Bad situation with tires on used G37

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04-09-2016, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Kris9884

Just to put it in one sentence in case anyone is confused:

Staggered widths in itself wont hurt an AWD system, the side wall height is what needs to be as even as possible, otherwise one tire will reach a full rotation before the other tire and wear the tread down.

If you change sidewall height to tire circumference, you'll be correct. Sidewall height can be quite different yet still end up with a given circumference.

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04-09-2016, 05:56 PM

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OP, like I said earlier, the only way to do a true 4 tire rotaion on you lightly staggered setup is to dismount/remount the tires since the wider wheels need to stay in back. If you go w/ a higher treadwear all season tire you should still get decent life going side to side as long as your alignment checks out.