18" Wheels for Cybertruck Explained

[T Sportline]

Brian is the 18’s going to corner as well as the 20’s? Do you actually get better gas mileage because of the smaller rim rotation?

If general street cornering performance is the goal, I probably would not recommend downsizing, unless you're racing and reaching into the realm of optimizing vehicle dynamics and unsprung mass / suspension recovery. The downsize will get you a taller sidewall, which isn't going to help the corning for most in a daily driver setup. I would go up up in wheel diameter.

The impact in 'range' aka-mileage from wheel weight is not as big as you'd think. The aero of the wheel, the offset, and width of the tires will have more 'range' impact than weight - the weight is mostly impacting acceleration and deceleration and vehicle dynamics

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[picaresque]

What are the range implications of downsizing to an 18 inch wheel and something like the all season tire and wheel combination currently offered on the non-Foundation series trucks?

 

[CarMan ElecTruck]

This is still my favorite look..

 

[T Sportline]

What are the range implications of downsizing to an 18 inch wheel and something like the all season tire and wheel combination currently offered on the non-Foundation series trucks?

The wheel diameter by itself wont impact range. Range implications come from the frontal area change (ie wider tires = less range), the offset - poke (how much it sticks out).

 

[picaresque]

The wheel diameter by itself wont impact range. Range implications come from the frontal area change (ie wider tires = less range), the offset - poke (how much it sticks out).

Please . . . You can do better than that. Give me a reason to want to buy your wheels.

 

[T Sportline]

Please . . . You can do better than that. Give me a reason to want to buy your wheels.

For 18" on Cybertruck, it's most typically motivated by off road performance. You can air down the 18" and get a lot of tire flex over obstacles - very common off road size. Larger diameter wheels mean more rigid sidewalls which do not perform as well off road. The 18" isn't really a range gain motivator on Cyber - maybe a little lighter, but that doesn't equate to big gains on range. Some folks like the look; definitely 'looks' more off road focused. It's all personal choice, make it the way you like!

 

[bigmoose70]

Had a look this am for 'dedicated' snow, no offerings at this point. We'll keep an eye out for this...

How about now? I’m looking in getting dedicated pure snow tire with 18 inch wheels.

 

[T Sportline]

How about now? I’m looking in getting dedicated pure snow tire with 18 inch wheels.

We have currated Cybertruck snow tire packages here - granted they are 20", the gain from dropping to 18" is not strong enough to compel tooling an 18" steelie at the moment.

https://tsportline.com/collections/tesla-cybertruck-wheel-and-winter-tire-package

 

[bigmoose70]

We have currated Cybertruck snow tire packages here - granted they are 20", the gain from dropping to 18" is not strong enough to compel tooling an 18" steelie at the moment.

https://tsportline.com/collections/tesla-cybertruck-wheel-and-winter-tire-package

I’m about to purchase your tct wheels with lt3 tires. But I’ve emailed etc and I cannot find the load bearing weight of your wheels. I want to make sure id be able to tow just like the stock wheels. Tires I get are different but I have no way of knowing how strong your wheels are compared to the stock wheels. I see they’re lighter but I don’t want to trade wheel weight if I can’t put stuff in the bed or tow a trailer etc. Do you have that information? Also what is wait time on tct wheels with lt3?!

 

[Jack27]

Why does the width on an 18" wheel need to be wider than 9"? Why can't it be 8.5"? Also, why not make a 19" wheel? When I got new Martian wheels for my Model Y Performance, I went with smaller and narrower wheels to protect the rims from curbing. Now I can hit curbs all I want and nothing happens to the rims. Before the rims were wider than the tires and it was a bunch of stress. I don't like having to worry about rims. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Broski. The stock wheel is 9” on the cyber truck. A 9.5
Barley brings it out further and it Actualy looks and sits better on this truck. I don’t see what offset they are using on this truck but he said you can have any offset so if you got the same offset as stock wheels +38 I believe. It’s nearly the same might stick out a 1/2 more then stock. Offset has has more to do with it sticking out then .5 width over stock rim.
also if you are running wheels on curbed with a 295/70/18
tire you have triple size curbs in your hood!! What are we even talking about here? wild ?
Here , the 295/70/18has more side wall then your stock 285/65/20 And practically the same width
I think a +35 would suit the CT perfectly. Stocks just are to far in to look beeeef!!.

 

[Jack27]

Please . . . You can do better than that. Give me a reason to want to buy your wheels.

He will give you a Tsportline sticker if you buy

 

[T Sportline]

I’m about to purchase your tct wheels with lt3 tires. But I’ve emailed etc and I cannot find the load bearing weight of your wheels. I want to make sure id be able to tow just like the stock wheels. Tires I get are different but I have no way of knowing how strong your wheels are compared to the stock wheels. I see they’re lighter but I don’t want to trade wheel weight if I can’t put stuff in the bed or tow a trailer etc. Do you have that information? Also what is wait time on tct wheels with lt3?!

1200Kg load rating, which is a little higher than factory wheels. Load your bed in confidence, no concern.

Wait time...wheels are in-stock.

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