[dcbridgwater]

Hello All,
I have recently placed my order for a 2021 Trailblazer Active 1.3L AWD in Midnight Blue, and I was wondering if anyone has seen the specifications for the wheels (rims) on the new Trailblazer. I am looking to start putting together a Snow Tire and wheel package, preferably steel wheels since they seem to do better with the New York State road salt. I would like to be able to just switch them out when the season changes.
Thanks in advance,
Dale

 

[ZR2LIFE]

All I know is the base model L has 16" steel wheels, Activ has 17" aluminum and the RS has 18" aluminum. GM hasn't posted the wheel widths, offsets or backspacing. I assume the widths are all 7" or close to that.

Steve

 

[Quaid]

Winter wheels are on my to-do list, as well. Like you, the winter tires will be installed onto steel rims. I'll also be sure that the winter wheels have proper tire pressure sensors installed. In the past we've forgone the sensors on winter wheels, but it was a persistent annoyance when the TPMS could not be easily disabled.

I expect it'll cost $1000-1500 CAD for the set of tires, rims, and sensors.

I don't yet know the suitable specifications for the TB winter wheels.

 

[Trail Blazed]

dcbridgwater welcome,
Check discount tire website. You can punch in year make model and it will show you wheels available. 17 x 7 w/ 40mm offset seems to be the most common size to choose from for aluminum and 17 x 7 w/38mm for their steel wheel. I like to shop them right around the big holidays. They usually have good rebates and if you put them on a DT card there is an extra rebate. Plus 6 month interest free financing. When the first bill comes just pay it off. I have done this several times over the years. Rebates you just enter online and in about a month you get a couple of Visa cards to spend. I have found their prices to be very good and in and out in about 1 hour. If you know what tire you want, make an apt and you should be good

 

[dcbridgwater]

Thank you all for the replies so far, I have been checking various wheel retailers and they seem to be all over the place as to what will fit as far as the bolt pattern. So I guess I will have to wait until I get it to see what will fit.
Quaid,
Since we seem to have the same idea on steel wheels, if you get yours before me I would really be interested in you choice of wheels. I will also post what I find.

Thanks,
Dale

 

[Quaid]

Quaid,
Since we seem to have the same idea on steel wheels, if you get yours before me I would really be interested in you choice of wheels. I will also post what I find.

Absolutely. We will probably have different retailers (USA vs Canada), but the product selection should be basically the same.

There are seasonal sales here every year, so we'll probably wait for those in ~September / October / November.

 

[Quaid]

These tires are the same brand and similar styling to the all-seasons which come stock on the Activ trim. They are studdable, if you're into that sort of thing, but it isn't kosher for most road driving where I live.

i*pike RW11 | Light Truck Tires | Hankook USA

Discover i*pike RW11, premium winter tire with strong braking power and excellent snow and ice traction. Check its specs, features, structure etc.

www.hankooktire.com

Bridgestone Blizzak's tend to be the most consistently and highly rated winter tires, so I'm leaning towards a set of those rather than Hankooks.

Blizzak WS90 | Winter Tires | Bridgestone Tires

Handle the harsh winter conditions with Blizzak WS90 Winter Tires. Stop with confidence. The Blizzak WS90 provides confident control and secure handling.

www.bridgestonetire.ca

 

[dcbridgwater]

These tires are the same brand and similar styling to the all-seasons which come stock on the Activ trim. They are studdable, if you're into that sort of thing, but it isn't kosher for most road driving where I live.

i*pike RW11 | Light Truck Tires | Hankook USA

Discover i*pike RW11, premium winter tire with strong braking power and excellent snow and ice traction. Check its specs, features, structure etc.

www.hankooktire.com

Bridgestone Blizzak's tend to be the most consistently and highly rated winter tires, so I'm leaning towards a set of those rather than Hankooks.

Blizzak WS90 | Winter Tires | Bridgestone Tires

Handle the harsh winter conditions with Blizzak WS90 Winter Tires. Stop with confidence. The Blizzak WS90 provides confident control and secure handling.

www.bridgestonetire.ca

Quaid,
Thanks for the suggestions, I have been considering Winter i*pike RW11 also but giving the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 some thought.
Right now I am still undecided as too which steel wheels to get since my plan is to get a set of 16" wheels and run 215/70R16 tires.
Discount Tire lists different bolt patterns for the Buick Encore GX and the Chevrolet Trailblazer but every thing I see on the ACDelco parts catalog they are the same as far as wheel hub bearing and brakes so I don't understand why the different bolt patterns.
So for now I have ordered 1 wheel in the 16x6.5-115.00 size to see if it fits ok if it does I will order 3 more. If it will not fit I will have to try the16x6.5-114.3 size.

Dale

 

[Quaid]

@dcbridgwater
Assuming 115.0mm is the PCD, what offset (zero?) and bore diameter did you select?

 

[dcbridgwater]

@dcbridgwater
Assuming 115.0mm is the PCD, what offset (zero?) and bore diameter did you select?

41mm offset and 72mm bore for the one I ordered will have see it fits.

 

[Quaid]

Regarding the PCD specification, I'm sharing this from the "2021 Trailblazer Group" on FB.

 

[dcbridgwater]

I have received and test fit the one wheel from Discount Tire, it is a Liquid Metal Atom #48998 , size 16x6.5 with a bolt pattern of 5-115.00, 41mm offset and 72mm bore. I should get the other 3 tomorrow.

I put on the wheel and every thing seems to fit OK, I torqued the lugs down to spec and the removed the lug nuts one at a time and the lug studs were all perfectly centered around the rim hole
as well as the bore being centered around the hub. There is enough clearance around the brake caliper and doesn't appear to rub anywhere.
The one thing I am not crazy about is with the 72mm bore and a 70mm hub this set up will be lug centric which must not be a problem since it seems most aftermarket wheels are set up that way.

As far as Tire Pressure sensors ACDelco catalog lists #13522631 for the sensors which seems to have been replaced with #13516165 which I hope is correct since there also seems to be conflicting information on the correct sensor also.

So my winter set up will be,
4 Liquid Metal Atom #48998 , size 16x6.5 with a bolt pattern of 5-115.00 from Discount Tire
1 Wheel install kit from Discount Tire
4 ACDelco Tire pressure sensors part #13516165
1 Set of Swiss Drive wheel covers #508138C from Ebay
As far as tires I think I will be going with the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 size 215/70R16

 

[Glmb]

I have received and test fit the one wheel from Discount Tire, it is a Liquid Metal Atom #48998 , size 16x6.5 with a bolt pattern of 5-115.00, 41mm offset and 72mm bore. I should get the other 3 tomorrow.

I put on the wheel and every thing seems to fit OK, I torqued the lugs down to spec and the removed the lug nuts one at a time and the lug studs were all perfectly centered around the rim hole
as well as the bore being centered around the hub. There is enough clearance around the brake caliper and doesn't appear to rub anywhere.
The one thing I am not crazy about is with the 72mm bore and a 70mm hub this set up will be lug centric which must not be a problem since it seems most aftermarket wheels are set up that way.

As far as Tire Pressure sensors ACDelco catalog lists #13522631 for the sensors which seems to have been replaced with #13516165 which I hope is correct since there also seems to be conflicting information on the correct sensor also.

So my winter set up will be,
4 Liquid Metal Atom #48998 , size 16x6.5 with a bolt pattern of 5-115.00 from Discount Tire
1 Wheel install kit from Discount Tire
4 ACDelco Tire pressure sensors part #13516165
1 Set of Swiss Drive wheel covers #508138C from Ebay
As far as tires I think I will be going with the Bridgestone Blizzak DM-V2 size 215/70R16

The hub is 70.3, it is that same a the encore gx and the current GMC Terrain. The bolt pattern is 5x 115

 

[Trail Blazed]

dcbridgewater,
Curious on the choice for a 16” wheel setup? Doesn’t the Activ model come standard with 17’s? I know it is a small difference, but doesn’t it throw the speedometer off? I like the idea of a winter setup. Where I live the roads will be salt and their wonderful beet juice solution covered until spring.

 

[Quaid]

16 inches or 17 inches are rim diameters, which must be summed with tire wall heights to know total wheel diameter.
RS: Kinergy 225/55R18H -> 27.7"DIA x 8.9"W
Activ: Hankook Dynapro AT2 (RF11) 225/60R17H - > 27.6"DIA x 8.9"W
Others: Kinergy 215/65R16H - > 27"DIA x 8.5"W

The winter tires purchased by @dcbridgwater : 215/70R16 -> 27.9"DIA x 8.5"W

Regarding "minus sizing", this is normal practice for winter tires for both performance and economic reasons:

https://www.tirerack.com/tires/tiretech/techpage.jsp?techid=126

 

[dcbridgwater]

Trail Blazed,
I chose 16" setup because when I get snow tires I like to go as narrow as I can and still be near the original diameter. The wheel size calculators show my speedometer will be about 1 mph off at 60 MPH with the 215/70R16 tires but according to GPS my speedometer is 1 MPH fast with stock tires so with my snow tire setup I should be very close.
I would have liked to have gone with 195/75R16 tires but I was not able to find 6" wide rims with a 5x115 bolt pattern so I settled for 215/70R16 tires.

 

[dcbridgwater]

The snow tires have now been on for about 400 miles, then I removed them and checked for any signs of rubbing around the calipers and they all look good. There is no vibration and they are actually smoother than the factory tires and rims. The only thing I changed with my setup was I discarded the Swiss Drive wheel covers and bought a set of factory 2018 Chevy Malibu 16" steel wheel covers. The Swiss Drive wheel covers offered no protection for the lug nuts and center of hub, actually got a couple of rust spots on the center of the hubs in the short amount of time they were on. The Malibu steel wheel covers do a much better job of covering that area. Also bought 2 boxes of of 10 Dorman 611-109, M12-1.5, 19MM HEX Dual thread lug nuts.

Knowing what I know now I would have bought OEM 2018 Malibu 16" steel wheels which have the same bolt pattern and avoided the aftermarket wheels.
SO I am ready, Bring on the Snow!!

 

[Quaid]

We ended up choosing a winter tire package deal from our dealership. We couldn't match their price anywhere else, even with DIY labour. I had hoped for Blizzak's, but it was going to cost almost twice as much. There have been a handful of snow storms so far this year, and these wheels are working well. A downside of this deal is that I'm not sure what the specifications are on the steel rims. The dealership rep didn't know the specifications other than 16" diameter.

Pirelli Ice Zero tires on steel rims, with TPMS.
215/65 R16 102T

 

[brownactive]

Eeks I could not rock that rim look.

 

[Quaid]

Eeks I could not rock that rim look.

Thank you for your input.