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New to the forum and love my new ST. I have a ‘21 with 21s black wheels. I live in a very cold weather snowy state and have a decent commute. For winter I’d like to put on some snow tires. I actually already have michelin x ice 245 50 R20s from a prior vehicle (MKT) with one season on them. What are some good wheel choices. Like the idea of black steelies.
 

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Here are several discussions on the subject of wheels and tires. Remember the search function is your friend and has a wealth of information at your finger tips.
 

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Here are several discussions on the subject of wheels and tires. Remember the search function is your friend and has a wealth of information at your finger tips.
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Sorry. my question is whether this tire would be good on the ST.
 

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The tires are fine but as has been discussed in other threads any Explorer based rim prior to 2020 will not fit on the new Explorer due the hub diameter being larger. Steel rims from Ford that fit 20-21 Explorer based vehicle are about $550 apiece and are 18". Your speedo might be off a little also with those tires. In other threads it is discussed the proper rim offset if you go aftermarket rims.
 

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Cool thx. What is a rim offset?
 

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Rim offset

Offset refers to how your car's or truck's wheels and tires are mounted and sit in the wheel wells. ... Positive wheel offset is when the hub mounting surface is in front (more toward the street side) of the centerline of the wheel. Most wheels on front-wheel drive cars and newer rear-drive vehicles have positive offset.

https://www.explorerst.org/search/81813/?q=rim+offset&o=date
 

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Thanks. Both Discount and Bell Tire are telling me that I cannot put a 245 50 R 20 on this vehicle even with new 20 rims That was my question. Actually one said I could but it wasn't recommended and the other said they could not because it wouldn't handle the weight. I don't know anything about tires and was not sure if they were just trying to upsell me. The tires were on a MKT which I'm guessing weighed as much or more than my explorer as that is not a small vehicle. Thank you!
 

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The tire size is okay but the load rating for that set of tires must be for a lighter vehicle which is strange a MKT is about 5000 lbs and the Explorer ST is about 4700 lbs. Something is not right they should easily handle the weight.
 

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Yep. Thx.
 

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GTB1 said:
New to the forum and love my new ST. I have a ‘21 with 21s black wheels. I live in a very cold weather snowy state and have a decent commute. For winter I’d like to put on some snow tires. I actually already have michelin x ice 245 50 R20s from a prior vehicle (MKT) with one season on them. What are some good wheel choices. Like the idea of black steelies.
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I’ve had good luck with x ice on a rwd 740i in Wisconsin.

Cast Alloys are relatively cheap. Not sure why you’d want steel. But to each their own.


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I've got a set of 2020 regular explorer take offs with Blizzak's that I'm going to be running this winter in WI. Last winter wasn't horrible with the stock Pirelli's but there were some definite pucker moments.
 

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Yeah great tires but can I put the 245 50 R20s on with appropriate wheels? I have the stock 21s for summer
 

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I was in the market for new Pliers but wasn’t expecting to find them this way!

Anyone in Ontario Canada parting with their stock 21” Pirelli’s?
 

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Yikes.
 

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Purchased winter tires & rims. Nokian R3's and Fast FC04 in 20". Wheels have been ceramic coated, just waiting for temps to drop and snow to come to put on the ST.

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I got these for mine. Ruffino Wheels - Reactor - Gloss Black - 19", 5x114.3 and Nokian Hakkapeliitta HKR3SUV - 255/55R19.

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I've got a set of 2020 regular explorer take offs with Blizzak's that I'm going to be running this winter in WI. Last winter wasn't horrible with the stock Pirelli's but there were some definite pucker moments.
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The OE all seasons actually did pretty well for me last winter, but coming from a tuned RWD Lincoln LS for the past 10 winters, anything is an improvement. My plan is to use the OE 21" wheels as my winter wheels and just put winter tires on them, and get wider forged wheels for the summer.
 

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Is there any way to get a Canadian delivery address like a UPS store or similar? The 18" steel wheels are soo inexpensive up there - ~$80 USD each! - 2020 Ford Spare Wheel LB5Z-1015-B | The Truck Lot
I would love 4 of these for winter tires! make it 5 while I am at it for a spare :) I'll drive the ~8 hours and spend a weekend in Toronto to pick them up!
 

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