winter wheels/tires

O2ShootTheJ · Jan 19, 2012

What's a good set of wheels/tires to use for the winter? I need atleast a 17" wheel to fit over the brakes, 18" to be safe. and i'd like to have a 37" tire. I'd rather go cheap on wheels vs tires though.

MINK · Jan 19, 2012

alittle late in the game isnt it? I'm running stock 20s off a 06 with 35" nitto terra graps - I cant wait till summer!

jdc753 · Jan 19, 2012

I would imagine a stocker of some sorts would be the best and cheapest route to go for the wheels.

For tires not soo sure, specially in a 37". I was very happy with my Nitto terra grapplers in paved road conditions, but getting into deep heavy snow they proved to fill up quick and not clean out (same as mud) but they did always pull through in 4x4. Stopping felt really confident with the terra grapplers. The toyo MT's I have now actually work quite nicely on the plowed winter roads too, but don't have the downfall of the nittos in the deeper wet/heavy stuff.

yeehaw · Jan 19, 2012

i was using the toyo open countrys A/Ts on stock 17s on my '06, they were super quiet and decent in the snow

Jeff@Spartan · Jan 19, 2012

I am using factory 20's for winter wheels.

I have a set of factory 18's for sale if you are interested. No lug nuts or center caps though.

O2ShootTheJ · Jan 19, 2012

MINK said:
alittle late in the game isnt it? I'm running stock 20s off a 06 with 35" nitto terra graps - I cant wait till summer!

Haha yea I'm planning for next winter when I have the BMF's on. I'm running the Mazzi's through this winter then getting rid of them and puttin the SOTAs on.

jdc753 said:
I would imagine a stocker of some sorts would be the best and cheapest route to go for the wheels.

For tires not soo sure, specially in a 37". I was very happy with my Nitto terra grapplers in paved road conditions, but getting into deep heavy snow they proved to fill up quick and not clean out (same as mud) but they did always pull through in 4x4. Stopping felt really confident with the terra grapplers. The toyo MT's I have now actually work quite nicely on the plowed winter roads too, but don't have the downfall of the nittos in the deeper wet/heavy stuff.

Yea I figure 37 is going to be expensive, but 35's will look silly. I've got Toyo MT's right now and they seem to do decent. definitely debating a AT though. Thanks for the info!

yeehaw said:
i was using the toyo open countrys A/Ts on stock 17s on my '06, they were super quiet and decent in the snow

Thank you

SPARTAN said:
I am using factory 20's for winter wheels.

I have a set of factory 18's for sale if you are interested. No lug nuts or center caps though.

I'd prob take you up on that if I had money at the moment, but I've got the next 6g's I get already spent in my mind. I typically plan all the mods to my truck 6 months to a year in advance to make sure I can afford it all with school and everything.