Kryogen

Can I buy 17 inch rims and mount 17 inch winter tires on the max?

What does it change?
Better in the snow?

Why have 18 inch tires instead of 17 inch, even in the summer?

Thx

NmexMAX

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I am rollin on 17” winters, and have seen 18” winters, so

It changes handling, not very tight, speed rating typically drops down to Q, if you're lucky S.

17" wheels/tire are easier to move, so you get a little more power to the ground and better MPG.

Kryogen

So why does the 3.5SE have 18 inch?

Aint we better with 17 inch?

philoforlife

Bigger looks better. 17's for maximum handling/speed. Bigger you go more wheel to move/bigger diameter.

Joshua

bb700092

Here are some calculations showing the rim+tire diameter of the stock 17" and 18" wheels. Surprisingly, the 17" has the larger diameter (just 0.06" larger).

[Ref: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete....jsp?techid=7]

section height = width * aspect ratio

section height of P225/55R17 = 225/25.4 * 0.55 = 4.87"
section height of P245/45R18 = 245/25.4 * 0.45 = 4.34"

Overall rim+tire diameters:
17" + 2*4.87" = 26.74"
18" + 2*4.34" = 26.68"

Note that each 18" rim+tire weighs a few more lbs than each of the 17" rim+tire.

Machinist

The SL model comes stock with 17x7.0 rims and P225/55HR17 tires

CanadianMoFo

Yes. I have 17" winter tires on mine.

KCMAXX

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