Ditched the 22 Snowflakes for 18" AT4 Wheels

[K2 Kaiju]

Saved 15lbs per corner - 60lb total unsprung weight, and it is like night and day. I can really appreciate the Magnaride now. Gone is the strange wobbly feeling I felt with the 22s. Its beautiful now on some really bumpy curves. Much better than the premium smooth ride 18" combo on my burb as well.

The 265/70r18 Conti Terrain Contact ATs are a bit more aggressive in life than I expected seeing pics, but they still ride very smooth. No rubbing on stock ride height. I know its not quite as purdy as it was with the 22s but the ride quality is 100% worth it to me...

 

[Thrust]

Unsprung weight always makes a difference. Glad you shared what the difference was. What were the tires on the 22" wheels and were they needing replaced?

 

[K2 Kaiju]

Goodyear eagle touring 285/45r22 with plenty of tread. My first 22s on any ride and I could feel the weight from the get go. FB market has plenty of 18" at4 takeoffs, and mine had wrangler 265 65s with good tread (not duratracs). Road a lot better than I thought they would on way to tire shop, but I wanted these Contis. Think I can get a couple hundy for them, and maybe 1800 for the snowflakes...

 

[K2 Kaiju]

Pre/post

 

[B-train]

I agree 100% my wife's 2017 has the 22 inch wheels and they handle well on smooth roads, etc. But, not so great on bumos, snow, heavy rain, etc. I have some nice GM 18" wheels with nitto tires on them for winter. Night and day difference for sure.

After putting low profile tires on my daughter's 2015 fusion this morning, I'm done with that setup.......forget any tire with a 45 in the ratio size. The short sidewall is a PITA to work with. Once the tires are shot on the 22" wheels, I'm going to sell them and just keep 18"........and not let either of my kids buy cars with those type of tires either. LOL

 

[B-train]

Gone are the days of the 15" rim with a good 6 inches of sidewall to soak up bumps. Floating down the road in the Olds 98 with a 400 under the hood.....good stuff back then. Basically like driving down the road from your couch

 

[Sparksalot]

Pre/post

Definitely looks better post.

 

[blackelky]

Looks better for sure

 

[koachdaddy]

Based on this thread I purchased a set of these wheels this morning.

Still trying to decide on tires; 275/65 (32") or 285/60 (31.5"). Would like to stay as close to the currently installed 305/45-22 (32.8") section/tread widths with an SL rating...no need for XL, D, or E Load ratings. Currently leaning towards the 285/60 for appearance and that I'm considering a 2/4, but may end up going the 275/65 route...still undecided.

 

[89Suburban]

Gone are the days of the 15" rim with a good 6 inches of sidewall to soak up bumps. Floating down the road in the Olds 98 with a 400 under the hood.....good stuff back then. Basically like driving down the road from your couch

And the days of 15" wheels with 36" swampers. That's what lifted truck tires are supposed to look like.

 

[blackelky]

Based on this thread I purchased a set of these wheels this morning.

Still trying to decide on tires; 275/65 (32") or 285/60 (31.5"). Would like to stay as close to the currently installed 305/45-22 (32.8") section/tread widths with an SL rating...no need for XL, D, or E Load ratings. Currently leaning towards the 285/60 for appearance and that I'm considering a 2/4, but may end up going the 275/65 route...still undecided.

I have whatever stock trailboss tire size is fits great 285 65 18 i think

 

[K2 Kaiju]

Based on this thread I purchased a set of these wheels this morning.

Still trying to decide on tires; 275/65 (32") or 285/60 (31.5"). Would like to stay as close to the currently installed 305/45-22 (32.8") section/tread widths with an SL rating...no need for XL, D, or E Load ratings. Currently leaning towards the 285/60 for appearance and that I'm considering a 2/4, but may end up going the 275/65 route...still undecided.

So you are doing a drop? Honestly, I only see drops on bigger wheels while lifts generally go smaller; you may be the first I have seen want a drop with 18s. That being said, post up what you decide - I imagine 285s would be the choice here...

 

[koachdaddy]

So you are doing a drop? Honestly, I only see drops on bigger wheels while lifts generally go smaller; you may be the first I have seen want a drop with 18s. That being said, post up what you decide - I imagine 285s would be the choice here...

Honestly, not sure if I'm going to lower it but either way, as I get older, I'm more about function over fashion. At 6'3" I can pretty much slide in but still use the step to exit. Lower it 2" and I'll be golden...easy entry/exit. May be enough to remove the running boards...? Well, that's until the 5'3" wife complains lol.

To further this point, it's the reason I'm going down to 18's. I tried 20's in XL and there wasn't much ride difference so I sold them and reinstalled the 22's...as of late I've decided to give 18's a-go. Especially after reading the positive feedback in this thread.

285/60 = 31.5" is stock OD for an LS trim but to me is too much gap when compared to the 32.8" that are currently installed. Meaning, a 2" drop on a stock LS with 18" doesn't look out of sorts. Yeah, at this point I'm splitting hairs over appearance, cost, and comfort to obtain the objective. But hey, you want what you want...

 

[bad_idea]

I just put some 20" wheels with 275/60r20 Bridgestone Dueler A/Ts from a '22 Sierra Friday. Much happier with the ride and appearance. Was also cheaper than a new set of tires. I now have a set of 22" snowflakes to sell too. Any ideas what they go for?

 

[K2 Kaiju]

I just put some 20" wheels with 275/60r20 Bridgestone Dueler A/Ts from a '22 Sierra Friday. Much happier with the ride and appearance. Was also cheaper than a new set of tires. I now have a set of 22" snowflakes to sell too. Any ideas what they go for?

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So I put them on craiglist for very little interest, then did facebook marketplace and sold them in a few days for $1600 (lots of lowballs - just ignore them). I am in DFW. I sold the take off wranglers for $250 there as well which was a very nice bonus. FBM is the place now, see what others are asking and under cut them by $100. Just be careful and do all exchanges at a local police station with cash only. All said, my conversion cost me $50 plus a little leg work, but I got brand new tires and TPMS. Definitely worth it...

 

[bad_idea]

Wow. I was expecting $400 or so for them, the tires are no good. I spent $900 on the set I have now and would be happy to break even.

 

[K2 Kaiju]

Snowflakes were a 3k option in 2018. Mine were in good shape with good tread. Wheels alone are 1k all day unless really beat up...

 

[bad_idea]

I sold the wheels for $850 on Marketplace yesterday. I had over 50 people contact me about them with ~10 ready to buy them for full asking. I was asking $750, someone messaged me offering $850 if I would hold them for him. Amusingly enough, I had plenty of $400 offers too.

 

[Thatguywins1]

Saved 15lbs per corner - 60lb total unsprung weight, and it is like night and day. I can really appreciate the Magnaride now. Gone is the strange wobbly feeling I felt with the 22s. Its beautiful now on some really bumpy curves. Much better than the premium smooth ride 18" combo on my burb as well.

The 265/70r18 Conti Terrain Contact ATs are a bit more aggressive in life than I expected seeing pics, but they still ride very smooth. No rubbing on stock ride height. I know its not quite as purdy as it was with the 22s but the ride quality is 100% worth it to me...p

Them snowflakes sure would look good on my 01 Tahoe

 

[Darkstar72]

I'm thinking of doing this same thing on my 17 Denali. It had 22" OEM wheels and they were pretty rough when I bought the truck last fall. I just replaced them with another set of 22" I bought brand new and the ride around town isn't horrible, but sure gets rough pretty quick on some bumpy/crappy side roads. AT4 wheels I can find all day on FB Marketplace around by me for $400 for the wheels only and if I want some with tires that have 60% tread left on them gets to be around $1200 or so. Still on the fence about it since I haven't even had the wheels I paid for over a year.