20" wheels...reducing tow capacity?
Hey, all! New here, still looking at what we want out of a TT (I have another thread running asking about possibilities there). But another question dawned on me today as I was reading some other post...
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VintageRacer wrote:Brian gave you the CORRECT answer......Stock 20", like mine, No impact at all. After market "may" but you need to see what the load rating for that wheel is.
20" wheels are the stock wheel and so will not impact load capacity or towing capacity at all. None, zero, ziltch. Aftermarket 20" aluminium wheels that didn't have an acceptable load rating might have, but stock is stock, so stock ratings apply. Tire size is a totally different subject from wheel size. Overall rolling diameter of the stock tire would have to be compared to the overall rolling diameter of what you put on. If you are within say 5%, probably no impact to towing capacity that you would really notice. A taller tire will reduce the overall gear ratio and reduce torque delivered to the road by the ratio of the tire diameters.
Brian
