Initially I was looking at 245/45-18 tires (0.2% difference on the speedometer) on steel Dodge Charger wheels (18x7.5) for my Grand Marquis, but I'm exploring the possibility of going with wider tires.
I came across these 20x8.0 Mercury Mountaineer wheels, which have an offset of 35mm:
The offset on my car is ~6mm (depending on rim model) and I will need to use spacers if I go with these wheels, which isn't going to be a problem. I'm just wondering if these 20x8.0 wheels would be able to accommodate a tire size of 275/30-20.
I'm basically looking for bigger wheels to go with my suspension upgrades:
- Stiffer springs (130 lbs/in vs. 172 lbs/in rear/440 lbs/in vs. 744 lbs/in front)
- Bilstein HD shock absorbers
- Bigger front sway bar (28.5 mm vs. 31.75 mm)
- Bigger rear sway bar (17 mm vs. 25.5 mm)
- 6061 T-6 aluminum rear control arms
- 6061 T-6 aluminum Watts linkage
I came across these 20x8.0 Mercury Mountaineer wheels, which have an offset of 35mm:
The offset on my car is ~6mm (depending on rim model) and I will need to use spacers if I go with these wheels, which isn't going to be a problem. I'm just wondering if these 20x8.0 wheels would be able to accommodate a tire size of 275/30-20.
I'm basically looking for bigger wheels to go with my suspension upgrades:
- Stiffer springs (130 lbs/in vs. 172 lbs/in rear/440 lbs/in vs. 744 lbs/in front)
- Bilstein HD shock absorbers
- Bigger front sway bar (28.5 mm vs. 31.75 mm)
- Bigger rear sway bar (17 mm vs. 25.5 mm)
- 6061 T-6 aluminum rear control arms
- 6061 T-6 aluminum Watts linkage