[Shadyshawn]

While waiting for my Pacifica to arrive, I want to start shopping for a separate set of wheels/tires for winter. From what I understand the bolt pattern for OEM 20 inch is 5x127 (or 5x5), does anyone know if wheels with 5x115 will fit as well? I dont know much about these, so not sure if the circle diameter has to match as well. Thanks for any insight!

 

[daniel9478]

You'll need to match the 5x127. The 5x115 won't fit as the bolt circle will be too small and not line up with any of the studs.

If you're looking for OEM wheels, you'll find that 5x127 has been used on the '08+ Chrysler/Dodge minivans, Jeep Grand Cherokee and Jeep Wrangler for several years, '11+ Dodge Durango, and even the first generation of the Pacifica (when it was a CUV). However, only the old Pacifica seems to have the same offset as the current wheels. Any of the others above may either require some spacers or may stick further out than the factory wheels.

(Of course your other option would be to get 17" or 18" wheels off the current generation Pacifica.)

 

[generaltso]

Plenty of tire/wheel package options for the Pacifica on tirerack.com.

I went with these, as they look kinda like the OEM 20" wheel style:

MSW Type 48 Machined w/Black Accent

 

[Shadyshawn]

This is awesome info, thank you to both of you!

 

[gmo]

I was planning to just buy snow tires for the winter months - and use the factory 20" wheels. Then in the spring put the all weather tires back on.

Is this not a good thing to do? What am I missing? Tirerack shows the cost to mount a tire as $15 per in my area.

 

[daniel9478]

That's fine if you want to go that route. Many choose to get a smaller diameter wheel for their winter tires so that:
a) They don't have to keep paying the $15 per tire to swap back and forth (and can swap in their own driveway if desired), and
b) A smaller diameter wheel uses a taller tire to achieve the same overall circumference, thus giving you more distance between the nasty potholes and your wheels

If your area doesn't have much of a problem with potholes, I'd say it's entirely up to whether you want to keep swapping the tires.

 

[generaltso]

I was planning to just buy snow tires for the winter months - and use the factory 20" wheels. Then in the spring put the all weather tires back on.

Is this not a good thing to do? What am I missing? Tirerack shows the cost to mount a tire as $15 per in my area.

That's a perfectly viable option. I would call the tire shop advertising $15 and confirm that they'll honor that price with 20" wheels. Some shops can't do 20" and a lot of them charge extra for them. Some charge extra if your wheels have TPMS sensors as well (which is any late model car).

I prefer to have separate winter wheels mostly because I prefer to wait until the snow is close to flying before switching over. But if I wait until then, I can't get into any tire shop for weeks because everyone else is doing the same thing. Having separate wheels allows me to swap to winters and back to all-seasons myself whenever I want. And since I have air tools, the swap is quick and painless.

It's also nice to keep the salt and grime off the OEM wheels so that they stay in good condition. Not having the bead broken repeatedly is better for the tires as well as less risk of damaging the wheel and/or TPMS sensors. An added bonus is that you can go with a smaller diameter wheel for winter that would give you more tire sidewall between the wheel and the ice and snow.

Cost, at least for me, is not the driving factor.