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A MB dealer won't be able to help - at best with MB 21's you should be able to find "something" at a major tire shop - like a better wearing All-Season - but with the lower profile of that tire size - I don't think you will find a a "off-road" tire for your luxury MB.
Can anyone recommend any off-road tire for seize 21? The OEM tire is too thin to run on rocks.
21s are just not off-road friendly, especially if you are talking rocks. Yes, you can probably handle many fire roads, but not true-off-roading. You want taller sidewalls for that kind of use. I think the closest you'll find is like a 275/55-20, like in these BF Goodrich:
21s are just not off-road friendly, especially if you are talking rocks. Yes, you can probably handle many fire roads, but not true-off-roading. You want taller sidewalls for that kind of use. I think the closest you'll find is like a 275/55-20, like in these BF Goodrich:
Yeah 21” is not good for bad road at all.
maybe I have to pay more to downgrade to 20” wheel. Do you have any recommendations? Thanks
I downsized my 22” to 20” for the winter and some light off roading.
Didn’t go with OEM wheels due to cost and that I’d likely damage them off road.
I went with Mille Miglia MM047 9x20 et45 wheels all round with 275/55/20 Pirelli P Zero All Terrain Plus.
They have been good on road, off road and in the snow.
im guessing no rub with that 275 55 20? Everywhere recommends 275 50 20. But the options are very little. Can you confirm now rubbing at all? Im on e- abc with off road mode gle 580
Im looking at 20x9.5 et35 was gonna do 265 50 20 since lot more options over 275 50. But if 275 55* work ill go with those as theres a ton of options. Tia
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im guessing no rub with that 275 55 20? Everywhere recommends 275 50 20. But the options are very little. Can you confirm now rubbing at all? Im on e- abc with off road mode gle 580
Im looking at 20x9.5 et35 was gonna do 265 50 20 since lot more options over 275 50. But if 275 55* work ill go with those as theres a ton of options. Tia
My good buddy replaced OEM 275/50-20 (Michelin) on his 2021 GLE450 with 275/55-20 Bridgestone H/L ALENZA PLUS.
Love how his car drives now, smoother and quieter (it was already very smooth and quiet) without giving up any of previous handling qualities.
No rubbing or whatever issues after 3k miles.
Now, seriously thinking to do the same on my car, 9k miles with OEM Cooper Discoverer. Still running good with a lot of mileage ahead.
OEM Cooper tires are not bad IMHO, but improvement with mentioned replacement makes a lot of sense to me.
My good buddy replaced OEM 275/50-20 (Michelin) on his 2021 GLE450 with 275/55-20 Bridgestone H/L ALENZA PLUS.
Love how his car drives now, smoother and quieter (it was already very smooth and quiet) without giving up any of previous handling qualities.
No rubbing or whatever issues after 3k miles.
Now, seriously thinking to do the same on my car, 9k miles with OEM Cooper Discoverer. Still running good with a lot of mileage ahead.
OEM Cooper tires are not bad IMHO, but improvement with mentioned replacement makes a lot of sense to me.
While those give more sidewall, they are not off road tires, which was the subject of this thread. Likely speedo will be off 3+% compared to the 275/50s, but if they clear should be fine.
We put Michelin Defenders on my wifes car during the summer. Not a full offroad tire but gives us much more confidence on rough forest service type roads than the Coopers that came stock. We have the 19s, fwiw.
19 inch Defenders come in XL rating. 20 inch Defenders come in SL rating. 19 inch stronger tire for lite dirt playing off roading.
OP doesn’t have too many choices. I go off-roading and hunting but use my FJ Cruiser. If I had to use my GLE as an emergency replacement off dirt roader I would pick somewhere open, no bushes around and can see city lights in the distance😂 than I would go play with the dirt with the tires I have on.
Only choice I see is get the pirelli all terrain or a Tacoma.
We put Michelin Defenders on my wifes car during the summer. Not a full offroad tire but gives us much more confidence on rough forest service type roads than the Coopers that came stock. We have the 19s, fwiw.
Did you go with a taller sidewall (higher aspect ratio)? The stock 255/50-19s are way undersized compared to the other wheel sizes, ~2" OD. You could easily go with 255/60s. Would look much better and have a marginally better load rating.
Did you go with a taller sidewall (higher aspect ratio)? The stock 255/50-19s are way undersized compared to the other wheel sizes, ~2" OD. You could easily go with 255/60s. Would look much better and have a marginally better load rating.
No, I just matched the stock tire size. Didn't realize that some people would go bigger.
I don't have a ton of experience with SUV/truck tires, but isn't the typical school of thought to match the diameter of the stock setup? Is the only downside to bigger tires the speedometer reading?
No, I just matched the stock tire size. Didn't realize that some people would go bigger.
I don't have a ton of experience with SUV/truck tires, but isn't the typical school of thought to match the diameter of the stock setup? Is the only downside to bigger tires the speedometer reading?
As long as you don’t exceed the OD of the other options you should be fine except for a speedometer difference. It’s confounding why the 19s are so small.
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