20 or 17

[400exInMI]

Hey everyone.....man its been a while since I’ve been around here....not much has changed. Anyway, back to my dilemma. I am in the process of ordering a 2004 Dodge Ram 1500 QC 4x4. Any have one issue. RIM SIZE. I hunt, I go off road, I drive the city streets, I tow. What do you think? Thanks for the help....

[Cody_300ex]

20 :macho :muscle:

[400EX_Kid_03]

Go with the 20's.... the "Dubz" homie! lol

[MOFO]

since you said you go off road and hunt with it, I would go with the 17" wheels. You will have a much better selection of tires for a 17" rim than you would for a 20". The 20" rim is just for onroad trucks IMO.

[tclapp]

20's

Originally posted by MOFO
since you said you go off road and hunt with it, I would go with the 17" wheels. You will have a much better selection of tires for a 17" rim than you would for a 20". The 20" rim is just for onroad trucks IMO.


If i remember correctly.. Maybe not it was a while ago.. But my dad had those on his expedition and the 17s were some Really wierd size tire or something and we got a flat with no spare and a bunch of places said 17s were rare and some places didnt even have a 17" tire..

[derekhonda]

honestly, get the 20s and ebay them right away, go to www.tirewheelwarehouse.com and order yourself up some tires and rims and have a tire/rim combo no one else does :D

[MOFO]

Originally posted by bobby88
If i remember correctly.. Maybe not it was a while ago.. But my dad had those on his expedition and the 17s were some Really wierd size tire or something and we got a flat with no spare and a bunch of places said 17s were rare and some places didnt even have a 17" tire..


I would imagine that 20" off road tires would be harder to find... MUCH smaller selection. Also 17" wheels are becoming very common on trucks now...so the tire company's are making more.

[rollie]

id get the 20s!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:blah:

[nofear911]

17's, I think it would be a better all around tire. The 20's would look cool, but I don't think they would preform well offroad or towing, just not enough sidewall in my opinion.

[HiperEX]

17's you dont wanna be a american ricer lol

[d-14 rider 27]

my stock aluminum 16" wheels work great on my dodge.......:confused:

[zfire_28]

get the 17s..............





I for one would not buy another dodge till I knew for sure that they finally figured out how to build a tranny...........

[Giz400ex]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by zfire_28
[B]get the 17s..............





:D :D :D

[Hotdog]

if you do any type of off-road. i would diffently recommend the 17's. the 20 are awsome rims, but there is not very much sidewall to the tires and you would be taking the chance of damaging the rims on rocks.

[4TraxRider]

17's, I've got them on my dodge with 34 inch goodyears and they are a good combo. The 20's wouldn't give enough sidewall if you were offroad. You would run a big risk of denting a rim.

[noreaster79]

I got a 03 and went with the 17's. 20's to low pro. Didn't make it look like a truck. Also I didn't want to buy new tires for 17's I wouldn't even want to know what the 20's would cost.

[bansheerider_13]

20 what are you gangsta :confused:

go with the 17's if you do any kind of off road stuff

[TravEX]

i just got rid of my 03 Ram 1500 (for a 04 CHEVY Silverado XC 4x4) that had 20's, #1 they are ROUGH as HELL!!! #2 do not offroad at all (I hunt, fish, and hit gravel roads all the time), #3 the 17's are better for what you need, my roommate has a 03 ram just like mine only 4x4 and 17's and his rides so much better and offroads much better

get the 17's

[400exInMI]

well i ordered her up with....the 17 inch rims. If you get the 20's, you have to go with the 3.92 ratio, and since this truck has the hemi, I need all the gas mileage I can get. So I opted for the 3.55 and the 17's. The truck looks bad ***** with the 20's, but not practical for me. oh well.....Thanks to everyone for your input, it really helped me out.

[TravEX]

actually the ratio's are the same, the 3.92 with 20's are about the same as 3.55 with 17's, the tire size on the 17's is about 1 to 1 1/2" shorter,,,i think you made the right choice with the 17's,,later

[400exInMI]

Originally posted by TravEX
actually the ratio's are the same, the 3.92 with 20's are about the same as 3.55 with 17's, the tire size on the 17's is about 1 to 1 1/2" shorter,,,i think you made the right choice with the 17's,,later
the ratios are close but NOT the same. I don't mean to be defensive, but I did too much research on it. At 70 mph with the 3.55 and the 17's you are at 1828 RPM, with the 20's and the 3.92 you are at 1932 RPM. Do the math.. Your revs/mile on the 20 are 630.5 and for the 17s are 650.2. The final drive ratio of the trans is .67.

[TravEX]

no offense taken,,,104 RPM's at 70, that's close to me,,,


what color and options did you get?

later

[TravEX]

Originally posted by 400exInMI
the ratios are close but NOT the same. I don't mean to be defensive, but I did too much research on it. At 70 mph with the 3.55 and the 17's you are at 1828 RPM, with the 20's and the 3.92 you are at 1932 RPM. Do the math.. Your revs/mile on the 20 are 630.5 and for the 17s are 650.2. The final drive ratio of the trans is .67.

what tire sizes did you use?

[400exInMI]

ahhh...265/70/17 and 275/60/20
104 rpm will decrease your mpg about 1/2 to 1 depending on what you are pulling. here is the list of options:
4x4
Hemi
Light Group
Fog Lights
Premium Cloth seats
Power Seat
Folding Flat rear floor
Skid Plates
Tow Hooks
Infinity Sound System w/cd and cass player
Anti Slip Diff
Sliding rear window
just about everything for the SLT except for leather and engine block heater...

[TravEX]

these are the 4 available sizes

245/70/17, 30.5", 661 revs per mile

265/70/17, 31.6", 638

275/70/17, 32.2", 627

275/60/20, 33", 611

[400exInMI]

go to http://www.discounttire.com/dtc/brochure/info/tireMath.jsp
that will give you the demensions I got.

[TravEX]

sliding rear window, that will be cool!, i'd like to see one and see how they work and feel going down the road.

[400exInMI]

your from arkansas and never seen/used a sliding rear window on a pick up??????? I thought you Arkansas boys drove nothing but trucks...???

[TravEX]

LOL!!!:p :p hehe, i thought you meant the power rear window the slides down like i've seen on the commercials, hehe,,,yes i have had 2 trucks with sliding back glasses, and yes all we buy are TRUCKS! hehe big ones!,,,later