CzDog43 Posted April 9, 2009 Report Share Posted April 9, 2009 Hello everyone. Just wanted to say how thankful I am that there is a, Dodge Journey community forum. About this time last year I became a member of jeep patriot.com. With the information I got from that forum I purchased a Jeep Patriot in July 08. I have been extremely happy with that decision. I now plan on doing the same sort of research for the Dodge Journey. The Journey is planed to be my wife's vehicle as well as the family road trip vehicle. We live in a small town rural community in southcentral Ontario, Canada. My wife travels +60km/40miles round trip to work on country roads. Every other month the family takes an 800km+ round trip road trip to visit family or relax at the cottage. Wondering how everyone likes the Journy on 3 to 4 hour trips. As it seems like it snows here for half the year and I'm already a fan of Jeep. I am already sold on the AWD version of the Journey. Just have to figure out which one. I'm also going to throw out a 2nd question to everyone right off the bat. I had a bad experience with lower profile tires on my vehicle prior to the jeep which got pinched in one of the 40 billion potholes that seem to creep up every year. I see that the lower end Journey comes with 16x6.5 rim with a 225/70/16 tire. I'm running the same rim with 225/75/16 tires on my Jeep. Wouldn't life be so simple if I could use the same rims and tires for both vehicles. Does anyone know if the AWD Journey will take the 16x6.5 rim and a 225/75/16 tire? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JourneyMan71 Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 Hello and welcome. I have the SXT with 3.5L v6 it came with 19 inch rims, not the small 16's. Heck my Caliber came with 17's on it,lol. I really like the Journey, but there have been some issues from others on here. I think by now Chrysler has got a good idea of known issues and will address those before the new ones leave the dealers lot. If I remember correctly the AWD only comes in the R/T. They also have the 19 inch rims. Ofcourse that is US versions, it may be different in Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted April 10, 2009 Report Share Posted April 10, 2009 In Canada, AWD is optional on SXT and R/T. It also comes with the 19 inch rims. Yes you can put 16 inch rims on the AWD version, but the bolt pattern has to be 5-127 and look if the offset is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olaf L. Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I have an SXT AWD with 19s. For the winter I put on a set of 16s with taller sidewall Tigerpaws (unstudded). Handled great once you got used to the ESP. The only piece of advice I could give is get a set a splash guards. I washed my Journey the other day and found the forward facing surface of the rear fender lip beat to a pulp for about 4 inches from the bottom. It actually looks like someone sandblasted it. Very choked as I like to wax and polish my vehicles and have them look nice. It is obviously rock spray from the front tires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larryl Posted April 11, 2009 Report Share Posted April 11, 2009 I have the Mopar mud guards & mine is sandblasted as well no shiny black paint now just the plastic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyoram Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 3-4 hour trips should fly by in no time. I just got back from my vacation. Driving home was a little more difficult than leaving. On the way down there I took detours because of closed roads. So it took me 18 hours to get to my destination. It was not bad at all. Car could use more power. You can never have too much horsepower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CzDog43 Posted April 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2009 In Canada, AWD is optional on SXT and R/T. It also comes with the 19 inch rims. Yes you can put 16 inch rims on the AWD version, but the bolt pattern has to be 5-127 and look if the offset is good. Sorry for taking so long getting back. You know, Easter/ Inlaws Thanks for the info Sam. I knew I was forgetting something. The Patriots have a 5 on 4.5" (114mm) hole pattern and 39mm (1.535") of offset on the 16X6.5 rims which = approx 5.25" Backspacing. Not going to work. Thanks for the greeting everyone. I was reading through this site for several hours the other night and it was a little disheartening to hear all the problems that were occuring. I'm hoping it's due to being the first model year. I usualy start my research a good year in advance. My wife's lease on her Pontiac Torrent is up in March 2010. So hopfuly they will have worked out the bugs by then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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