{"id":79736,"date":"2022-11-15T12:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=79736"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:08:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T20:08:29","slug":"2011-mazda-cx-7-gx-aftermarket-rims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2022\/11\/2011-mazda-cx-7-gx-aftermarket-rims","title":{"rendered":"2011 Mazda CX-7 GX aftermarket rims"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I just picked up a 2011 Mazda CX-7 GX and I was wondering if I could downsize to 16\u201d aftermarket rims for winter?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure it is possible but I would recommend staying with the manufacturers suggested tire size. 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I&#8217;m sure it is possible but I would recommend staying with the manufacturers suggested tire size. There are many different aftermarket wheel options out there in 17&#8243; wheels that won&#8217;t mess with&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2022\/11\/2011-mazda-cx-7-gx-aftermarket-rims\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2011 Mazda CX-7 GX aftermarket rims<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17419,"featured_media":79821,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-repair-questions","category-mazda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.0 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2011 Mazda CX-7 GX aftermarket rims - FreeAutoMechanic Advice<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2022\/11\/2011-mazda-cx-7-gx-aftermarket-rims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2011 Mazda CX-7 GX aftermarket rims\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I just picked up a 2011 Mazda CX-7 GX and I was wondering if I could downsize to 16\u201d aftermarket rims for winter? 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