Toyota Venza Forum

Has any put snow tires on their Venza? I would like to get a set, but only Blizzaks are availabie in 20" and I really would like to get Nokians. Does anyone know if 16" or 17" wheels will fit?

unless you'e gonna use a taller tire, to equal the diamater of your wheels now, I wouldnt recomand it, bcuz you're probably gonna throw off the handeling of your car.

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Blizzard Pearl Venza

AWD 2.7l I4

I'm thinking of using 18" wheels and a 65 series tire. I'm guessing if 19" come stock hopefully the 18" will work.

I hope this helps
My Toyota Highlander Limited came with 245/55/19" tires and where we live we need studded snows. No one makes studded snows for this size, or for our new 20" Venza tires. So I'm using 245/65/17" on the Highlander without any noticeable handling issues. And I'll use the same size on the Venza, it has the recommended 7" width .
If you go to Tire size calculator and input your tire size comparisons, you'll see that the 17" will only be off by .9 mph
But you should make sure the rims you use will clear the calipers. Out here I can use American Racing or Devino rims.
Good Luck John

Thanks for the info. I just seen that The Tire Rack finally added the Venza to there list and they have snow tire & wheel packages. They recomend 235/65/18. which I think would be perfect sive since it would be skinnier then the original 245/50/20.

Nokian does make a 255/35-20 studdable tire that would mount nicely on your original Venza 20" wheels, but they are $450 each (studded) and the diameter is 2.6" smaller than the original tires:

Nokian Studdable 255/35-20 Tire

Note that the Nokian tire has a 33.25 mm (1.3") shorter sidewall:

Original 245/50 sidewall is 122.50 mm
Nokian 255/35 sidewall is 89.25 mm
122.50 minus 89.25 = 33.25 mm = 1.3" shorter sidewall x 2 = 2.6" smaller diameter

If you don't mind running smaller wheels during the winter, Hankook makes a 235/65-18 studdable tire that costs a lot less ($165 studded), and it is almost exactly the same diameter as the 20" Venza factory tires:

Hankook Studdable 235/65-18 Tire