5 lug escalade wheels

cashflow50 · March 27, 2012

I aquired a set of wheels which look like escalade rims with P245/70R16 tires on them. Im thinking they are escalade rims, because of the cadillac center cap and the size of the tires but these rims have 5 lugs on them. Do they make 5 lug oem rims for escalades?

cashflow50 · March 27, 2012

I'll post a photo of them tomorrow. noob question...Is it possible to use these P245/70R16 on my oem wheels I have on my yukon? Right now I roll on P265/70R16. Would I lose mpg or gain? consume more or less gas? Im asking, becasue these are barely used tires and thinking of installing them on my yuke oem 16 inch rims. Thanks in advance.

herm0016 · March 28, 2012

they are probably off of an srx or one of the cars. no 5 lug on the trucks.

your tire dia. will be much smaller with those tires. also, how wide are your wheels compared to the cadilac wheels?

Big Whiskey · March 28, 2012

The tires will look silly (in my opinion) on your Yukon, because they will be much smaller. However, you may gain a bit of MPG because there will be less rolling resistance. Your speedometer will be off with smaller tires, as well as the computer calculated MPG (if your vehicle has that). Also, the rims would be 6 bolt if they're from an escalade....so those are probably from one of those smaller suv/crossover jobbies.

If it were me, I'd sell the new rims and tires as a package deal....then put that money towards a new set of tires for the yukon

cashflow50 · March 28, 2012

Here is the pic of the rims. The tires on the rims are 'Firestone Destination A/T tires. You guys maybe right of the crossover jobbie. The thing is that when I stand the tire right next to my stock ones already on my yuke..it looks basically the same. Its prolly taller due to my tire wear. I'll just use these new tires for about a year till i save enough cash to buy a REAL set...lol and sell these almost flawless caddy rims on craigslist for about a cool 4 bills.

Big Whiskey · March 29, 2012

That sounds like a plan. Just keep in mind....rolling a fully aired tire, without any weight on it...up next to a tire that's supporting the weight of a vehicle...may not give you an accurate comparision of the overall height.

KMGZ400 · March 29, 2012

they look like rims from a Deville or old STS maybe

newdude · March 31, 2012

Not looking like an Escalade wheel. When Escalade came out around 1999, it was based on the 1999 Yukon Denali, which were all 1998-previous trucks with a new nose on them. As far as I know, since the introduction of the Escalade, 1999-2012, they are all 6 lug.

As for the tires, should be around an inch smaller in overall diameter. A 245/75/16 would have the same overall diameter as a 265/70/16.