Gman

Check with your local Chevy Dealership. Sometimes they have brand new take-offs for sale cheap. I got a set of brand new 07' Tahoe 20"wheels and tires worth the money and installed them on my 03' Silverado.They also have sales on their GM line of Chrome Wheels from time to time it just depends on the Dealership. It doesn't hurt to check. As for cleaning all those little rivets and recessed areas that's for the birds. I'm with you on that.

JTS001

I had Eagle 18" 219s on my '99 Tahoe...I think they looked good and you should be able to get them for a reasonable price.
Only thing about OBS (I guess now it would be OOBS) 4x4 Tahoes/Yukons is that you have to be careful with the offset or the front wheels will stick out a long way from the wheel wells. I had to get Bushwacker OE style fender flares to lessen the effect a little bit.

wwotr

Well I DO have an update!
I went online to my local America's tire Store,
(previously had purchased 3 sets of wheels from them in the past).
I went to their "checkout" for pricing "Out The Door" and the total came out to $1880.00.[:'(]
So I e-mailedthe Manager, and told him that I was looking for a good deal on a 20" Chrome Wheels/Tires pkg.and that I had gone on-line and wasn't happy with the price.[]
I told him, I had gone to the "competitor" where THEY were selling their Wheel'Tire sets STARTING at $999.99 for a 20" Wheel/Tire Pkg.[8D]
He said he could get me into the same wheels and tires that I priced on-line and he'd knock it down to $1200.00 for a set of POLISHED 20" Wheel/Tire pkg.
I told him it absolutely had to be CHROME and NOT Polished.
He came back with a price of $1400.00 OTD!
He THEN told me that he'd take my "old" tires in trade on money OFF the set I was buying!

SCORE!!!

I'll let you know how much he'll give me for my old set, as soon as I find out.
Hell the tires are brand new with less than 3500 miles on them.
On top of that, I don't have to deal with selling them!

Now I'm just waiting for the Tax Refund in the Mail.

A good day indeed!

JTS001

Nice bargaining skills

looking forward to the pictures

wwotr

Yea I thought so too.
Now all I have to do is be patient, for my Tax Refund check to show up.
(YEA RIGHT....LIKE THATS GONNA HAPPEN).

I WANT MY MONEY NOW!!!
:^)

Roger

wwotr

So my tire guy recomended a size 275/55/20 for my 96 Tahoe.
I asked him about a 305/55/20 and he informed me that it is about 1 1/2" Wider and 1" Taller than the 275/55/20. He said he could test fit a 305/50/20 tire, although it doesn't show it in the Fitment guide for my Tahoe.
This got me to thinking about Tire size and what does the 305, 50 and 20 stand for?

I know it has to do with aspect ratio, ect .
I'm assuming that the "50" (in the equation) is the width, so by going to a "50" series, it would not be as wide as a "55" Series???

Roger

wwotr

NEVERMIND...(I found some info)[]........






The graphic shows what each letter and number in the size of a tire indicates. In this example, the tire size is P205/65 R15. The other items on the tire's sidewall have further explanations and have links at the bottom of this page.















P
Passenger car tire. If there is no P before the size it would indicate it is a European metric tire. An LT before the size would designate a light truck tire.
205
This is the Section Width in millimeters. This measurement is taken from sidewall to sidewall.
65
This number refers to the height of the sidewall, or the Aspect Ratio. It is a percentage of the section width. In this example, you would take 65 percent of 205 millimeters and this would give you the sidewall height.
R
Radial tire construction.
15
Wheel diameter in inches.
89
Visit our Load Index page for more information.
H
Visit our Speed Rating page for more information.

Additional Tire Size Information
The tire size displayed on this website may include these abbreviations:
At the end of the tire size:
OWL - Outlined White Letters
RWL - Raised White Letters
RBL - Raised Black Letters
ORWL - Outlined Raised White Letters
W, WW, WSW - Whitewall, White Side Wall
B, BLK, BW, BSW - Blackwall, Black Side Wall
BSL - Black Serrated Letters
VSB - Vertical Serrated Band
XNW - Extra Narrow White Width
XL - Extra Load
REIN - Reinforced
C - C load range for LT designated tires
E - E load range for LT designated tires

wwotr

OH DAMN!
This page is a VERY HANDY piece of advice!
You can input your CURRENT Tire Size and the NEW Tire Size and it compares the 2 side by side as far as Width, Heigth, and what your speedometer will read!!!

http://www.discounttire.com/dtcs/infoTireMath.dos#row3

Roger

wwotr

UPDATE!
America's Tire is giving me $45.00 "credit" for each tire off my Tahoe.
So the NEW "Out The Door" price for a set of 20" CHROME Wheels w/ 275/50/20 Tiresis
....$1220.00 [8D][8D][8D][8D][8D]

wwotr