will these wheels fit? michelin ltx ms 245 65 r17

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tacoduck

Discussion Starter · Nov 18, 2015

As the title says. Need to know asap! my stock michelins are shot at 30k miles. would prefer to run truck tires due to them possibly lasting longer. again, looking at 245 65 r17. stock tires are 235 65 r17 michelin primacy tires. Thanks!

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tacoduck

Discussion Starter · #21 · Mar 15, 2016

update: Tires have 5k miles on them, and are wearing like iron. no visible wear or uneven wear. very happy with these tires.

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PaPaRick

· #22 · Mar 19, 2016

I have been looking at the Michelin Defender XT which has a 90,000 mile warranty. Have you guys had problems with tire shops saying they will not install tires in a size other than what came on the vehicle?
Defender comes in 225/65-17 just a little narrower and a little taller than the stock 235/60-17.

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tacoduck

Discussion Starter · #23 · Mar 19, 2016

im buddies with the owner and he was fine with it.

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sierrasclimber

· #24 · Oct 21, 2016

Hey tacoduck, thanks for the post. Any update on how they have held up? Its almost been a year.

I might go for these. I had LT245/75R16 E Michelin LTX M/S on my old full size campervan. It weighed in at about 8,500 lbs. I was horrible about rotating them and they still held up great. Those tires were beasts. It was a full size 1 ton dodge they never spun out.

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igs

· #25 · Dec 3, 2016

Brightened up the pic a bit. Looks good. So those are the stock 17x7 +35 rims?

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Raty

· #26 · Oct 13, 2019

I just installed 245/65/R17
Thanks Tacoduck. Appreciate it.

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doji

· #27 · Nov 22, 2019

Have run a 245/65 17 set up past two winters. Bought a Blizzaks winter set off off a guy selling his from his Highlander. Tires definitely improve the ride on the softer side, given I run the 19" on all seasons for summer. At full lock, there is slight rubbing on the front strut only when backing out from my driveway which has a fairly sharp decline as I back into the level road. Possible this would happen just the SE, and not the LE and XLE that have more clearance.

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avs

· #28 · Dec 13, 2019

doji said:
Have run a 245/65 17 set up past two winters. Bought a Blizzaks winter set off off a guy selling his from his Highlander. Tires definitely improve the ride on the softer side, given I run the 19" on all seasons for summer. At full lock, there is slight rubbing on the front strut only when backing out from my driveway which has a fairly sharp decline as I back into the level road. Possible this would happen just the SE, and not the LE and XLE that have more clearance.

Do you happen to have the wheel offset and width or the year of the highlander wheel you're using?

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doji

· #29 · Dec 13, 2019

avs said:
Do you happen to have the wheel offset and width or the year of the highlander wheel you're using?

These were off a 2012 Highlander with the 17" rims.

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avs

· #30 · Dec 13, 2019

doji said:
These were off a 2012 Highlander with the 17" rims.

The 17” oem wheel spec for the 2012 highlander is 17x7.5 et 35 w/ about 5.156” backspacing.
The 17” oem wheel spec for 2015 sienna is 17x7 et 35 w/ about 4.91” backspacing.

So if you would put a highlander wheel to the sienna, the wheel will be about .25” closer to the strut in the horizontal directions and also since you’re upsizing from 235/60/17 to 245/65/17 you’re also adding .70” sidewall height which means you’re also reducing clearance spacing with the strut.

Do you have a picture of the tire/wheel with respect to the strut housing?

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riverrat

· #31 · Sep 5, 2020

2015 Limited AWD, purchased last January.

I bought some 235/65R17 Michelin X-Ice snow tires just after we bought it, mounted them on Raceline Evo 131B Wheels (Black 17x7.5, 5x114.3, 40mm Offset) that came with the van. I've had those on all summer, while I sold off the stock wheels and tires, and shopped for replacements to run spring, summer, and fall.

Getting ready to pull the trigger on some 245/65R17 Michelin Defender LTX M/S. I'm also ordering another set of the same Raceline wheels but with +20mm offset instead of +40. So, reducing positive offset from +35 (stock) to +20.

This setup will be mounted before driving to Arizona, where I'm scheduled to have Journeys install their lift. Been trying to do my homework and I feel fairly confident the new tires & wheels will fit without major rubbing on the drive down, prior to getting the lift installed.

My thinking is that the slightly reduced positive offset will account for the slightly reduced track width (~1" overall) that will result from having the lift installed. But the difference between stock (+35) and +20 (or the +40 of my winter rims) is not great.

The wheels, tires and lift are a fairly substantial investment so I hope this all works out!

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YotaSE17

· #32 · Sep 13, 2020

riverrat said:
2015 Limited AWD, purchased last January.

I bought some 235/65R17 Michelin X-Ice snow tires just after we bought it, mounted them on Raceline Evo 131B Wheels (Black 17x7.5, 5x114.3, 40mm Offset) that came with the van. I've had those on all summer, while I sold off the stock wheels and tires, and shopped for replacements to run spring, summer, and fall.

Getting ready to pull the trigger on some 245/65R17 Michelin Defender LTX M/S. I'm also ordering another set of the same Raceline wheels but with +20mm offset instead of +40. So, reducing positive offset from +35 (stock) to +20.

This setup will be mounted before driving to Arizona, where I'm scheduled to have Journeys install their lift. Been trying to do my homework and I feel fairly confident the new tires & wheels will fit without major rubbing on the drive down, prior to getting the lift installed.

My thinking is that the slightly reduced positive offset will account for the slightly reduced track width (~1" overall) that will result from having the lift installed. But the difference between stock (+35) and +20 (or the +40 of my winter rims) is not great.

The wheels, tires and lift are a fairly substantial investment so I hope this all works out!

Ive been researching this like quite a bit as well. The fitment you are going with should be 11.4mm less poke then what SkiShootClimb75 has on his van with the JOR lift as seen on page 7,8

3.5" lift kit from Journey Offroad for AWD Gen 3

www.siennachat.com

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His wheels are 17x8 with +15mm offset. Please post some pics of the wheel fitment pre and post lift and how much they poke. Im doin the same thing right behind ya!!

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riverrat

· #33 · Sep 24, 2020

YotaSE17 said:
Ive been researching this like quite a bit as well. The fitment you are going with should be 11.4mm less poke then what SkiShootClimb75 has on his van with the JOR lift as seen on page 7,8

3.5" lift kit from Journey Offroad for AWD Gen 3

www.siennachat.com

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His wheels are 17x8 with +15mm offset. Please post some pics of the wheel fitment pre and post lift and how much they poke. Im doin the same thing right behind ya!!

Got em on, they fit about as predicted, slight bit of rubbing but nothing serious. I should have no problem on the highway getting to Arizona. I'm super swamped but will try to post a pic or two.

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