Biggest Wheels on a Production Car?
Discussion
Went to the park today and was officially a long way from being the most baller family in our Citroën MPV. 
Parked just down from a new Rolls-Royce Cullinan (looked better in person, but still very taxi-ish), and thought the wheels looked big, even on a big car. Had a look at the tyres and was amazed to see they were 24”! Surely nothing can compete with that? Are these even factory wheels?!
These are so big, I think even with 35-profile tyres the rolling circumference is probably bigger than my Raptor truck (and that has 33” tyres!).
Parked just down from a new Rolls-Royce Cullinan (looked better in person, but still very taxi-ish), and thought the wheels looked big, even on a big car. Had a look at the tyres and was amazed to see they were 24”! Surely nothing can compete with that? Are these even factory wheels?!
These are so big, I think even with 35-profile tyres the rolling circumference is probably bigger than my Raptor truck (and that has 33” tyres!).
RR configurator only shows 21 or 22 inch wheels for Cullinan - seems to be quite a few aftermarket 23/24 inch rims for the Cullinan though, that must be what you've come across
You can get 22 or 23 inch wheels from factory with Audi RS Q8
I've not heard of any car coming with larger than 23 inch from the factory
You can get 22 or 23 inch wheels from factory with Audi RS Q8
I've not heard of any car coming with larger than 23 inch from the factory
David87 said:
Went to the park today and was officially a long way from being the most baller family in our Citroën MPV.
Parked just down from a new Rolls-Royce Cullinan (looked better in person, but still very taxi-ish), and thought the wheels looked big, even on a big car. Had a look at the tyres and was amazed to see they were 24”! Surely nothing can compete with that? Are these even factory wheels?!
These are so big, I think even with 35-profile tyres the rolling circumference is probably bigger than my Raptor truck (and that has 33” tyres!).
I’m going to google now, but how much do tyres like this even cost and can you get Chinese knock off ones?!Parked just down from a new Rolls-Royce Cullinan (looked better in person, but still very taxi-ish), and thought the wheels looked big, even on a big car. Had a look at the tyres and was amazed to see they were 24”! Surely nothing can compete with that? Are these even factory wheels?!
These are so big, I think even with 35-profile tyres the rolling circumference is probably bigger than my Raptor truck (and that has 33” tyres!).
At some point these cars are going to work their way through the used system to their lowest point. Are we going to see someone saying: ‘yeah, had to scrap the old RR money pit due to a ridiculous repair cost. No, nothing electronic, I couldn’t afford 4 news tyres to pass the MOT.’
Syndrome280 said:
A black Rolls Royce with black 24” wheels, low profile tyres and red brake calipers.
The old saying about money not buying taste springs to mind.
Brings this to mind:The old saying about money not buying taste springs to mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o08KBcYy2I
The Maybach GLS comes with 22" standard or 23" optional wheels. I'm pretty sure it's the 23s that are on this one in Doug DeMuro's video: https://youtu.be/xTm6b6mQTIQ
Aftermarket 24 inch wheels for Cullinan are over £10k for a set of 4
https://projectkahn.com/collections/cullinan-2018-...
https://projectkahn.com/collections/cullinan-2018-...
I just don’t understand why people put such big wheels on to purposely destroy the ride quality.
When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me ages to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me ages to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
Megaflow said:
I just don’t understand why people put such big wheels on to purposely destroy the ride quality.
When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me agars to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
Ride quality isn't destroyed on luxury cars with big wheels and low profile tyres. Air suspension means you still get a plush ride. When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me agars to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
raspy said:
Ride quality isn't destroyed on luxury cars with big wheels and low profile tyres. Air suspension means you still get a plush ride.
Fair comment. I wasn’t specifically thinking of luxury cars, more run of the mill stuff, which granted makes this an odd thread to put it in...:facepalm:
Megaflow said:
I just don’t understand why people put such big wheels on to purposely destroy the ride quality.
What's more important? Ride quality or impressing da neighbours?! Bling and Sports is sexy and sells cars. There are those of us who want ride quality and are happy to balance aesthetics with function and those who like to show off much like wearing the chunkiest Rolex vs. a Casio.One of my neighbours has a friend with the latest Grand Scenic. It's a 1.5dCi and yet has 20" Diamond Cut Alloys. I noted as I walked past that it was on lovely Michelins and I gave it my MPV Dad approval. 2 years down the line all the wheels are horrifically kerbed and corrosion has blighted nearly every edge line of the wheels. And as predicted in my mind, no-one with an MPV will buy OEM tyres and it is now sporting a set of Wan King type ditchfinders ( I think they were Farroad?)
raspy said:
Megaflow said:
I just don’t understand why people put such big wheels on to purposely destroy the ride quality.
When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me agars to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
Ride quality isn't destroyed on luxury cars with big wheels and low profile tyres. Air suspension means you still get a plush ride. When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me agars to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
I suspect on very modern cars the ride is still very good and noise compensated for but the ride could be even better with a bit of compromise.
Alex_225 said:
To a point but there'd still be some impact. I have an S Class on air suspension, it's on 19" wheels which seem to be a nice balance of size and really good ride quality. I still feel the odd bump obviously but I can't help thinking that if I did what a lot of the Americans love to do and whacked a set of 22" or 23" wheels on it, the lack of profile would negatively impact the ride quality, despite the air suspensions best efforts and sound deadening.
I suspect on very modern cars the ride is still very good and noise compensated for but the ride could be even better with a bit of compromise.
Also bear in mind that on a large, powerful car the rims may be huge and the profile of the tyre low (35 in the case of these) but because the tyre is so wide that still gives you a decent amount of rubber between the rim and the road (10cm in this case); when you get boring family cars with 225 wide tyres and a 35 profile on an 18" or 19" wheel you only have 8cm of sidewall; ask any Mercedes owner with big wheels how well that works out. I suspect on very modern cars the ride is still very good and noise compensated for but the ride could be even better with a bit of compromise.
Ride quality aside, my experience has been that once you get below 10cm of sidewall and you need to be very wary of potholes to avoid cracking wheels.
Captain_Morgan said:
Just watched Matt Farah’s One Take for these... 285/25/23 on the front, 335s on the rear.... 
Syndrome280 said:
A black Rolls Royce with black 24” wheels, low profile tyres and red brake calipers.
The old saying about money not buying taste springs to mind.
its like tits on a bull, painted calipers is drawing specific attention to a high performance part which makes sense on a car projecting a sporty image. On several ton of comfoblobberwagon it makes as much sense as a whale tail or a roll cage.The old saying about money not buying taste springs to mind.
Both elements are fine for what they are but together is like putting wasabi in a really nice single malt. Its just stupid.
And they also look dumb because high performace brakes should fill the wheel!
"Hey everyone look at the inadequacy of my brakes"
Edited by Teddy Lop on Sunday 4th April 20:20
raspy said:
Megaflow said:
I just don’t understand why people put such big wheels on to purposely destroy the ride quality.
When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me agars to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
Ride quality isn't destroyed on luxury cars with big wheels and low profile tyres. Air suspension means you still get a plush ride. When I bought my Cayman and Focus ST, it took me agars to find variants of both with the base wheels on because I had read bad things anbout the ride and handling of both on the bigger option wheels.
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