Quote Originally Posted by woodhout View Post
Soliciting opinions, both functional and aesthetic, for the following tire/wheel combo. I don't want to trim any cladding if I can help it and from looking at other posts I think I may be okay. Am I right?

My goal is to fill out the wheel well and lean towards focusing on the VX's sport handling and not off-road ability. Improved ride quality would be nice but I understand that's mutually exclusive with handling to a degree. I'm thinking about:

20" Chrome Ultra Marauder Wheels

20" General Grabber UHP


The calculator at 1010tire.com says this should result in an OD of 31.9". So...what do you think?
Holy cow, what an awesome price on those wheels at 73% off!!! Excellent choice of tire-- the Grabber UHP is a perfect tire for the "street". However, your chosen tire size of 275/55R20 (31.9" O.D./40 lbs) is be a bit too tall in O.D. when mounted on those aftermarket rims and will rub like crazy.

The OEM tire of the VX is 29.5" O.D., so come down in O.D. to about 30.5" O.D. and you'll be fine with those wider rims.

I recommend the Grabber UHP in either of the two(2) tire sizes below:

A. 265/50R20 (30.4" O.D./37 lbs)
These will mount a lot better, and will likely not rub and may/may not require cladding trim (you won't know until they're actually on the VX). If you are totally skittish about any cladding trim, then this would be my recommendation.

B. 295/45R20 (30.5" O.D./39 lbs)
These are very wide at 295 series width, and will likely rub which will require a tad bit of cladding trim. However, they will look totally bad-@ss once fitted on the VX and give the VX a much wider, meaner stance. If you are willing to trim a little bit of the inner cladding, then this would be my recommendation.