17" versus 14" tires

str12-340 said

sorry, but I just have to say it - big wheels with short sidewalls is not a look that I can stomach. In my view, aesthetically, it is just all kinds of wrong on an A-body. In the world of visual transgressions, however, it has one advantage over other sins... it only takes about 20 minutes to get them off the car and there's no permanent damage. 15s would be SOOOO much better.

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I like the sometimes wider availability of the larger wheel size tires, but the short sidewalls aren’t for me either, and not in West Virginia, with sometimes rough roads and potholes. My 2016 Ram 1500 came with 20” rim stock and I went with a Load range E oversized from factory sized Load range D or whatever and everyone said “don’t do it, it will ride like a truck.“ First of all, it is a truck, and second of all, with more sidewall it actually rides better and now I get more than 20k miles out of a set of tires… win…

On my Duster I settled in on 15” cause I switched to 11” disc brakes and wanted aluminum wheels, and tires with a sidewall. Since then I looked at 16” and 17” stuff just cause I could have them as extra setup, but again, will kill the look of the car… for me anyway, and how my car is setup. now those lowering these cars it works better, but not stock ride height and above like +2 rear leafs.