Help with Rims (No more 24s)

[Marky Dissod]

If your heart is set on 20s or 22s, I say go for it. However, it's a lot cheaper to just get different tires, than to replace the wheels.

Over time, 20" tires will eventually pay for switching to 20" wheels, especially after factoring in the following:

... have a 16 Denali XL that came with factory 22s and I hung on to them until the 100K mile mark.
Then switched them out for a set of 20s w 275/60R20, and the improvement in ride was unbelievable!
I’d go as far as to say the increased sidewall was more of an improvement than when I ditched the magnaride all the way around for Arnott passive struts and shocks!
Wish I would have switched to 20s a long time ago!

His suspension will last longer.
That should also be factored into the overall cost of switching to 20" wheels & tires.

 

[Jetskier77]

Before buying my Tahoe, I test drove several variations with 20's and 22's. In every case, the 20's had a notably better ride. It was a no-brainer going with the 20" wheels.

 

[KMeloney]

If I were struggling with this decision, I'd first determine which was MOST important to me: a great ride and decent looks, or great looks and a decent ride. If I were leaning toward a great ride, then I'd probably go to an 18" wheel and put some substantial tires on it. If I were leaning toward looks, I think that the 22" are the way to go (they're going to give such a better ride than the 24"s and still look really good).

Personally, I went from the stock 20"s to OEM 22"s on my '09 Tahoe, and I bought my '23 Denali with stock 22"s. No regrets on the wheels/tires size whatsoever.

 

[KMeloney]

Stock 22”s, FYI:

 

[NELLY1947]

These rims are the stock 20" that I hade powder coated. I think they look great. For winter I have another set of bkack rims

 

[ducfan]

So I currently have a 21 RST (Suburban) with 24 inch Niche Rims... I Love the look, but the Rims have cracked 6 (yes 6 times). I have repaired them 5 times and had to buy a new one once.

With that being said - when I built it I had never purchased any rims that didnt come with a vehicle.

Now im in the process of purchasing a new set of rims and Tires.

I am looking to see if anyone has any photos of 20 Inch Black rims on their suburban or tahoe. It was raining a few nights ago, and I hit a pot hole going around a turn at about 18 MPH (the city is going to pay for that rim), but even doing that is a pain.

Ive learned my lesson thats for sure. Here is a photo of the current rims. I just dont know what it would look like with 20s.

Thanks again

You could take a look at Tire Rack. They have an illustrator that lets you see an image of your vehicle with the wheels in which you are interested. Pretty cool.

 

[yukon-xl]

So I currently have a 21 RST (Suburban) with 24 inch Niche Rims... I Love the look, but the Rims have cracked 6 (yes 6 times). I have repaired them 5 times and had to buy a new one once.

With that being said - when I built it I had never purchased any rims that didnt come with a vehicle.

Now im in the process of purchasing a new set of rims and Tires.

I am looking to see if anyone has any photos of 20 Inch Black rims on their suburban or tahoe. It was raining a few nights ago, and I hit a pot hole going around a turn at about 18 MPH (the city is going to pay for that rim), but even doing that is a pain.

Ive learned my lesson thats for sure. Here is a photo of the current rims. I just dont know what it would look like with 20s.

Thanks again

I had a 2021 RST, it came standard equipped with 22”, here is a picture or it.

 

[rlhmarines]

I know this is an old thread but have you considered going with stronger forged aluminum wheels instead of the softer cast aluminum wheels? Forged aluminum wheels will be lighter in weight but they will cost slightly more.

 

[buckwild27]

For future readers, If you don't want cracked rims go with the 2021+ PPV tahoe wheels they're 20's and are steel