Staggered alloys and tyre choice

[Grey2002]

Hi,

Sorry if this sounds like a dumb noob question but I've never been in a position where it's really been likely I'd end up with staggered alloys so I'm a little confused.

Since the demise of the '02 I'm looking to get an E30. I've also got the chance to get a set of 16x7 front and 16x8 rear genuine E30 Alpina alloys thru a friend of a friend of a friend etc. Now, I've always used 4 of the same tyres all round but how does it work with 7s and the front and 8 at the rear? From my searching it seems the std Alpina sizes are 205/50R16 at the front and 225/45R16 for the rears, does that mean I can/should/will have to run two different manufactures tyres front and rear as I can't seem to find any who do both sizes in the same tyre.

Does anyone have suggestions about what the best performance tyres to fit the bill?

Many thanks.

[DTM190]

Maybe try going 225/45-16 on the 16x7s (they look good and are not over tyred) and 245/45-16 on the 16x8s.

From memory one of the yokos comes in the 225 and 245 combo mentioned above and also Toyo proxes

[Grey2002]

Cool, that's another avenue I can check out. Quick question the 225/45s, will they affect the handling at all? I've read some people have had adverse handing after fitting these up front.

I guess this combo also makes sense as the 205/50s have a index of only 87 and the 325 is 90 right?

[matt_dumesny]

45's are great IMO, the perfect match of comfort and low profile, i had them on my 17's and when the VT cops 17's next tire time, it'll also get 45's.