Aftermarket Wheels on Model 3

[dfwatt]

All good news.
Eficiency hit: negligible.
Sound: Same. Negligible
Performance: Huge upgrade from OEMs. Wet weather grip compared to OEMs is night/day better
Wear: Too early to tell

I was so impressed that I will replace the tires on our other 3 with the same.

Not sure which Tire you are talking about? Could you please clarify. It's nice that you are providing feedback but it's a bit cryptic without that crucial piece of information.

 

[OutofThyme]

Not sure which Tire you are talking about? Could you please clarify. It's nice that you are providing feedback but it's a bit cryptic without that crucial piece of information.

Earlier in the thread, he went with PS AS4s.

 

[3serious]

Hey all, here for some advice! I am looking at gram lights in 18x18.5 in black or 18x9.5 in gunblue2 in a square setup for my 2020 m3p, but I am nervous about getting sizes and offsets correct. I will be putting winter tires on these and driving using them for about the next 5-6 months (MN has long ass winters). Does anyone have any words of wisdom for which would be the better fit? Thanks so much!

 

[MODEL+]

Hey all, here for some advice! I am looking at gram lights in 18x18.5 in black or 18x9.5 in gunblue2 in a square setup for my 2020 m3p, but I am nervous about getting sizes and offsets correct. I will be putting winter tires on these and driving using them for about the next 5-6 months (MN has long ass winters). Does anyone have any words of wisdom for which would be the better fit? Thanks so much!

You'll be fine with either. Personally I'd go with the 18x9.5 +37 for a better fitment.
btw great wheel choice! Evasive Motorsports is doing 15% off on all Gram Light / Advan / Volk Racing products so you might want to check with them. Gram Lights Wheels

 

[shiftkenny]

Just got Crossclimate+ from Costco. Installing it Wednesday then going to Vegas for 600miles. I'll update on how the car does.

 

[Rottenapplr]

Weird I’m still on the original tires and I have 36k miles on them. I’m a pretty conservative driver for the most part though.

 

[3serious]

You'll be fine with either. Personally I'd go with the 18x9.5 +37 for a better fitment.
btw great wheel choice! Evasive Motorsports is doing 15% off on all Gram Light / Advan / Volk Racing products so you might want to check with them. Gram Lights Wheels

Awesome, thank you! I was still paranoid about the brake caliper size, so I went up to 19s, and got 9.5 based on your input. Btw I asked at evasive, and they said they are entirely out of gram lights, and were 10-12 weeks away from any availability.

 

[TypeRx]

Anyone have traction control issues or wonky regen after swapping on aftermarket wheels?

Guys -- just put a set of 20" HRE FF01 on my P3D+. Tires are slightly used Michelin PS4s -- front are 255/30R20 and rears are 285/30R20. Everything mounted up fine and after setting tire pressure to 44 lbs all around and torquing the "tuner" lugnuts to 129 lb-ft, went for a drive. After driving very leisurely for a little bit, the car said it detected a different wheel configuration so I went ahead and confirmed 20" and then did a TPMS re-learn. That all seemed to go fine.

HOWEVER, every time I go above ~45 or 50 mph, traction control lights up (flashing). This doesn't happen when I accelerate fast from a stop...only after I get to that higher speed. In addition, when foot is off the accelerator the regen braking pulsates a bit rather than being smooth like usual. The car also seems a tad bit "floaty" to me.

Any ideas?

 

[MODEL+]

Anyone have traction control issues or wonky regen after swapping on aftermarket wheels?

Guys -- just put a set of 20" HRE FF01 on my P3D+. Tires are slightly used Michelin PS4s -- front are 255/30R20 and rears are 285/30R20. Everything mounted up fine and after setting tire pressure to 44 lbs all around and torquing the "tuner" lugnuts to 129 lb-ft, went for a drive. After driving very leisurely for a little bit, the car said it detected a different wheel configuration so I went ahead and confirmed 20" and then did a TPMS re-learn. That all seemed to go fine.

HOWEVER, every time I go above ~45 or 50 mph, traction control lights up (flashing). This doesn't happen when I accelerate fast from a stop...only after I get to that higher speed. In addition, when foot is off the accelerator the regen braking pulsates a bit rather than being smooth like usual. The car also seems a tad bit "floaty" to me.

Any ideas?

Are the treadwear pretty even on all of the tires? That's the only thing that comes to mind if one or two of the tires on the opposite side is significantly more worn than the others causing the traction control to detect different wheel speeds.

 

[TypeRx]

Are the treadwear pretty even on all of the tires? That's the only thing that comes to mind if one or two of the tires on the opposite side is significantly more worn than the others causing the traction control to detect different wheel speeds.

All tires are at 8.0-8.5/32". So yeah, they are all pretty new and even.

I did reboot the MCU just to see but nothing really seemed to happen. Maybe I need to "scrub" the tires a bit? Maybe the sizing difference front to rear is confusing the traction control and regen systems? Maybe I just need to drive more and let the system calibrate? LOL -- its frustrating but I am sure it is solvable problem.

FYI, I know a lot of guys run 255/30/20 and 275/30/20 without much issue. This has 255/30/20 and 285/30/20 -- maybe that slight difference in the rears is causing an issue?

 

[PNWTMan]

Stance SF03 wheels. Been very pleased with these on Model 3 Performance.

 

[jonnytdk]

TE37 SL in Burnt Bronze 19x9.5 +22

 

[MODEL+]

TE37 SL in Burnt Bronze 19x9.5 +22
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Fantastic!! I come from the JDM scene back in the day and I'm used to putting Japanese wheels on German cars too. Your stance is dialed in with these wheels!

 

[jonnytdk]

Fantastic!! I come from the JDM scene back in the day and I'm used to putting Japanese wheels on German cars too. Your stance is dialed in with these wheels!

Thanks! I thought there would be rubbing because of the offset but theres no issues whatsoever and it looks really aggressive. I am also enjoying a nice 10% range increase going from cast to forged.

 

[sfedai0]

Thanks! I thought there would be rubbing because of the offset but theres no issues whatsoever and it looks really aggressive. I am also enjoying a nice 10% range increase going from cast to forged.

Really surprised no rubbing with that aggressive of a offset. Whats the tire specs and how much camber are you running? Oh and what the suspension?

 

[jonnytdk]

Really surprised no rubbing with that aggressive of a offset. Whats the tire specs and how much camber are you running? Oh and what the suspension?

Tires are 245/40/19. I don't remember the camber, its on eibach prokits but im switching it out to kw v3's tomorrow.

 

[sfedai0]

Tires are 245/40/19. I don't remember the camber, its on eibach prokits but im switching it out to kw v3's tomorrow.

Cool. Awsome setup. Is the lugnut bore 14mm already? Who did you buy it from?

 

[MODEL+]

Tires are 245/40/19. I don't remember the camber, its on eibach prokits but im switching it out to kw v3's tomorrow.

do you think you could've gotten away with 255/40/19s?

 

[jonnytdk]

Cool. Awsome setup. Is the lugnut bore 14mm already? Who did you buy it from?

The bore was already drilled for 14mm, I bought this from a fellow member so no wait times!

 

[jonnytdk]

do you think you could've gotten away with 255/40/19s?

I think 255 should be doable, any higher will start to rub in my opinion.