Giant rims and maintenance considerations

[Wolf359]

First I want to thank you for being an engineer, your profession helps all of us live better lives.
By then it will be time to buy even larger rims and maybe even hard to find small enough tires for 22" wheels.

You're also messing around with the suspension system when going with larger rims. They're designed with the factory rim size in mind. You're probably reducing suspension travel and you no longer have a critically damped suspension system. Messing around with larger rims without understanding the engineering decisions behind it leads to a much worse ride which you sacrifice on the altar just for looks. There's no real reason or need for big rims, that's all just for styling effects and because people without engineering degrees think it looks cool.

Save your money and invest it in the S&P 500 index (FXAIX). If you had invested $2000 in the fund 20 years ago, it'd be worth about $9560 today. The 2k you spend on rims now will be rusting in the junkyard in 20 years and you will have $0 from that purchase.

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[R1jake]

I’m sporting 15” wheels on my 94 Ford E150 with 235-75-15 tires and she rides like a dream. No way would I ever consider 22” wheels. I’ve considered 16” if I get a new set of wheels in the future.

 

[Crash Bandicoot]

Reminds me of this video, skip to 4:10, rapper puts ginormous, garish wheels on a Murcielago, has to change out clutch every 8-900 miles at $10,000 a pop, dodgy modifications……car gets repo’d down the line.



Personally think 99.9% of aftermarket wheels look terrible because they’re designed for the aftermarket and don’t perfectly reflect the design of the car. Generally you want to increase width with size as well aesthetically. The ones that look ok are usually smaller in size and are more functional/utilitarian. Regardless make sure your brakes are up to the job. Anyone else remember when this was the rage and you’d see drug dealers on huge wheels with teensy weensie brake discs.

 

[sk_pete]

interesting how the old ds had all weight away from wheels, even the brakes were at gearbox. (flying carpet ride.)
with with big wheels, we can expect also big rotating weight, forcing suspension to work harder.

 

[avacado11]

16” to 22” I assume this vehicle is a pick up truck?

as long as the rolling diameter on the 22” wheels is the same as 16” there shouldn’t be any excessive wear on the driveline. The car doesn’t notice if the rim is bigger. It only notices if the tire is.

either way going to a bigger tire will reduce fuel economy and throw off the driveline. You might lose some life on the ball joints, wheel bearings due to the different angles the driveline/suspension operates at. Frequent fluid changes won’t remedy that.

 

[krzyss]

I put them on my mustang. Personally I like to ride harsh, like an old wooden roller coaster. I've got polyurethane bushings and stiff shocks. Goes well with the exhaust noise. I also like sitting up higher.

I do not think that Mustang is a truck but who knows.

The 22" rims ride really good, the mfg website lists 20lb weight for the wheel itself and that seems about right handling them. Not a huge increase in weight mounted. I read about the larger diamater tire effectively decreasing the gear ratio. I feel like that is true in how it effects acceleration. Not a big deal as I can just press the pedal harder or switch the gear ratio eventually.

Really the biggest effect is I just felt like I was getting old and the world was making less and less sense. Riding in a car with large rims that have become standard the past few years helped piece everything together. I wasn't wrong and the world wasn't wrong it was just those little wheels.View attachment 64931

OP, are you real or real troll?

Please share the link to 20lb 22" wheels.

Krzyś

 

[Infomercial]

Here is the website that lists the rims as 20lb. I got them from an abandoned storage locker. Not sure what the tire weighs, but they did seem shockingly light compared to my 18" ford bullet rims listed at 31lb.
https://www.rimsdealer.com/wheels-rims/22x10-MERCELI WHEELS-M6 _ Chrome Lip-machined w^ black.html

The new tires are much taller, 31" is what I put into the obd2 tuner to adjust the spedo. Here is a screenshot of the 2 sizes to calculate my new gear ratio. I did notice driving today that my rpms at speed are a good bit lower.





It is a 4.0 mustang, nearly the same as a ranger or explorer. I am posting here in good faith, just asking questions I can't find much for on google.

 

[krzyss]

I tried to verify the weight.
I have my doubts that they are 20lb, maybe they are 20 but kg (that will be 44lb).

Ask for shipping weight. You pay for 20lb per wheel only.

Krzyś

 

[Infomercial]

I'm sorry if it is against forum etiquette, but here is an update on the suspension upgrades I am doing after the 22" rims:

Rear sway bar and front strut tower brace

Rear lower control arms with relocation brackets

All shocks


The relocation brackets correct the axle being pushed up and changing the angle of the lower control arms. These are marketed for people who lower their cars and have the same issues come up. Users report an improvement over stock geometry.

I am looking at upper control arm for the rear, needs to be adjustable. Also fully adjustable coilover shocks. Just waiting for really cheap ones to come up, which is not hard with the huge aftermarket selection for mustangs.

 

[Kira]

A friend bought a Genesis featuring low profile tires and staggered wheels.
He also bought a tire and wheel insurance package.
He destroyed 2 wheels on day #4 (insurance paid for itself that very day)....then he chunked another just recently.

All this talk of large wheels and not one mention of insurance? Bad things are going to happen with big wheels.
In the video you can experience the juncture between show-off bling and insurance fraud.
Both got no class. Isn't insurance fraud criminal? Let's chat and chuckle about it.

 

[OVERKILL]

The 22" rims ride really good, the mfg website lists 20lb weight for the wheel itself and that seems about right handling them. Not a huge increase in weight mounted. I read about the larger diamater tire effectively decreasing the gear ratio. I feel like that is true in how it effects acceleration. Not a big deal as I can just press the pedal harder or switch the gear ratio eventually.

Really the biggest effect is I just felt like I was getting old and the world was making less and less sense. Riding in a car with large rims that have become standard the past few years helped piece everything together. I wasn't wrong and the world wasn't wrong it was just those little wheels.View attachment 64931

The factory wheels on my wife's RAM 1500 are 22's and those are BIG wheels, but at least hers have a 45 profile tire, so sufficient sidewall and very large brakes. I cannot fathom that size of wheel on a V6 Mustang with the factory baby brakes, that has to look absolutely ridiculous. Even my SRT only has 20's and those look pretty large on it (thankfully filled up by the huge Brembo's).

 

[Quattro Pete]

the mfg website lists 20lb weight for the wheel itself

LOL. Thanks for a good laugh.

 

[Infomercial]

My insurance is 64oz of truflate truseal tire gunk from ollie's.

 

[MattPersman]

Why so small 34s ftw

 

[Starman2112]

Giant rims ride and look like ****.

 

[Infomercial]

This viral video from 15 years ago had me put 5x100 jeep snowflake 16 inchers on my corolla. Got my first taste of riding high and working my way up ever since.

I am limited to the wheel sizes available cheap used locally, just like my cars. I'll probably keep numerically with the decades and get into >30 inchers around 2030.

 

[kschachn]

I still have pictures of a former(?) member’s Blazer, I wonder if that had these kinds of wheels?

 

[DuckRyder]

My insurance is 64oz of truflate truseal tire gunk from ollie's.

If those pictures are supposed to entice us, its not working - at least on me.

I still think we are somehow being punked...

Oddly enough tire rack sells 22" wheels for a 2005 mustang so it must not be a completely horrible idea. Though only one brand...

If I was dropping the money it would be in some thing 18, 19 or 20, maybe a nice BBS or AR...

 

[Infomercial]

It was hard for me to find those photos so they are just posted for anyone interested.

Seems like 18 19 or 20" and lowered is most popular for people fixing them up these days. The 22" really fill the wheel wells at stock height. It's a great looking car that will never win many races or have ok fuel economy.

I do like how they look with 15" drag wheels and fat tires, but it's iffy to clear the brakes and sway bar. Also $$$$

 

[JavierH19]

i legitimately want to put 32 inch spinners and texas horns on my black 21 escalade but she'd blow a fuse if i did that.