<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Bone, if you don't go too big (anything under 23" I mean) the negatives aren't as bad as you'd think.Originally posted by macabeee:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by bonedust:
ive thrown the idea of rim's on my Tahoe around...but the negetives are just too much for me..
-severely decreased breaking power
-loss of accelleration
-increased unsprung weight wears suspension components
-loss of ride quality
sucks, cause i love the looks of a nice big rim on SUV's.
With the Avalanche (and since the Tahoe is about the same I'd assume this would be the same)
- If you have the Z71 the brakes don't NEED to be upgraded (although I'll probably beef the brakes up at least a little since the Ave has soft brakes straight from the factory)
- With 305 45 22 tires you are only increasing the overall wheel diamter about 8% over stock Z71 wheel diameter which shouldn't translate to too much of a loss of acceleration....then again, with the big wheels, you WANT to go slow so everyone can see 'em! [img]cool.gif[/img]
- You have a point with the suspension components, unless you upgrade those as well, which I won't be doing. I figure I'll keep the truck 4 years max before I want something new so the suspension won't give out while I own the thing
- Believe it or not, ride quality on 22's is not that much different then stock. I had 22's on my last Avalanche for a short time and I didn't notice much of a difference in ride at all when I got the new stock Ave
</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">This is almost like eavesdropping at a computer geek party... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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