OE GX 550 Premium 20" Wheels w/Aftermarket Off-Road or All-Terrain Tires

[GMan93]

Looks really good!!! Love the powder coating blacked out wheels!!

Thanks, yeah came out better than I expected for keeping everything "stock". Thanks to you guys for showing the 275/65/20s on the stock rims wish they just had an option for gloss black 20s from the factory but wasn't all that expensive to have them redone.

 

[Brandonaeiou]

Thanks, yeah came out better than I expected for keeping everything "stock". Thanks to you guys for showing the 275/65/20s on the stock rims wish they just had an option for gloss black 20s from the factory but wasn't all that expensive to have them redone.

Yeah I was happy to keep such a good ride. The 275/65s ride better than the OEM 255s. I have loved the Terra Grapler G3s! If you do LTs you will greatly affect the ride quality. I know bc I have a tremor f150 and went for XL 116 load range to KT 123 load range. This pic is right now…

 

[Brandonaeiou]

Yeah I was happy to keep such a good ride. The 275/65s ride better than the OEM 255s. I have loved the Terra Grapler G3s! If you do LTs you will greatly affect the ride quality. I know bc I have a tremor f150 and went for XL 116 load range to KT 123

Thanks, yeah came out better than I expected for keeping everything "stock". Thanks to you guys for showing the 275/65/20s on the stock rims wish they just had an option for gloss black 20s from the factory but wasn't all that expensive to have them redone.

how much was it to powder coat them?? You’re in CT right? We are along ways away but curious to see how much it is….
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[jubu]

Thanks to a lot of the info from this forum. Powder coated the stock 20" Premium+ rims gloss black and added 275/65/20r SL Nitto Terra Grappler G3s. Gloss Black Silicone lug nut caps from Amazon and will be adding the upturn gloss/matte wheel cap tint to cover the chrome Lexus caps.

Wow looks amazing!! Did you also do the spare? If so, any issues fitting it in the spare location?

Also, any other images from the side view? Would like to get a sense of whether a leveling kit is truly needed. Thanks!

 

[CaryGX550]

Thanks to a lot of the info from this forum. Powder coated the stock 20" Premium+ rims gloss black and added 275/65/20r SL Nitto Terra Grappler G3s. Gloss Black Silicone lug nut caps from Amazon and will be adding the upturn gloss/matte wheel cap tint to cover the chrome Lexus caps.

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Looks great! Just a warning, I (think) the Upturn Prints covers only work on flat surfaces.

 

[reaganomics]

Yeah I was happy to keep such a good ride. The 275/65s ride better than the OEM 255s. I have loved the Terra Grapler G3s! If you do LTs you will greatly affect the ride quality. I know bc I have a tremor f150 and went for XL 116 load range to KT 123 load range. This pic is right now…

Can you clarify what you mean... did you go with the 116T SL or the 126S E1?

My 116's have been a nightmare. Super choppy ride at any speed. DT tried balancing them 4 times over 1600 miles. They swapped out two new ones earlier this week. Still shit. To be fair the ones that kept showing off were the passenger side and they only started with replacing the two rear. Supposed to be swapping the other two front on Saturday, so perhaps that finds the culprit. We'll see. Not sure what I will do if I pull out of their parking lot after the remaining swap and find that these tires are still bouncing. Haven't really been able to enjoy the ride which is quite unfortunate.

 

[rtbtmartin]

That tire size looks great guys. Waiting on delivery of our Premium +. Thanks for your posts. Will be doing the same. How far off is the speedometer? Any way to adjust the larger tire?

 

[reaganomics]

That tire size looks great guys. Waiting on delivery of our Premium +. Thanks for your posts. Will be doing the same. How far off is the speedometer? Any way to adjust the larger tire?

Here is my observations on the speedometer...

The service guy I spoke to when I got my plates, said no one had asked about calibration before, and he didn't think they did such a thing even with a vehicle that comes with various tire sizes and wheel wells to fit even bigger.

I immediately took off my stock Prem 31.5 and put on 34.1. I expected a 8.25% increase in speed over the speedometer reading. Using my bike GPS computer and also an iphone, my 34.1 is actually only 5% faster than the speedometer. I never got to benchmark the stock 31.5.

If you do the math, take out the 5%, that would benchmark the speedometer to 32.4 tires. Note that stock Lux are 32.4 and stock OT are 32.6.

Therefore, had I measured, it is plausible that Prem models are actually moving 3% slower than the speedometer reads. Also racking up more miles on the odometer while registering a higher mpg than what they are getting. Assuming all models are calibrated equally; ignoring stock tire size.

 

[rtbtmartin]

Here is my observations on the speedometer...

The service guy I spoke to when I got my plates, said no one had asked about calibration before, and he didn't think they did such a thing even with a vehicle that comes with various tire sizes and wheel wells to fit even bigger.

I immediately took off my stock Prem 31.5 and put on 34.1. I expected a 8.25% increase in speed over the speedometer reading. Using my bike GPS computer and also an iphone, my 34.1 is actually only 5% faster than the speedometer. I never got to benchmark the stock 31.5.

If you do the math, take out the 5%, that would benchmark the speedometer to 32.4 tires. Note that stock Lux are 32.4 and stock OT are 32.6.

Therefore, had I measured, it is plausible that Prem models are actually moving 3% slower than the speedometer reads. Also racking up more miles on the odometer while registering a higher mpg than what they are getting. Assuming all models are calibrated equally; ignoring stock tire size.

Great feedback. Thanks for the info.

 

[Jayfoodz]

I was going to do wheels too but decided I didn’t hate the stock wheels. My GX is completely stock suspension. No lift or leveling kit nor are there any mods to make the tires fit. They fit flawlessly w zero rub full turn and backing out of my driveway. Zero rub. I feel like you could do 35x11.50s fine and be completely stock suspension. Also I was gonna go w the Toyo AT3s as u had had them on my last truck and went w the Grappler g3 bc Discount tire said they were super quite and drive awesome. To which they do. Suppy happy w them so far.. had them for abt a month…

So would a 275/60/20 work in the spare?

 

[gudjao]

So would a 275/60/20 work in the spare?

I have 275/70r18 on my spare and it fits. I believe the 275/60r20 should also fit fine given almost the same diameter as mine.

 

[DJ’s Sled]

If it helps:

I previously had the Nitto TG3 275/70R18 mounted on my OE OT wheel as a spare. It is listed as 33.2 diameter. There was a little bit of space leftover.

I recently went to a ‘tall’ 275/70R18 mounted on the same OE OT wheel: the Cooper Discoverer Rugged Trek. It is listed as 33.7 diameter. It just barely fits..no wasted space, it is fully seated all the way up and is up against all the touch points; but fully seated.
This tire/size is E rated, 58 lbs.

When I went from the Nitto spare (section width 11.0) to the Cooper spare (section width 11.1) I only impacted the rear ground clearance there by .1 inch.

 

[Jayfoodz]

Thanks to a lot of the info from this forum. Powder coated the stock 20" Premium+ rims gloss black and added 275/65/20r SL Nitto Terra Grappler G3s. Gloss Black Silicone lug nut caps from Amazon and will be adding the upturn gloss/matte wheel cap tint to cover the chrome Lexus caps.

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Have you taken it on any light trails to see if you run or bottom out when articulating? Curious with this size and no lift! It does look great!

 

[GMan93]

Have you taken it on any light trails to see if you run or bottom out when articulating? Curious with this size and no lift! It does look great!

No trails with big articulations, couple of the really big speed bumps and just flatter dirt/rock roads. Haven't experienced any rubbing or issues with things hitting but haven't really pushed it too hard.

 

[Jayfoodz]

No trails with big articulations, couple of the really big speed bumps and just flatter dirt/rock roads. Haven't experienced any rubbing or issues with things hitting but haven't really pushed it too hard.

Do you think you would rub if you had 1” spacers? I added it on my truck and I’m trying to decide if I go 275/65 or 275/60

 

[GMan93]

Do you think you would rub if you had 1” spacers? I added it on my truck and I’m trying to decide if I go 275/65 or 275/60

I think you should be fine. I haven't had any situation where i've rubbed or anything. You did the peak front 1" spacer? I would think that would make it even better as it'll give you as much space as the rear has.

 

[munkeeboi]

A lift won't change the scrub radius though when using wheel spacers or rims with lower offset.

 

[rayluvscars]

Thanks to a lot of the info from this forum. Powder coated the stock 20" Premium+ rims gloss black and added 275/65/20r SL Nitto Terra Grappler G3s. Gloss Black Silicone lug nut caps from Amazon and will be adding the upturn gloss/matte wheel cap tint to cover the chrome Lexus caps.

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Happy with your decision months later? I really like what you did am probably going to do the same

 

[rayluvscars]

Yeah I was happy to keep such a good ride. The 275/65s ride better than the OEM 255s. I have loved the Terra Grapler G3s! If you do LTs you will greatly affect the ride quality. I know bc I have a tremor f150 and went for XL 116 load range to KT 123 load range. This pic is right now…

Love your wheels! So for confirmation you suggested the XL's and not the LT's. Also after having them for several months would you made the same decision? Handles road imperfections satisfactorily?

 

[Jayfoodz]

Love your wheels! So for confirmation you suggested the XL's and not the LT's. Also after having them for several months would you made the same decision? Handles road imperfections satisfactorily?

I have Toyo OC AT3 275/60/20 and they are much better than stock. Big cross winds don’t affect me anymore. Car is 6 weeks and I have a little over 4k miles.