thatguy Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) Has anyone downsized their wheels on the Titanium with OEM 19" wheels? Are the brakes sizes on the Titanium and SE/SEL models the same so there would be no issues with clearance? Or what about using 235 width tires on the OEM 19" wheels. Would the OEM rim support this? I could not find published rim width range. It would be awesome if I could move to 17" wheels but since no OEM 2015+ model uses 17" wheels I'm leery of going that route. This would be for year round tires, not winter tires. Thx. Edited January 25, 2017 by thatguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Brakes should be the same but you should stick to OEM sizes. Tirerack.com will tell you the OEM sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 What size is your spare tire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatguy Posted January 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 (edited) Unfortunately tire selection for the stock size (245/55-r19) is not very good. Moving down to 235 width makes all the difference. I would also like a more comfortable ride hence the smaller rims with more tire sidewall. Edited January 25, 2017 by thatguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 What Waldo is saying is that the spare tire is usually the minimum size wheel that fits over the brakes so use that as your guide and stick as close to the OEM tire size for that wheel diameter as you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONEDGE16 Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 17 will not work on the 15+, It will not clear the brake calipers, 18" is the minimum rim size, Even the OEM winter package is 18" (SE Rims) No Steel rims available in 18" 5x108. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akirby Posted January 25, 2017 Report Share Posted January 25, 2017 Yep - looks like 245/60/18 is the minimum OEM size. I see plenty of good tires in the 245/55/19 size - Continental, Pirellis and several Michelins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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