Implications of having a large/ oversized wheels

Another issue to consider is how a larger rim and tire affect your speedometer. You may need to have your speedo calibrated to reflect true speed.
 
andriver said:
Another issue to consider is how a larger rim and tire affect your speedometer. You may need to have your speedo calibrated to reflect true speed.
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Not if you plus size properly. Often people go with wider tires when plus sizing, but overall diameter is supposed to stay the same unless you're getting tires for your Bigfoot replica or doing some crazy lowrider thing. :D
 
well the car i was thinking of comes with 16''wheels and 26'' tires.... was thinkin of gettin 20-22'' wheels amaybe gettin 29'' tires or 26'' wit lower profile....
 
luke667 said:
well the car i was thinking of comes with 16''wheels and 26'' tires.... was thinkin of gettin 20-22'' wheels amaybe gettin 29'' tires or 26'' wit lower profile....
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If you got 29" tires you would never be able to make a turn without them burying in your wheel wells.
 
but the thing is that the 26" tires look tiny in the wheel arch, so i figured 29" would make it look nicer....wot u think
 


Ben Z.: Ah OK. This is what others are trying to tell me but I can't really get the essence. I guess reading the explanaton is better than listening and hearing it from others. Tnx for the info!



bet993: What tires do you recommend that I should use if I'll be going for 16" that would't make my ride that bumpy, etc.? Any suggestion on what brand/kind/manufacturer for this kind and size of wheels? Tnx!



andriver: That's new... you mean I really need my speedometer to be recalibrated if I'll be going for a larger wheels other than my stock?



To sum it all up, these are the things to consider when buying a larger wheel (as compared to stock/OEM wheels):



* Weight of the wheel (Unsprung weight)

* Size of the tires

* Stress given to the axle & steering components

* Material used in the wheel

* Recalibration of the speedometer

and of course...

* Your ride's wheel wells

* Price and availability



Any more add-ons?



Tnx alot guys!:bow

 
also when u go bigger, you usually end up going taller. taller meaning that your tire/rim combo has a greater diameter than what ur car came with. if the difference in diameters is great enough, you are actually altering the gears of your car. for example, if u have a mustang with 3.73 gear ratio but went with a combo to tall, it would be like having 3.55 gear ratios. since ur gears are lower(numerically), u actually lose accerlation....not horsepower.....but accerlation
 
jchetty said:
also when u go bigger, you usually end up going taller. taller meaning that your tire/rim combo has a greater diameter than what ur car came with. if the difference in diameters is great enough, you are actually altering the gears of your car. for example, if u have a mustang with 3.73 gear ratio but went with a combo to tall, it would be like having 3.55 gear ratios. since ur gears are lower(numerically), u actually lose accerlation....not horsepower.....but accerlation
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But keep in mind that what you described is exactly the wrong way to plus size a wheel/tire combo.... ;)
 
yes u are right, that **is** the wrong way. but now-a-days, you see sooooo many **wrong** things. like a 92 camry with 14 inch spinning hubcaps at a local pepboys:eek:
 
jchetty said:
yes u are right, that **is** the wrong way. but now-a-days, you see sooooo many **wrong** things. like a 92 camry with 14 inch spinning hubcaps at a local pepboys:eek:
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:LOLOL :rofl :rofl
 
I'll throw this in as well - I drove a friend of mine's caddy escalade on which he has 24" wheels; these are quite a bit taller with the 255-series rubber he had on them than the stock 17"s that come on the escalades. Other than this, his truck was stock.



I then went to the dealer to test drive a stock escalade, similarly setup. It was almost night and day with the difference in handling between the two- having the larger rims made the vehicle alot rougher than the stock configuration.
 
Yeah I bet SLD! You lose a lot of sidewall height going from 17" to 24", that's for sure. And here I thought going from say 15" to 17" was radical. :eek:
 
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