going square how did you like it?

boosted180 · 01-29-2015, 05:44 PM

What are the pluses and minuses of going square vs. staggered? I've ran staggered since I got the car in 2009 and have tweaked everything to the way I like it. But now, I'm going from 19 to 18" wheels and found out that NT05's don't come in 245 45 18 fro the fronts, so I was considering going square, but that would mean I need to change my camber, toe, sway bar settings, etc. to fine tune everything again (which I don't mind doing if there's more advantages to going square).

Originally, I was going to go 18x9 fronts and 18x10 rears on the Forgestar F14's and 245 45 fronts, 275 40 rears, which would keep the overall diameter same as stock. But since NT05's don't come in 45 sidewall for the 245 fronts, I'll need to either go to a 40 sidewall front and 35 sidewall rear, which would decrease the overall diameter by about 1", which I don't want to do b/c I need to drive this car daily also - and even as is, I'm having a hard time on driveways already. 1" lower would really be a pain to drive on the street.

If I ran square, it'd be 275 40 18's all around on 18x10 wheels. What offsets would you recommend if I wanted close to flush front and rear? Or keep the same offset front and rear and use a spacer? In either case, please recommend what offsets and what spacer size I'll need. So hard to decide! Your inputs would help a lot. Thanks.

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01-29-2015, 05:44 PM	#27 (permalink)
boosted180 Base Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: long beach Posts: 188 Drives: '09 370z sport 6m Rep Power: 18	What are the pluses and minuses of going square vs. staggered? I've ran staggered since I got the car in 2009 and have tweaked everything to the way I like it. But now, I'm going from 19 to 18" wheels and found out that NT05's don't come in 245 45 18 fro the fronts, so I was considering going square, but that would mean I need to change my camber, toe, sway bar settings, etc. to fine tune everything again (which I don't mind doing if there's more advantages to going square). Originally, I was going to go 18x9 fronts and 18x10 rears on the Forgestar F14's and 245 45 fronts, 275 40 rears, which would keep the overall diameter same as stock. But since NT05's don't come in 45 sidewall for the 245 fronts, I'll need to either go to a 40 sidewall front and 35 sidewall rear, which would decrease the overall diameter by about 1", which I don't want to do b/c I need to drive this car daily also - and even as is, I'm having a hard time on driveways already. 1" lower would really be a pain to drive on the street. If I ran square, it'd be 275 40 18's all around on 18x10 wheels. What offsets would you recommend if I wanted close to flush front and rear? Or keep the same offset front and rear and use a spacer? In either case, please recommend what offsets and what spacer size I'll need. So hard to decide! Your inputs would help a lot. Thanks.