What is considered staggered?

any time the offset is different from front to back or if a tire or wheel is bigger on the rear than the front it is staggered.

so yes your wheels are now staggered. which can be good or bad. make sure they clear you fender now, and your tire might not seat on the wheel right in the rear if it is not wide enough for the new width. you don't want a stretched out sidewall or you will run into problems.

the most common is with bigger wheels and tires on the rear than the front.

there are many forms of it tho.

like in irock camaros and infinity g35's. the wheels are the same width and the tires are the same all around. on the g35's the offset of the wheels are different to clear the brakes and on the irock camaro's its because of the track width of the rear end.

some SRT's are staggered from the factory with 245/45/20's on the front and 255/45/20's on the rear but the wheels are the same

some Mercedes Benz use the same with tire all around but the wheel is wider in the rear.

DA H.N.I.C. wrote:

Good info!
Should I change my rear tire size? While the offset is identical all the way around, the wheel widths are not much different. I run 275/25/24's all the way around.

275 should be ok, but on your next set of rear tires you could go wider than that if you want now. that is as long as it clears your rear fenders fine.

Thanks Jon, I appreciate it! Now I just have to see what width/profile combo I could run and keep the front and rear diameters the same.