Aftermarket Wheels for the Telluride

[GreenFluorite]

I completely understand that. Look at the Nitto Ridge Grappler. They are nice and quiet for daily driving but excellent for rain and snow.

It's a great all-around tire that lends confidence in commute during rain or snow.

The Blizzaks are already on their way to me, but it looks like I can return them cost-free if I opt to go a different route. I'm still quite unsure. I looked up the Nittos, which don't come in 245 width. It looks like 265/50/20 is the recommended fit for the Telluride S -- does that sound accurate? The road noise is apparently not an issue with them, but what about gas mileage? Will that take a hit unnecessarily during the 8-9 months a year when we wouldn't NEED such a rugged tire?

If I opted against dedicated snow tires, I would probably wait until next winter to buy something like those Nittos since the stock tires have 500 miles on them and my wife is still working from home, so the only NECESSARY travel is across town for daycare dropoff/pickup. I don't want to waste perfectly good tires that we already paid for.

 

[Retired-TELCO]

How about Michelin CrossClimate2 245/50R20 102V?

 

[Retired-TELCO]

The size 265/50R20 might be a bit to tall for your wheel wells and there will definitely be road noise coming off them.

 

[Alonzo_Tigerhart]

The size 265/50R20 might be a bit to tall for your wheel wells and there will definitely be road noise coming off them.

The Blizzaks are already on their way to me, but it looks like I can return them cost-free if I opt to go a different route. I'm still quite unsure. I looked up the Nittos, which don't come in 245 width. It looks like 265/50/20 is the recommended fit for the Telluride S -- does that sound accurate? The road noise is apparently not an issue with them, but what about gas mileage? Will that take a hit unnecessarily during the 8-9 months a year when we wouldn't NEED such a rugged tire?

If I opted against dedicated snow tires, I would probably wait until next winter to buy something like those Nittos since the stock tires have 500 miles on them and my wife is still working from home, so the only NECESSARY travel is across town for daycare dropoff/pickup. I don't want to waste perfectly good tires that we already paid for.

265/50 will fit without any issues. 265 is the width of the tire it won't affect height. I have 265/65/18s on mine but I have a lift kit. I don't notice a huge difference in gas mileage daily driving around town. It's more noticeable when I do longer trips but again I have a full car of ppl, camping gear, and a rooftop tent.

I even ran it through discount tire's site and 265/50/20 will fit on stock ride heigh.

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[Rrr23]

Hi all, just bought Telluride SX from an auction, and while waiting for shipment I wanted to order a new wheel to replace damaged one. Can one confirm in the picture it is a stock wheel of r20 / 7.5 size? It should not come any different size, right?

 

[Alonzo_Tigerhart]

Hi all, just bought Telluride SX from an auction, and while waiting for shipment I wanted to order a new wheel to replace damaged one. Can one confirm in the picture it is a stock wheel of r20 / 7.5 size? It should not come any different size, right?
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Ya 20x7.5, you can just Google it

 

[Rrr23]

Thanks.
I admit it looks like a stock wheel, and stock wheel comes as r20/7.5. The thing I want to double check is if there are no modifications looking same as this one but having different size.

 

[Rrr23]

Anyone to sell stock r20 wheel in good shape for sx trim? Let me know

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[MBrantley]

Wheels came in, too bad my car hasn’t. ETA of Nov 30th has been pushed to Dec 14th

 

[Socal949]

Wheels came in, too bad my car hasn’t. ETA of Nov 30th has been pushed to Dec 14th

Congrats they look nice. 20X9? 35offset?

 

[MBrantley]

Congrats they look nice. 20X9? 35offset?

Correct, looked at 22's for awhile, but decided to save some money and ride quality by buying 20's and putting the OEM tires on these wheels.

 

[Socal949]

Correct, looked at 22's for awhile, but decided to save some money and ride quality by buying 20's and putting the OEM tires on these wheels.

No worries. I definitely opted for that option as well. Use up the OEM tires. How much where the wheels if you don’t mind me asking.

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[MBrantley]

No worries. I definitely opted for that option as well. Use up the OEM tires. How much where the wheels if you don’t mind me asking.

No doubt, and the wheels ended up being "on sale" for black friday, full set was $1453.58 taxed and shipped.

 

[NDBlackEX]

My understanding and experience has been that the all-weather tires are just average performance across all weather and not ideal for any weather. I've only ever had all-weather tires on my cars, but now we have a 7-month-old being driven around, so we have more of a vested interest in being as safe as possible this winter.

Late to respond to this, not sure if you're still looking.

First, all season tires are what come on cars, they do make all weather tires which are what we use on our cars. We're in ND. All weather tires are like a hybrid between all season and snow tires.

We have been using Toyo Celcius tires and they are awesome. Just a bit softer than all season tires and a hybrid tread design for year round performance. Snow tire tread on the inside, all season on the outside. Research those. Nokian makes a similar tire. There's no need to switch these out seasonally.

The first car we put those on was our CRV which came with terrible Bridgestone all season tires. We got rid of them around 20k because they were flat out dangerous in the snow. I picked up the car after installing the Toyos and it was like riding on rails compared to the factory tires. I was driving down a slushy road, cranking the wheel side to side and traction was similar to dry pavement.

Wear is pretty good. They usually get a little loud after about 45k mi but still perform well. You also pay a mpg penalty with a softer tire 1-3mpg in our experience but like you said, with snow tires you're spending $200 a year to swap tires and you're getting poor mileage while the snow tires are on anyway. Safety outweighs the cost as well IMO.

Having said all that, we did have a relatively mild winter last year but the stock Michelins were good last winter and with 26k, they're still quite good in the limited snow I've driven in this season. I will probably be due for tires next fall. I will see how these stock tires do through their second winter before I decide what I'm doing for the next set.

Definitely recommend the Toyos though if you live in a northern state. My dad was a snow tire guy for years as he lives in the country and I got him to try the Toyos and now he runs them on everything. Work great, no hassle.

 

[Kellen]

Winter setup is on
Wheels: Black Rhino Rumble 17x8 et35
Tires: 245/70r17 Falken WildPeak AT3W

 

[Alonzo_Tigerhart]

Winter setup is on
Wheels: Black Rhino Rumble 17x8 et35
Tires: 245/70r17 Falken WildPeak AT3W

Lift it!

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[Kellen]

Lift it!

Nah, doesn't rub as is. no need to lift it. and I don't like the way these look lifted.

 

[guti27]

Braelin BR10

Do you have the lift kit on your telluride?

 

[manny6i9]

anybody planning on wheels for their Telluride? the stock 20s are only 7.5" wide from something I've read... i want to order some rims before my Telluride arrives so i can put them on right away, but im trying to figure out what i can fit... i found a set i want, now i just need to figure out how wide i can go... and whether or not to jump up to 22s. i was looking at 20x9, or 20x10.5, but now im thinking maybe 22x9.5...though

Selling my 20" Niche Gammas that were on my Telluride. $1500 no tires, I used my stock tires on them.

 

[Socal949]

Selling my 20" Niche Gammas that were on my Telluride. $1500 no tires, I used my stock tires on them.

No longer have the Telluride or did you get new wheels?