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Old May 18, 2007 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by JimmyB,May 18 2007, 04:03 AM
The initial question should be: How are you planning to drive the car and what kind of driver are you?

Just remember that when Honda engineered the S it was designed with stagger. The reason was for better control of the car across many differant driving situations. So ask yourself what and how am I going to be driving this car.

I also don't believe that you will get any better tire life by rotating the tires on the S. I personally think that by not having the tires staggered, tire life would be about the same if not even less.

The best way to keep your tires in good order would be to make sure that the tire pressure is always checked and maintained along with making sure that the alignment is also correct.

Again before you can really answer what tire and wheel type and size or stagger or no stagger, you need to answer how are you going to be driving your car. In my personally opinion, Honda designed the car with stagger and I believe that is probably the best way to keep it.

Good Luck,
I couldn't have put it better myself

I used to run 225's all the way around. It was an alright ride. I would rotate them about every 3 months and they only lasted about 9 months total. they had a tread wear of 220 I think?

Now I am running staggered, with the same tread wear. However for some reason it seems that these tires are lasting a lot longer. I am not sure if it is because I have changed my driving habits (because I don't really think I did) But for some odd reason, it seems that my staggered setup has more overstear then the 225's I am not sure why.

The ones I have now are 225 in front and 245 in rear.

I am happy though, it seems like I have at least another year left on this rubber. Tires can get really expensive after a while

Sorry for my worthless post
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