crussellp Posted June 5, 2018 Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 What Size 17 inch Tires - Rough Roads I am a new Edge owner. I just signed and am awaiting delivery of a 2014 SEL with a full load by the end of this week. This SEL has 20 inch wheels with 245-50-20s. I will be driving a great many logging roads as I did with my RAV4 and want to move to 17 inch wheels with much more sidewall to absorb the washboard and bumps better. What are the standard sizes I should look at with this in mind? Does a 16 inch rim fit for even more sidewall? Keep in mind, I want to stay as close as possible to the stock diameter of the the 20s to not offset the speedo too much! TY! Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Standard tire on the 2014 SE was 235/65R17 so those should work just fine. I don’t think the SEL had larger brakes and they should be the same diameter as the 20” tires. You probably can’t do 16s. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omar302 Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 Standard tire on the 2014 SE was 235/65R17 so those should work just fine. I don’t think the SEL had larger brakes and they should be the same diameter as the 20” tires. You probably can’t do 16s. SE with AWD come with 18" wheels standard (245/60R18). Probably due to the brakes as I recall AWD had larger front brakes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheWizard Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 You should probably go with 245/65-17 rather than 235/65-17 as the 245 is a closer match to the circumference of the 20s you have now and they have a 160mm sidewall height (compared to the 122mm of the 20s). To gain additional sidewall, you could even go to a 70 series tire like a 245/70-17 which would give you 171mm of sidewall although it would put your speedometer out by 2.9%... noticeable but within acceptable limits (i.e. at an indicated 100kph you'd actually be going almost 103kph). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted June 6, 2018 Report Share Posted June 6, 2018 SE with AWD come with 18" wheels standard (245/60R18). Probably due to the brakes as I recall AWD had larger front brakes. Good catch. It's a very tiny footnote in the order guide. If the OP has FWD the 17s should work but if he has AWD you'll need the 245/60R18s to clear the brakes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crussellp Posted June 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2018 Crap! Good thing I didn't pull the trigger yet on some 17inch rims I was looking at!! So 245/60/18s will have to do. I'm one of those freaks that like a comfortable ride over trying to get a behemoth to handle imaginary slalom courses in a mall parking lot! A lot of great info from members quite quickly! Thanks everyone!! Craig Good catch. It's a very tiny footnote in the order guide. If the OP has FWD the 17s should work but if he has AWD you'll need the 245/60R18s to clear the brakes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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