Need your opinion: 22" vossen cv3 on CX-5

SanFrancisco · Aug 31, 2012

Photoshopped:

$3,000 for 22x9 front, 22x10.5 rear vossen cv3 rims, falken tires, mounting, balancing, TPMS transfer, taxes, and installation all included!

Would you go for it?

Tyler_ · Aug 31, 2012

No bad. Why the stagger? I'd say the 9 wide all around should be fine. $3,000 is too rich for my blood when it comes to that. haha.

-Tyler

CX-SV · Aug 31, 2012

Price is not far from what's expected.

Style of wheel is nice, but it will make the silver brakes look small.

Stagger really is not needed even from a style standpoint.

Concerns are more about 22's and impact on ride/handling/acceleration mainly due to huge increase in unsprung weight.

SanFrancisco · Aug 31, 2012

CX-SV said:
Price is not far from what's expected.

Style of wheel is nice, but it will make the silver brakes look small.

Stagger really is not needed even from a style standpoint.

Concerns are more about 22's and impact on ride/handling/acceleration mainly due to huge increase in unsprung weight.

Do you think 22" wheels would affect mpg big time? Would it able to work with chain tires? I go to Lake Tahoe often during the winter times.

SanFrancisco · Aug 31, 2012

Tyler@CorkSport said:
No bad. Why the stagger? I'd say the 9 wide all around should be fine. $3,000 is too rich for my blood when it comes to that. haha.

-Tyler

Only people in SF can afford 3k rims

CX-SV · Aug 31, 2012

SanFrancisco said:
Do you think 22" wheels would affect mpg big time? Would it able to work with chain tires? I go to Lake Tahoe often during the winter times.

At least 5% or slightly more reduction in gas mileage to be expected. Impact on acceleration and ride will be more obvious.

Forget about chains on this setup, not advised at all. If your CX-5 is AWD, not a concern if the tires you select are M&S (mud & snow) rated.

SanFrancisco · Aug 31, 2012

CX-SV said:
At least 5% or slightly more reduction in gas mileage to be expected. Impact on acceleration and ride will be more obvious.

Forget about chains on this setup, not advised at all. If your CX-5 is AWD, not a concern if the tires you select are M&S (mud & snow) rated.

My suv doesnt come with awd.

Thanks for advice. Now I have 50/50 mixed feelings about 22" vossen cv3. :\

92FOX · Aug 31, 2012

I actually saw one guy on here that had 22's on his and I liked it...wouldn't do it to my ride but I really liked them on his. I think it was in the big photos thread somewhere near the end.

92FOX · Aug 31, 2012

And I agree with everyone else, don't see a need for the staggered fitment

SanFrancisco · Aug 31, 2012

92FOX said:
I actually saw one guy on here that had 22's on his and I liked it...wouldn't do it to my ride but I really liked them on his. I think it was in the big photos thread somewhere near the end.

Yeah, his doesn't come with concave. Mine with concave 22x9 front, 22x10.5 rear similar to this

puddle.jumper · Aug 31, 2012

cool ideas but i personally wouldn't do the staggered setup. i would like to have the regular tire rotations with oil change.

CX-SV · Sep 1, 2012

Staggered on front wheel drive vehicle is just a bit wrong.

I have seen staggered on AWD/4WD versions of Mercedes and BMW's from the factory in some markets.

EricF · Sep 1, 2012

My experience with aftermarket wheels and tires, especially staggered, is they're more trouble than they're worth.

If you have something that comes with staggered low-pro tires that are already crazy expensive, then you might as well go with an aftermarket wheel. But when you go from running $150 tires that will go 65-90k miles to $300 tires that wear out every 30k miles, plus the added expense for the rims, it sounds like money wasted. I'd much rather put it towards something else.

Andy409 · Sep 1, 2012

SanFrancisco said:
Do you think 22" wheels would affect mpg big time? Would it able to work with chain tires? I go to Lake Tahoe often during the winter times.

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It really depends on the quality of the wheels and tires.

It took me over a month of deliberation and research before I bit the bullet and went with 22" wheels. I was also worried about MPG and ride decrease on the CX-5, in fact CX-SV answered some questions for me as well! What pushed me to my final decision was that if I was going to spend over 2k on wheels for looks, then compromising to save $$ on gas was silly. Might as well spend the money on something else.

After driving around, here is what I found. Yes, there is no way getting around that MPG and ride quality will decrease, but my 2 door coupe had a rougher ride. As for MPG, I decided I could compensate for the weight by accelerating slower and driving with hypermiling concept in mind. Just by driving a little slower, I am happy to report that I've only lost ~.5 mpg off of my avg mpg.

And for that, here is what I gained.

CX-SV · Sep 1, 2012

Excellent, black wheels on the red with all the black trim that comes from factory.

puddle.jumper · Sep 2, 2012

congrats on your sweet ride.

mobius120487 · Sep 2, 2012

Love the look but the other guy was right saying brake rotors just look so small in 22"s

SanFrancisco · Apr 16, 2013

Need your opinion;

20 8.5 front 20 10 rear staggered Avant Garde M368:

lowered with HR Springs, what do you think?

CX-SV · Apr 16, 2013

Those don't look like 20's on that red CX-5.

Kev1njr · Feb 2, 2016

wheel spec?

Andy409 said:
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whats your wheel spec plz?

It really depends on the quality of the wheels and tires.

It took me over a month of deliberation and research before I bit the bullet and went with 22" wheels. I was also worried about MPG and ride decrease on the CX-5, in fact CX-SV answered some questions for me as well! What pushed me to my final decision was that if I was going to spend over 2k on wheels for looks, then compromising to save $$ on gas was silly. Might as well spend the money on something else.

After driving around, here is what I found. Yes, there is no way getting around that MPG and ride quality will decrease, but my 2 door coupe had a rougher ride. As for MPG, I decided I could compensate for the weight by accelerating slower and driving with hypermiling concept in mind. Just by driving a little slower, I am happy to report that I've only lost ~.5 mpg off of my avg mpg.

And for that, here is what I gained.

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