I know some will bash me for this, but oh well.
I am just throwing out some ideas,
I am getting some track-lites17x8's(eventually)
however I am wondering what would be better to do, if any.
I could
1. get some 17x7's and put 225/45r17's on the front with 245/40r17's on the 17x8's on the rear
2. make a spacer to put in behind the rear hub to space the wheel out some to fill in the fender a little and stick with the 225's
3. just do the 17x8's with the 225's on it without any spacers.
I am looking more for performance, but it would look nice if the rear stuck out a little farther than it does stock.
I am thinking the bigger tire in the back would slow me down if anything, and the spacer idea just has to fir the right way and be safe.
I am looking for others ideas about this
please be constructive, and not the usual (you can't do that on a fwd car crap)
thanks
steve
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I am looking more for performance
what kind of performance?
your idea of staggering the wheels doesn't really coincide with any kind of.. performance
instead of staggering the wheels or getting a spacer, why not just get a different offset for the rear?
I thought the idea of staggered wheels was traction. RWD cars use a wider rear wheel and hence a wider tire to put more meat on the pavement. Using a wider rear wheel on a FWD car is pretty much useless for its intended purpose.
So if you're really performance minded, you'll want the wider wheels up front where the power is. If you want to be a RWD poser, put the wider wheel in the back like you originally planned
Staggering wheels on a J should be for looks only. It wont help at all performance wise. Also, if you seriously want to go for it... try finding a different offset wheel for the rear first. Use spacers if you have no other choice, but be careful, spacers can be dangerous if you don't take care of them. You don't want a wheel popping off on the freeway doing 75+ mph.
i think u don't do anything involved wit staggering your wheels.
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I know it would not increase performance at all, I am more wondering if it would decrease it, as far as cornering and such.
it would look nice to fill the rear out a little more, so looks are part of the equation as well, but will it hurt how the car performs?
they do not make different offsets in the track-lites so that is also out of the question.
for the time being I think I will just go with the 8's with the 225's.
I think I might have a look into making some spacers behind the hub though, just to push it out a hair in the rear.
just have to have a look at the rear end and see what the best way around it would be.
for the neon rear swap, the bracket that goes behind the hub is just flat correct?
I was looking at an old hub I had and it looks as though the hub fits into the axel(or whatever you want to call it), somewhat like front of the hub fits into the back of the wheel. if that makes sense.
what I am getting at is should a spacer behind the hub have something for the hub to sit into?
