W205 with AMG Sports Pkg may have to use 18" Snow Tires
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Originally Posted by christyan78
My car came with the same setup.
When i bought it,the previous owner changed it to a non staggered setup and this is how i have it also for the last 5 months.No issue..I have 225/45/18 all around.
When i bought it,the previous owner changed it to a non staggered setup and this is how i have it also for the last 5 months.No issue..I have 225/45/18 all around.
If you keep the 7.5" F/ 8.5" R but run 225/45 tires on the wider rears you're stretching the rears by about an inch. The stretch reduces the rolling diameter of the rear wheel assemblies a bit, and may look a little strange. AWD cars are sensitive to variations in rolling diameter between the two axles. Anything over 3% can cause damage to an AWD system. If you're on staggered rims on a 4Matic car I'd stick to the OEM tire sizes.
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My car comes stock with 19" amg wheels, staggered setup. I want to use a square setup with staggered 18" wheels to avoid going aftermarket.
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If the rim widths are different front vs rear you still have a staggered set up. Tire width alone doesn't determine whether it's square or not. If the previous owner went to 7.5" rims all around (or 8.5) then it's truly square.
If you keep the 7.5" F/ 8.5" R but run 225/45 tires on the wider rears you're stretching the rears by about an inch. The stretch reduces the rolling diameter of the rear wheel assemblies a bit, and may look a little strange. AWD cars are sensitive to variations in rolling diameter between the two axles. Anything over 3% can cause damage to an AWD system. If you're on staggered rims on a 4Matic car I'd stick to the OEM tire sizes.
If you keep the 7.5" F/ 8.5" R but run 225/45 tires on the wider rears you're stretching the rears by about an inch. The stretch reduces the rolling diameter of the rear wheel assemblies a bit, and may look a little strange. AWD cars are sensitive to variations in rolling diameter between the two axles. Anything over 3% can cause damage to an AWD system. If you're on staggered rims on a 4Matic car I'd stick to the OEM tire sizes.
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Originally Posted by cybersalim
My car comes stock with 19" amg wheels, staggered setup. I want to use a square setup with staggered 18" wheels to avoid going aftermarket.
A staggered set up uses wider wheels and wider tires on the rear axle relative to the front. The two set ups are mutually exclusive. You can't have a square set up and staggered wheels.
So you have a line on a set of staggered AMG 18" rims, and you want to put a set of winter tires on those to use as a second set? As long as you're buying snow tires, get them staggered as well using the OEM 18" tire sizes.
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I have aftermarket non-staggered rims from Tire Rack for my snow tires on my C300 AMG. I've done this for two winters with absolutely no issues and no regrets. I am using the run-flat Pirelli Sottozero Series II, size 225/45-18. I am quite happy with their performance, even though i'm not a huge fan of run-flat tires..
