Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Menu

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

Reading time 5 Min.

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

The term Staggered Wheels rims means that the rims on the front axle of a car are a different size than the rims on the rear axle. One could translate the term as “staggered wheels”. Rims with a larger diameter are almost always installed on the rear axle in order to make the car look sportier. You can also fit wider rims and tires on one of the axles to further improve the driving dynamics. These wider wheel / tire combinations are used on the driven axle. This has the advantage that the tire has a larger contact area. As a result, the power produced by the engine is distributed over a larger contact area and the car has a significantly better grip level when accelerating. However, the diameter of the different complete wheels must remain the same. If the rim gets bigger, then it has to Cross section of the tire getting thinner.

Staggered Wheels rims

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

The usual Staggered Wheels rims are rarely installed in series vehicles. One of the few vehicles on which rims with different diameters are fitted directly from the factory is the current Chevrolet Corvette of the type C8. In the field of athletes such as the Porsche 911 (992), various vehicles from Ferrari or Lamborghini and one floor above, with the hypercars, Staggered Wheels rims are almost standard. Often in the dimensions 21 & 20 inches or in the format 20 & 19 inches. The difference from front to back is almost always 1 inch. A larger difference is not impossible, but it is unusual. verschieden width Rims with mixed tires however, are installed much more often. Especially in rear-wheel drive cars, they are often used as the power of the car can be brought to the road more effectively. The non-driven axle requires less grip and therefore narrower tires. An example of this is the Mercedes C63 AMG, the BMW M5 and actually almost every vehicle that a little bit on Performance is designed.

Pros and cons of the different sizes:

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

The wider tires greatly increase grip when accelerating, cornering and braking. However, these are rather bad for top speeds, as they cause more friction on the asphalt and the car has to fight it harder and can drive less quickly. An individual compromise must therefore be found for each vehicle. The purposes of use should also be taken into account. If you want to drive a lot on country roads or winding roads, wider tires are ideal. However, if you want to drive a lot and fast on the motorway, you should choose slightly narrower tires. These aspects can be improved and individualized in detail through the tire pressure. If you increase the tire pressure, the tire has a smaller contact area and therefore less friction on the road. This increases the top speed somewhat and reduces consumption to a minimum. If you reduce the tire pressure, the tire has a larger contact area. This improves cornering dynamics and grip. In addition, consumption increases as the car has more resistance due to the friction on the ground. Incidentally, the comfort also decreases a bit and the wear and tear is usually higher with different wheel sizes.

The legal about Staggered Wheels rims:

Legally you just have to make it clear beforehand that the selected rims fit on the car and later by the TÜV mittels modification acceptance removed (Teilegutachten) can be. You have to make sure that the rims with the tires are not too big. If they are too close to the wheel arch or even drag against it, the police can shut down the car. This problem can especially occur in cars with a lowered chassis. An acceptance by a testing organization is therefore necessary.

We hope that you have received our information report on the topic / term Staggered Wheels (further designations / keywords are: Step rims, step rims, relay rims, relay rims, staggered wheels, staggered fitment, staggered rims, staggered rim packages, staggered wheel fitment) from the Autotuning category. Our goal is to have the largest German-speaking tuning lexicon (Tuning Wikipedia) and to explain tuning technical terms from A to Z easily and understandably. We are therefore expanding this lexicon almost daily and you can see how far we have already come HERE see. And soon the next one will be Tuning scene concept illuminated by us. There's a theme that not can be found in our Wikipedia? Then send us an email at kontakt@tuningblog.eu and gives us the term. We will write a suitable article as soon as possible. PS. By the way, you will be informed about new topics if you have ours Feed subscriber.

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

Below are a few examples from our tuning lexicon:

But of course tuningblog has countless other articles on the subject of cars & car tuning in stock. Do you want to see them all? Just click HERE and look around. We would also like to provide you with news aside from the tuning. In our category Tips, products, information & Co we pick up contributions from car or accessory manufacturers. And also our category Test sites, laws, offenses, information has almost daily new information for you. Here are a few topics from our tuning wiki:

Tuning in miniature format - toy car tuning

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

What are so-called bargeboards for the vehicle?

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

What are so-called recovery boards for the vehicle?

Staggered Wheels rims: what kind of rims are they?

"Tuningblog.eu" - we keep you up to date on the subject of car tuning and car styling with our tuning magazine and we present you the latest tuned vehicles from all over the world every day. It's best to subscribe to ours Feed and will automatically be informed as soon as there is something new about this post, and of course also to all other contributions.

About Thomas Wachsmuth

Thomas Wachsmuth - He has been an integral part of tuningblog.eu since 2013. His passion for cars is so intense that he invests every available penny in them. While he dreams of a BMW E31 850CSI and a Hennessey 6x6 Ford F-150, he currently drives a rather inconspicuous BMW 540i (G31/LCI). His collection of books, magazines and brochures on the subject of car tuning has now reached such proportions that he himself has become a walking reference work for the tuning scene.  More about Thomas

Leave a Comment

Your e-mail address will not be published. Required fields are marked with * marked