Need opinions - rearranging staggered 3-piece wheels

[rayray086]

OK, so I've got a set of 3-piece wheels that are originally 16x7 ET35, 16x8 ET38. The 7s have a 0.5" lip, the 8s a 1" lip. I've split these and have mocked up a trial fitment by swapping the lips between the different widths, and now I've achieved an overall width of 7.5" all around with offsets ET29 and ET44 (I have double-checked these values by physically measuring and also by calculating and I arrive at the same numbers, give or take 1mm). From a VW fitment point of view, would you rather have staggered widths, or the same width all around but with staggered offsets to provide a good "stance"?

I'm currently rebuilding these wheels as a project and once the lips are polished and the centres are ready to paint/powdercoat, I'll be putting them out for sale with a custom choice of colour, so your opinions matter

Cheers.

[ffoff]

Staggered widths if it's for show, staggered offsets if it's for drive.

Won't having a wider wheel in the rear promote understeer on a FWD car?

[dylan8]

you saw my facebook comment. wide rear ftw

[jayjay]

The biggest problem i have with staggered widths is maintaining equal stretch. Very hard to stretch something over a 7" with a reasonable tyre size, to match the stretch on an 8". Exactly my predicament before but it's ok now.

[Preen59]

Staggered offsets. Staggered widths are for cars that drive the rear wheels.