shad Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Hello everyone, I'm looking at buying new journey, but i'm having a hard time trying to figure out if any smaller rims would fit on the thing what im looking for is to find out if 16" or 17" rims would fit on the R/T and if so is there a specific off set that i would need or? basically im asking this because of the lack of availability on the 19" tires and every dealer ive talked to has either told me 16" will work, and that they wont and nothing but the 19" or above will fit i live in a cold weather climate with tons of snow in the winter, so winter tires a must sorry if this has been hard to read, its been a long day thanks for all your time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drb227 Posted July 6, 2011 Report Share Posted July 6, 2011 Welcome! Please do a search for "winter tires" and you will find several threads on this subject. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derekmclain9 Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 I think that you can get 16 or 17" rims for the journey on the lower models but you would have to check the fit over the rotors adn such but i imagine they would fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armendegga Posted July 7, 2011 Report Share Posted July 7, 2011 16s will fit, however they need to be OEM to clear the rotors. Journey and Grand Caravan rims are the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneframe Posted July 8, 2011 Report Share Posted July 8, 2011 The 16" OEM steel rims will fit. The dealer I spoke to has done a lot of installs for Journeys that had 19" wheels but purchased for the snow season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humansoul Posted July 9, 2011 Report Share Posted July 9, 2011 Anyone have any pics of 16s on their Journey? I know I can check out a base SE, but would like to see some pics of steelies and if it looks funny or not. I was thinking either grabbing 16" Wrangler rims or even the 17"...I presume these two options would also fit over the brakes and rotors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolram62 Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 (edited) Another wheel alternative I've learned about is from the 2011 Durango. The base wheel is 18X8 with a 5X127 bolt pattern and 56.4mm positve offset. I found a set on Ebay and will post results and pictures once I get them mounted on my Journey. I'm going with a 235/55-18 as they are roughly the same diameter as the 225/65-17 on her now. EDIT: The Durango wheels will bolt up and have no clearance issues on the rear. However on the front the difference in offset and the thicker wheel hub rubs the caliper. A wheel spacer or wheel adaptor could be used (preferably hub centric for either) but I'm going with a different wheel (American Racing AR95T 18X8 with Nitto NT850+ CUV 235/60VR-18). Edited August 15, 2011 by coolram62 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armendegga Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 If any of you Canadian's have a fountain tire near you, I was able to get 16" rims from them for $76.95 a piece. I did test them out on the front and back for fitment, and they do fit. There isn't a heck of a lot of clearance between the caliper and the rim, but they definitely fit and turn freely. They are 40mm offset from what I read on the box they came in... Was the cheapest I could find in the city I am... Dodge wanted $125/rim, and Kaltire wanted $90/rim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Germax Posted August 20, 2011 Report Share Posted August 20, 2011 For the USA I suggest to go to tirerack, they offer steellies for $57 pce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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