Swapping in winter tires / wheels, is it worth it?

[booeyoh]

I live in central Ohio, and it can get snowy and slippery, but not necessarily a ton (depends on the fickle midwestern weather). Through an advantageous error I got my R1T with both a set of 20" and 21" wheels and tires. I have put 11.5k miles on the road wheels (21") and am considering putting the AT tires on for the winter.

I got a cost from the Service Center to have this done at a previously scheduled mobile service appointment. The cost to swap the tires (~60) is not bad at all, but the cost to reprogram the truck is $160!, which puts the final cost around $237 after tax.

I have never had a vehicle that I would change wheels depending on the season, and I am wondering if it is worth the $500/year to plan on doing this.

All thoughts and opinions are welcome!

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[NY_Rob]

You actually have a full set of 20" AT's mounted on Rivian 20" rims?

If so, do you have the ability to jack up the truck, remove the 21"'s and put on the 20"s yourself?

If you can do the swap yourself, I'd be tempted to run on the 20"s without the reprogramming and see what happens unless someone here posts they did that and it was a terrible idea.

 

[moosehead]

Proper winter sneakers are way cheaper than an accident.

Plus, we’re gonna be replacing tires a bit more often than usual in these rigs.

 

[booeyoh]

You actually have a full set of 20" AT's mounted on Rivian 20" rims?

If so, do you have the ability to jack up the truck, remove the 21"'s and put on the 20"s yourself?

If you can do the swap yourself, I'd be tempted to run on the 20"s without the reprogramming and see what happens unless someone here posts they did that and it was a terrible idea.

Yes, I have 4 stock 20" wheels and tires and 5 stock 21" wheels and tires. I was wondering the same thing. I ran the 21" wheels for a few weeks while the truck thought it was on the 20"s and other than the speed and range being off it wasn't a problem. But now that i say that the speed and range is off anyway, even when the truck is programmed with the correct wheels, lol.

 

[s00n]

Rivian doesn’t have auto reprogramming for wheelsets?? On my cayenne You just tap the new wheel size on the settings screen and after ~10 min of driving over 15mph it recognizes the new size.

 

[booeyoh]

Rivian doesn’t have auto reprogramming for wheelsets?? On my cayenne You just tap the new wheel size on the settings screen and after ~10 min of driving over 15mph it recognizes the new size.

Nope , there has been scuttlebutt that it will be there in the future, but so far it takes a technician at the vehicle and they have to call a remote team to turn some dials somewhere else :-/

 

[crashmtb]

I live in central Ohio, and it can get snowy and slippery, but not necessarily a ton (depends on the fickle midwestern weather). Through an advantageous error I got my R1T with both a set of 20" and 21" wheels and tires. I have put 11.5k miles on the road wheels (21") and am considering putting the AT tires on for the winter.

I got a cost from the Service Center to have this done at a previously scheduled mobile service appointment. The cost to swap the tires (~60) is not bad at all, but the cost to reprogram the truck is $160!, which puts the final cost around $237 after tax.

I have never had a vehicle that I would change wheels depending on the season, and I am wondering if it is worth the $500/year to plan on doing this.

All thoughts and opinions are welcome!

Get a set of your favourite winter tires in 275/60R20, this is the same diameter as the 21”. Mount them on the 20” wheels, sell the ATs. No reprogramming needed. And you could change them yourself if so inclined.

 

[zefram47]

Nope , there has been scuttlebutt that it will be there in the future, but so far it takes a technician at the vehicle and they have to call a remote team to turn some dials somewhere else :-/

I really hope they do add something to the interface to allow easily changing tire size. I'd love to have a set of 34" ATs (stock size on the OE 20s) and a set of the OE 21s (33" all-seasons") for range and/or dedicated winter/summer setup that I can swap out in my garage.

 

[booeyoh]

I really hope they do add something to the interface to allow easily changing tire size. I'd love to have a set of 34" ATs (stock size on the OE 20s) and a set of the OE 21s (33" all-seasons") for range and/or dedicated winter/summer setup that I can swap out in my garage.

I agree!!

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