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Looking to upgrade to 17 or 18" OEM wheels, that would fit a 2006 2500hd. I currently have the 16" steel wheels. Also, I thought I had read, if going to larger wheels, I need larger rotors. Is this correct?

 

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Steve

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Looking to upgrade to 17 or 18" OEM wheels, that would fit a 2006 2500hd. I currently have the 16" steel wheels. Also, I thought I had read, if going to larger wheels, I need larger rotors. Is this correct?

 

Thanks

Steve

You won't need larger rotors, but having the larger wheels will give you more room for larger rotors if you wanted to upgrade.

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I was wondering in the 2007+ NBS 17" alloys would fit my 2006?

 

Yes, they will fit fine.

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I strongly advise getting bigger rotors if you upgrade. You will notice less stopping power with bigger wheels. It shouldn't make it where you would fail at a state inspection center, but you won't have as good as stopping as you do know. It will feel like it is kinda sluggish in slowing down real fast. I remember a time upgrading a 13" to a 15", the brakes were very sluggish after the upgrade. Then one day some idiot cut the guy off in front of him and he had to come to a sudden stop and so did myself and I winded up hitting him in the rear. No damage to him, but my car had some. Likely for me some passer by chased the guy down and got his plates and the police were able to catch him.

 

After that incident, i never vowed again to go bigger without upgrading the brakes. Rule of thumb, if you go 17" wheel, then slap on some 17" rotors. Better safe then sorry, especially if you are towing without a brake controller.

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I strongly advise getting bigger rotors if you upgrade. You will notice less stopping power with bigger wheels. It shouldn't make it where you would fail at a state inspection center, but you won't have as good as stopping as you do know. It will feel like it is kinda sluggish in slowing down real fast. I remember a time upgrading a 13" to a 15", the brakes were very sluggish after the upgrade. Then one day some idiot cut the guy off in front of him and he had to come to a sudden stop and so did myself and I winded up hitting him in the rear. No damage to him, but my car had some. Likely for me some passer by chased the guy down and got his plates and the police were able to catch him.

 

After that incident, i never vowed again to go bigger without upgrading the brakes. Rule of thumb, if you go 17" wheel, then slap on some 17" rotors. Better safe then sorry, especially if you are towing without a brake controller.

Although this can be true, I really think it depends on the type of wheels and tires, as well as the overall braking of the vehicle. Considering the OP is looking to go from 16" steel to 17" alloy, there is actually a chance his braking will improve due to less weight. I know of lots of guys running hummer wheels and 305 tires and they don't have any braking issues at all, and one of those is on a 2006.

 

Also, there's a lot more to it than just getting larger rotors. He'd have to also get now calipers, and I'm not sure about mounting if there is a bracket or if the additional offset needed is built into the new calipers or not. Regardless, I doubt he'll notice any decline in braking so it's probably not something worth worrying about.

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I strongly advise getting bigger rotors if you upgrade. You will notice less stopping power with bigger wheels. It shouldn't make it where you would fail at a state inspection center, but you won't have as good as stopping as you do know. It will feel like it is kinda sluggish in slowing down real fast. I remember a time upgrading a 13" to a 15", the brakes were very sluggish after the upgrade. Then one day some idiot cut the guy off in front of him and he had to come to a sudden stop and so did myself and I winded up hitting him in the rear. No damage to him, but my car had some. Likely for me some passer by chased the guy down and got his plates and the police were able to catch him.

 

After that incident, i never vowed again to go bigger without upgrading the brakes. Rule of thumb, if you go 17" wheel, then slap on some 17" rotors. Better safe then sorry, especially if you are towing without a brake controller.

 

Also, one thing I'm wondering. Even if the wheels themselves end up weighing a little more, wouldn't the tires weigh less (assuming a similar overall diameter) due to less sidewall?

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The 07.5+ 17" wheels will fit just fine, although I think the H2 Hummer wheels with the 07.5+ 8 lug caps off the PYO wheels look good, I run them on my truck here is a pic.

 

 

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I also have the Hummer wheel on my OBS HD2500....I went with 265x70x17 tires and have had no braking issues at all....I did have Blackbear doe a tune to reset the speedometer (as well as a performance tune). No issues at all in 2+ years....

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Ignoring the brake cooling aspect, wheel diameter has no impact on brake performance. larger diameter (aka taller) TIRES will make a huge difference. For those of use who went from the stock 245/75-16 tires on our HD trucks to a 285/75-16, the brakes have to work about 7% harder to stop the truck. Said a different way, it's like making your truck 7% heavier from the perspective of the brakes. For most of these trucks, it's like having an extra 500 lbs in the bed of the truck......

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The H2 wheels look to be a good option, as they are widely available. At about 300$ for 4 not bad. I take it that the center caps I have for the 16" wheels will not fit. For an 06 2500, it is a direct bolt up?

 

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Steve

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