Question about tire performance

[motex]

Hey guys,
Im switching from 19" to 20" wheels but my concern is about how much the extra width of the tires will affect my first acceleration ? for sure it takes more effort to move those tires.....

Remember I'm going from 255-50-19's all around to 275-40-20's on the fronts and 315-35-20's on the rears, that's a lot of extra rubber touching the ground......

One interesting proposal I received from the tire dealer is to go 295-40-20's all around ? even with stagered wheels since that size will fit on 9.5" or 10.5" wheels, the only issue is that probably the rear ones could look a little "short" on those wide wheels

Well, hope someone here will be able to send me some comments
Bernie

[chuck92103]

Are you serious? If I were worried about acceleration I would not be drivign a 5,000lb truck.

Seriously though,1 inch wider won't matter much. In the end the weight of the rims and tires matter the most.

[DoctaM3]

Well, those are the sizes on the X6M. If you are worried about acceleration, get the bigger tires you want, get a tune and upgrades and be happy

[dmlgc]

Originally Posted by chuck92103

Are you serious? If I were worried about acceleration I would not be drivign a 5,000lb truck.

Seriously though,1 inch wider won't matter much. In the end the weight of the rims and tires matter the most.

+1 weight of the rims and tires matter most.

[motex]

Originally Posted by DoctaM3

Well, those are the sizes on the X6M. If you are worried about acceleration, get the bigger tires you want, get a tune and upgrades and be happy

Well, my car is a 30d but I have upgraded the car with a chip that puts the car into the 300+ Hp and 600+ Nm, + K&N fileter, the issue here is that you can have 500Hp's under the hood, but a diesel start will always be slow until the turbo kicks in

I'm going for it anyway.....thanks

[archwerks]

Weight of the bigger tires & rims has higher unsprung weight so unless u've sport suspension upgrade, ride will be tight but u'll feel the road surface more as the wheels react it's just a waste.for just looks.