Tire Wheel Opinion

[woodhout]

Soliciting opinions, both functional and aesthetic, for the following tire/wheel combo. I don't want to trim any cladding if I can help it and from looking at other posts I think I may be okay. Am I right?

My goal is to fill out the wheel well and lean towards focusing on the VX's sport handling and not off-road ability. Improved ride quality would be nice but I understand that's mutually exclusive with handling to a degree. I'm thinking about:

20" Chrome Ultra Marauder Wheels

20" General Grabber UHP


The calculator at 1010tire.com says this should result in an OD of 31.9". So...what do you think?

[RamAirZ]

You'd probably have to do a small bit of trimming for 32's unless you lift the truck, stock height I'm pretty sure you will. I do like the wheel/tire combo though. You'd need the stock offset/width wheels to reduce your trimming and even then some guys have had to do a little bit

[Luna X]

I'm runnin' 50 series tires on my 20" wheels, and I had to trim the corner of the front bumper cover. Basically, I just rounded the corner off, and you can't tell it was even touched...

[RamAirZ]

What's your tire size Luna? I only trimmed the inside of the front bumper for the 33's and it looks factory but had to do some trimming/banging on the rear of the fender. Can't tell unless you get inside the fender and look

[Luna X]

My tires are Nitto 255/50-20... they are not as big in overall diameter as yours.
Funny thing is, I had these on a Rodeo first, and I had to do what you did... "get a bigger hammer" for the back of the wheel well. So, at least that shows that the VX has better ground clearance from the get-go.

[RamAirZ]

Ya your tire is about 2" shorter (little less) than the tire he wants (30.04" compared to 31.9"). What year Rodeo was it? I wouldn't say ground clearance but larger wheel wells (but sure the VX has more clearance too, stock listing is bout .5" more than a 99' Rodeo), I know my 1st gen Rodeo had much larger wheel wells than the VX but the 2nd gens (98 and up) have tiny wheel wells. They need so much trimming for larger tires than stock unless you suspension lift AND body lift and don't wheel it much lol

[Luna X]

It was a 2000 Rodeo... so, we got rid of one Isuzu with 4 drs, for one with 2 drs. Gotta love the styling of the VX!

Not sure if anyone has come across this site, but I love how you can compare tire sizes at a glance...
http://autorepair.about.com/gi/o.htm.../tirecalc.html

[JHarris1385]

In my sig...the 20's are 265/55-20. No trimming, but that was due to offset. Go 265 not 275 and you should be fine.

[RamAirZ]

I use www.f-body.org/gears and the Miata calculator alot too. Good tools

[vt_maverick]

I was seriously skittish about trimming my cladding to fit my +2 offset 265/60/18's, but honestly it's so barely noticeable that I'd do it again in a heart beat.

Go for it.

[VX KAT]

I use www.f-body.org/gears and the Miata calculator alot too. Good tools

Yeah, I've used that Miata site too for a while, and also I prefer the RIMSnTIRES.com calculator, very visual for me.
http://www.rimsntires.com/rt_specs.jsp
And now that MPH calculator you included is great!

[RamAirZ]

Yeah I love the f-body one, you need to know your gear ratios for the trans and axle but that's nothing a few minutes on the intraweb can't bring up for you and it breaks it down for mph per gear per rpm which is awesome. For when I was building drag cars, it's nice to see the rpm drop when you shift gears at a certain rpm/speed.

[Mile High VX]

I was seriously skittish about trimming my cladding to fit my +2 offset 265/60/18's, but honestly it's so barely noticeable that I'd do it again in a heart beat.

Go for it.

x2 for my +6 offset, but I'd do it again as well. Take your time, use the right tool and nobody will ever notice. In fact one of the previous owners has trimmed a bit for oversize tires on the stock rims and I couldn't even tell.

[woodhout]

Thanks for the feedback, tips, and advice everyone!

[Riff Raff]

Soliciting opinions, both functional and aesthetic, for the following tire/wheel combo. I don't want to trim any cladding if I can help it and from looking at other posts I think I may be okay. Am I right?

My goal is to fill out the wheel well and lean towards focusing on the VX's sport handling and not off-road ability. Improved ride quality would be nice but I understand that's mutually exclusive with handling to a degree. I'm thinking about:

20" Chrome Ultra Marauder Wheels

20" General Grabber UHP


The calculator at 1010tire.com says this should result in an OD of 31.9". So...what do you think?

Holy cow, what an awesome price on those wheels at 73% off!!! Excellent choice of tire-- the Grabber UHP is a perfect tire for the "street". However, your chosen tire size of 275/55R20 (31.9" O.D./40 lbs) is be a bit too tall in O.D. when mounted on those aftermarket rims and will rub like crazy.

The OEM tire of the VX is 29.5" O.D., so come down in O.D. to about 30.5" O.D. and you'll be fine with those wider rims.

I recommend the Grabber UHP in either of the two(2) tire sizes below:

A. 265/50R20 (30.4" O.D./37 lbs)
These will mount a lot better, and will likely not rub and may/may not require cladding trim (you won't know until they're actually on the VX). If you are totally skittish about any cladding trim, then this would be my recommendation.

B. 295/45R20 (30.5" O.D./39 lbs)
These are very wide at 295 series width, and will likely rub which will require a tad bit of cladding trim. However, they will look totally bad-@ss once fitted on the VX and give the VX a much wider, meaner stance. If you are willing to trim a little bit of the inner cladding, then this would be my recommendation.