Looking for advice on winter tires and rims. Currently I have P275 60R 20 M&S tires on my '09 Sport Hemi, but with the imminent winter weather, I've been contemplating winter tires and rims. Would anyone recommend putting winter tires right on the 20 inch rims, or would purchasing steel rims and tires make more sense? If so, how small a rim can I go with without having driveability issues (eg. spedometer inaccuracy, highway instability, etc)? Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
AJH

 

I bought snow tires for my last car... they should be mandatory in all states that see lots of snow. I'm actually buying new rims for my wifes car so I can put the snow tires off the old car onto her new car for this winter.... but to the moral of the story

17's are as small as you can go and still clear the brake caliper. 17in rims are cheaper and 17in snow tires are going to be a lot more common and less expensive. If you have 20's they seem to collect snow in them more easily and then they get off balance.... It would make more sense to buy new rims and tires, then you won't have to pay to swap the tires back over in the spring.

If you get the right tire size it won't throw off your speedometer at all.

 

I'd just get some stock 17's that someone is selling off their ram. If you're lucky they will come with a decent all season already on them. Dodge seems to have used a variety of tires in the 17" size from the factory.

 

If you use steel rims I don't think the sensors for the air pressure will work and you will have a light all winter. You will probably have to buy some type of alloy or like oldjeep said would be the best then you also have to spend another hundred on the sensors, rarely do you find them still on. Good Luck I hope you get what you need. Cheapest route is better tires on the rims we have now.

 

As much as I dont' want to, I am going to drive on the stock tires through this winter to wear them out. (I drive 3,000 miles per month through Utah, Western Colorado and Idaho for work). Next year I am going to put dedicated snow tires on the stock (plastic chrome clad junkers ) and get me some decent wheels and tires for the summer months. I had chrome stockers for my Titan for summer and the charcoal stockers mounted with siped snow tires for winter. It worked out really good except how loud the snow tires were all winter.