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[nubcake]

19x9 ET24 on the outside is pretty much equal to 19x9.5 ET29 (actually 1mm deeper into the wheel well).
19x9 ET19 will stick out 5mm further.

[nistah]

Avoid staggered setups, they will make the car handle horribly. If anything, only good for looks.
Most of the weight is in the front, so with square setup it's nice and balanced. You put more meat in the rear - it starts to understeer in the utterly disgusting fashion.

19x9 ET24 on the outside is pretty much equal to 19x9.5 ET29 (actually 1mm deeper into the wheel well).
19x9 ET19 will stick out 5mm further.

Thank you for this information very helpful, it's a tough decision these are my dream HRE wheels for the beast & they are priced very reasonably for HRE's, however I currently run a square setup (OEM RS4) which fit great & square seems to be the preferred SOP for these beasts so I am deliberating if the understeeer is a worthwhile tradeoff for the look of running these staggered HRE's (if they were only a square set up. In any case thank you for educating me further via your helpful post