22” vs 20” wheels

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costelnock

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I have new chrome 22s sitting waiting for my Yukon XL to come in and I'm definitely going with the Defenders but am constantly back on forth between a 45 or 50. Michigan roads suck but not sure how much of a difference it will make verse the look.
 

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2022 Suburban Z71, has air ride. Stock ride with the 20’s was nothing short of incredible. I wanted 22’s in all black. I put Michelin defenders on it with the stock 22” size. Ride is ok, just like my wife’s Denali ultimate with 22’s but absolutely nothing like the stock 20” wheels and tires.

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22” OEM take offs and 275/50R22 Michelin Defender
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…waiting on black lug nuts.
 

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Mine rides fine on 22's and they fill out the wheel well so much better. Sorry, but it has to look like it fits. This is a huge vehicle and 22's are the min it deserves....
 

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Mine rides fine on 22's and they fill out the wheel well so much better. Sorry, but it has to look like it fits. This is a huge vehicle and 22's are the min it deserves....
I know you're probably talking more about the visual look of the rims and not tires but when you talk about filling out the wheel well you need to take tires into consideration too. If you compare the stock tires sizes a 275/60/r20 is a 33" tire and 275/50/r22 is a 32.8" tire so the 20" rim/tire setup technically fills up more of the wheel well. I think they both look pretty normal on these rigs
 

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You can’t have too much sidewall. The 20” wheel looks like a 16” on these trucks. They’re just massive.
 

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I know you're probably talking more about the visual look of the rims and not tires but when you talk about filling out the wheel well you need to take tires into consideration too. If you compare the stock tires sizes a 275/60/r20 is a 33" tire and 275/50/r22 is a 32.8" tire so the 20" rim/tire setup technically fills up more of the wheel well. I think they both look pretty normal on these rigs
Ya well I have 18” winter tires for my jag and 20’s for summer and the 18’s look doofy on it. Same dia…But the 18 inch set of winters was $500 cheaper than the 20’s, and nobody cares what it looks like in the winter….
 

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Mine rides fine on 22's and they fill out the wheel well so much better. Sorry, but it has to look like it fits. This is a huge vehicle and 22's are the min it deserves....
Trust me, I’m not swapping back to the 20’s…. We’ll until winter.
 

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I have a 2017 Denali with 22's and I've never been impressed with the ride. It had approximately 62k miles on it when I bought it so it's hard to say if the mag ride shocks were bad but now both fronts are leaking. I've gone back and forth about switching to a 20 inch wheel because our roads are horrible and I'm sick of feeling EVERY bump in the road. I'm deleting mag ride and air ride so I'm sure it will ride better but I hate to spend money on 22 inch tires to be disappointed AGAIN with the ride quality.
 

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