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Old 07-07-2010, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by juppalgae View Post
but can i also go with 20 on all four?

also, no one has still explained what the benefits are besides the looks for

1. staggered
2. all four 20 inch wheel
I just re-read this again and although this sounds obvious, I would like clarification....

are you considering running different diameter front and rear wheels? You would still have to compensate for the tire sidewall to maintain an overall equal wheel/tire diameter between the front and rear. Not only would this be aesthetically unpleasing, you risk damaging the center differential. Example:

315/35/20 (assuming 10.5 width) diameter is 728mm
275/45/19 (assuming 9.5 width) diameter is 731mm

While this is the "closest" I think you could get running 19F and 20R (not that you'd want to) the overall diameter difference is 0.4% which equals 2.9 additional rotations of the rear wheels/tires every mile. This might not damage the center differential (don't know much about it), but it is a risk. All that aside, the greater differences between sidewall sizes could cause "interesting" handling characteristics.

If I totally misunderstood your post as staggering diameter and not width, please disregard.
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