I've got a completely stock coyote and am looking into getting the 19" forgestar f14s. I see a lot of guys running staggered setups with 9" fronts and 10" rears and being able to rotate tires is a nice luxury to have, so I been debating going square with 10" (AM has them with +42 mm offset). I did some searching and most of the guys that are running 10" up front are doing auto cross. My question is why do so many guys opt to give up the choice to rotate their tires just so their fronts are an inch narrower? To me it just makes more sense to run a 19x10 square setup am I missing something?
Stagger or square?
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I have run square 19x10 with 285/35/19s on my exclusively street driven Boss. No downside to doing it and that ET42 is a good offset to use for clearing Brembos and not poking out in back, either.
Your car came with a square setup so it's damping/swaybars were setup for having equal traction at both ends.
Your car came with a square setup so it's damping/swaybars were setup for having equal traction at both ends.
The forgestars are lighter than my stock wheels right now, that would lead to less wear on steering struts.
This Id rather buy 2 new tires rather than 4 lol
Lol you realize when you don't rotate the tires you cut the mileage you get out of them by half. So you're not buying 2 tires you're buying 6 every time a guy with a square setup buys 4. That's the whole point...
If it's your daily driver then being able to rotate your tires is a must if you want them to wear evenly. If its your toy on the weekends then buy staggered. One can never have too wide of a back tire. However that's just my opinion as my Mustang spends more time sitting in the garage then driven.
Uh no. My fronts still look new and I'm due for a rear set that lasted 2 summers and they are summer only tires. If you drive like a puss then stick with sq set up.
more tire contact is what i meant.
I'm looking for legitimate advice not some shit on telling to me to buy a camaro because it burns less rubber. And the other dumbass saying that having wide tires up front means you're driving like a puss.
Yeah saving $500 for two tires every 30k miles when I need new a new set is worth it. And I think that 9" wide wheels up front don't look worse than 10". I'll just be running 285 all around instead of 255 front and 285 back.
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I wasn't asking for your opinion, if your IQ is in the double digits keep it to yourself.
Cute is that what you joke about with your boyfriend when you're riding together in your convertible?
If you want to rotate buy square. I run a 20x9.5 on the front and a 20x11 on the rear. People always stop me and ask how big my tires are on the rear lol. I run drag radials so rotating is pointless anyways. It just depends what look you want or what performance you are trying to get. Running a staggered setup just lets you fit the widest wheel and tire possible on the back and it looks killer imo.
I agree with you I love the way 19 or 20x11 would look but I imo it's overkill for a stock daily driver. 19x10 is as wide as I will go on the rears, and my point is would it be bad to go 19x10 on the fronts and be able to rotate versus going 19x9. The 19x9 and 19x10 is so much more common that I started thinking there must be something bad about running square 19x10.
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