02#154 said:IMHO, staggered could mean either or both. You can prolly find a lot of examples of people using the term stagger here on Prime where they're talking about diameters.
Then again, a lot of muscle car guys will refer to their staggered setups, referring to huge rubber in back and relatively speaking narrow tires up front, though they're running 15" wheels front and back.
J
Yes, this is where I think we got a little off track. "Staggered means smaller/bigger" is simply a misleading/incomplete statement.
I was trying to be as specific as possible constantly referring to diameter only. Of course wider tires on the drive wheels is typical in performance cars. But one measurement is not dependent on the other.
And the diameter measurement has nothing to do with performance even tough it's suggested that smaller rims lower the front end