cause problems? that's kind of hard to believe isn't it, coz' two 245/35 can have deviation that big already

otee670

tell me more info so i can get a better understanding and help clear up the confusions

passnu2

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all your info is right in line

this is NOT going to mess up the AWD system!

I would personally run a 19x8.5 rim in the front and a 19x10 rim in the rear. I did this on my IS....If I pick up the GS I will be doing the same on that. You can PM one of our vendors MrMark also. He has a 2IS, but he has staggered rims and has since he got the car with no issues

good luck on your wheel search!

crilla

Have staggered setup on my sisters gs350 AWD and no problems at all, running 19x8.5 245/40 +36, 19x10 275/35 +40 lowered on tanabe NF's