Other then just wanting too, are there any plus sides from getting rid of my factory 20's and going to 17's? I know the tire selection is better, more so in the off-road tires. Although lately I have seen some pretty good stuff in the 275/60/20 size. I plan to get Cooper A/T3 if I stay with the 20's.

I don't really love the "flower pedal" wheel design thats on my 05. And the fact that it's a "fake" with the platic crome cover.

Looking to get a solid alloy wheel and run 285/70/17 tire. These look good don't they? Don't think these are truck wheels...maybe from a Durango? They should work right?.....Ram, Dakata, Durango the same?



or maybe these.

 

Big plus is traction off road...

When you run low pressure, your sidewalk collapses some and form fits the terrain better, which is hella good for traction..

Try deflating your twenties by even 10psi and see how far you make it on a trail, sand, or mud.. your wheel will dig in, and you'll be stuck like chuck.. The 17"r's have more sidewall, so you can deflate more- but not only that, they conform more anyway due to volume of air in them...

damn near every truck I've pulled or seen pulled out of a jam over the last year or so has had 20" wheels on it, and perplexed owners that couldn't grasp this simple concept..

17" off road, FTW..

 

Other than the look, there is no advantage to running a 20" wheel anywhere, but yeah as Drew says, 20" wheels off-road is a big hinderance unless you have enough lift to be able to put at least a 37" tire on those 20s...

 

Another advantage is it can add up to 1000 lbs of towing capacity back to the truck. I didn't find out until after I bought mine that the 20" Alloy OEM wheels subtract 1000 from the specified towing capacity. And the 20" tires tend to be more expensive than the same make/model tires in smaller diameters.

I am, without a doubt, going with aftermarket 17" wheels as soon as the tires I have are done.

 

yup.. I have 20's too... motometal, at that.. they will join hoffa after the cepeks wear out..

there is a little math involved with the towing rating's though.. it's all about overall effective drive ratio.. the smaller wheel with a 70% sidewall is still smaller overall than a 20 w/ 60% sidewall.. that overall ratio of an inch or so makes all the difference in the world..

 

I don't know nuthin' bout no Horatio, all I know is I'm forever pulling trucks out of the hunting club with damn 20" or bigger wheels and not enough sidewall to be able to air down for enough footprint to get through the damn Georgia red clay mud... LOL...

 

HEHEHEEEEE- your phone just installed a Shakespearean character in place of your mathematical terminology.. For what, if not for thou autocorrect dearest Hammer? BLAHhahahahHAA!!!

 

20" tires suck off road. Thats just the way it is. Unless your truck is a street truck, 17" are the only way to go for any truck driven off road.

 

Hammer hit it right on. Plus, 20s only look good on 37s or bigger. My .02 cents..

 

If you leave in a place where snow falls 20's are worthless. I run 20's in the sumemr and 17's in the winter.