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And on a sour note, the PTU went out and is not being covered under warranty due to the oversized wheels and tires to a tune of approximately $1,800. Ouch

A few more pics

I finally got around to changing out the wheels and tires on my wifes 20013 SXT.

The wheels are 20x8.5 +34 Hyper Black SRT8 replicas by H--Performance Designs.

The tires are Continental Extreme Contact DWS 06 255/45R20.

There are no issues with rubbing and I love the look. 

That's how such wheels look:

Awesome

What are the wheels specs and tires size you went with?

Did you end up purchasing these wheels?

How is the light output compared to stock?

Correct, it's not an activation code, it's an anti-theft code. And $1,300 isn't cheap but your only other option is to try and find a used unit for sale somewhere.

With the newer vehicles that have the 8.4A, an activation code is needed to unlock the navigation but it still is not the same as the 8.4N, different navigation and less features than the N has.

And that costs $500-600 for the code.

oemautoparts.com sells the 84.N units along with the activation code. I believe they run about $1,300 but they are plug and play.

What wheel did you choose?

You said your about to order 20x9.

That is one fat wheel! Want to know if it a fit without any problems?

Sorry, haven't checked in for a while.

We decided to wait until after winter to do the wheels.

Instead, I am in the process of installing leather interior. I have the fronts done but I still have to do the 2nd and 3rd row seats.

Just to correct some information.

Regarding offset, the lower the number, the further away from the suspension the wheel is. So, a +25 offset will stick out more than a +35 offset. Likewise a +35 offset will be tucked in more than a +25 offset. I did some searching on Journey wheels and found that the Journey 19" wheel is 19"x7", 71.5" hub bore, +35mm offset. When I buy 20"x8.5" wheels, I will try to get them in a +30 offset to ensure they're pushed out to the fender edges for a more aggressive look than stock.

Generally speaking, I've found that for every 0.5" of added wheel width, you should also add 5 mm to the offset to avoid the wheel and tire sticking out beyond the fender. A +40 offset seems a little overkill to me as far as tucking the tire in, and may explain why your 265 tire was rubbing. Looking at those Helo wheels, I'm not surprised they were clipping the calipers. Brake pads generally aren't thicker from pad to pad. There may be minor tolerance differences from manufacturer to manufacturer, but there is only so far your caliper can extend, so they tend to be the same. The design of the Helo wheels is to blame. They were designed for cars with smaller rotors and calipers. You would want the 22" version to fit on your Journey. Installing fresh pads and rotors brought the calipers out to the factory dimensions, which the Helos crashed with.

The stock 17's are 17x6.5 (+40) with 225/65R17 tires and the stock 19's are 19x7 (+40) with 225/55R19 tires

Great post with a lot of valuable information. I knew the calipers are "very" close to the factory wheels with the 40 offset. What I didn't realize was that such a small change to a 38 would cause an issue. I have seen the wheels I want in both 40 & 37. I would have assumed either would work since there is very little difference but now I will definitely make sure that I go with the 40
Thanks for the post and the reply.

Both the 235/45R20 and the 245/45R20 are 0.2" different from the stock 17" tires. However, when compared to the stock 19" tires the 245/45R20 is 0.1" smaller while the 235/45R20 is 0.5" smaller.

Both of these sizes would read 0.5% MPH different on the speedo from the stock 17" tires (0.3 MPH difference at 60 MPH) while the 245/50R20 would running 4.2% MPH faster than what the speedo read (2.5 MPH difference at 60 MPH)

Overall Overall

Stock sizes Diameter 20" sizes Diameter

225/65R17 28.5" 235/45R20 28.3"

225/55R19 28.8" 245/45R20 28.7"

245/50R20 29.7"

I think that is why most people end up going with the 245/45R20. It is as close as you can get to the stock OD (compared to both the stock 17" & stock 19") and there is a pretty good selection of tires in that size.

Discount Tire has 2 options for the 235/45R20 ($170-$200), 25 options for the 245/45R20 ($140-$351) and 14 options for the 245/50R20 ($130-2$29).

I am just trying to get more of an "SUV" look to the Journey rather than the "mini-van" look that I feel it has now.

Price is another reason I am leaning toward the 245/50R20. I am considering the Falken Pro G4 AS ($131) and the Yokohama Parad Spec-X ($169).These same tires in the 245/45R20 are $160 & $187 respectively.

I am getting ready to order a set of 20x9 +37 wheels for our 2013 Journey SXT AWD but I'm not sure what tire I want to go with.

I know others have gone with the 245/45R20 with no issues but I'd like to go with the 245/50R20 which is 1" taller.

They are .3" closer to the suspension/brakes and .9" taller than the stock 225/55R20 tires.

Has anyone else tried this size or do you think there might be issues? Looking at the clearance with the stock tires, there aren't any areas that jump out at me as potential problems.

Any thoughts or comments are greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Billy

Here is a link to a really nice wheel/tire size comparer

http://www.rimsntires.com/specspro.jsp