Downsizing to 16" wheels

[Travis85904]

My KK is a limited and came stock with 18" wheels. I recently went down to 17" wheels as the tire shop advised that my calipers/rotors were too large for 16" wheels. Looking for some expertise from other members who have gone from 18" to 16" and what's necessary. Is it as simple as just swapping the rotors and calipers out? If so what size do I need?

 

[tommudd]

My KK is a limited and came stock with 18" wheels. I recently went down to 17" wheels as the tire shop advised that my calipers/rotors were too large for 16" wheels. Looking for some expertise from other members who have gone from 18" to 16" and what's necessary. Is it as simple as just swapping the rotors and calipers out? If so what size do I need?

You can run 16s, some of the KKs came stock with 16 inch wheels, so just find a set of them and good to go

 

[Travis85904]

You can run 16s, some of the KKs came stock with 16 inch wheels, so just find a set of them and good to go

Mine is the limited tho. Only the sport came with 16's stock. The limited was either 17 or 18.

 

[tommudd]

Mine is the limited tho. Only the sport came with 16's stock. The limited was either 17 or 18.

Doesn't matter the trim level everything else is the same

 

[Travis85904]

Dang man. Really wishing I would've gone with the 16s then. I just looked at the calipers again and it does seem as if there would be enough room to go down again. In your opinion is it worth paying the ~600 on another set of wheels to get an extra .75" of sidewall? I just got done with a trip up to the mountains and the difference was like night and day. Then again the previous tires that came with the vehicle were basically just a highway tire (destination le2)

 

[tommudd]

Brakes/ calipers etc are the same no matter the model
Is it worth it? Thats up to you really