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Dear All,
There seems to be some confusion into size of the winter tyres for those EV6's having 20 inch summer ones.
Kia make it quite clear that the chassis setup is specific and that although you can reduce to 19 inch, they do not recommend it. Also due to the weight of the car.
Below is a reply from Kia on this, translation okish from Denmark:
It is true that we strongly recommend the OE size;
19 "on cars delivered with 19"
20 ”on cars with 20” ..!
The chassis setup is different from the factory, depending on which wheels they supply the car with. At our webinar for the spare parts department, we reviewed everything on this topic.
But it is correct that Danish legislation, unfortunately, opens up the possibility of mounting exactly what you want.
The only requirements are:
Wheels must not prevent steering, brakes or suspension from working freely
The indentation (ONE dimension) and roll diameter must also be complied with, cf. legislation
Changing wheels will thus affect how the EV6 behaves and feels on the road. That it is an electric car with high weight and a lot of power (NM / HK) and rear wheel drive, just makes it even more pronounced than we are used to with the more conventional powertrains.
You can get a good idea of how much wheels / tires are pressed on the EV6 via this link, which shows an "elk test" (there are just a few commercials in Norwegian first 😊)
www.elbil24.no
Completely independent of our decision, Hyundai DK has also announced the same to their dealers / customers.
The original question:
There are obviously various announcements from dealers
About what size winter wheels are correct for EV6.
I mean definitely we were told that if the car was
Mounted from the factory with 20 ”wheels, it should also have
20 ”winter wheels, but I have received an inquiry from a customer
I have been told by another dealer that it is fine with 19 ”
What is correct?
There seems to be some confusion into size of the winter tyres for those EV6's having 20 inch summer ones.
Kia make it quite clear that the chassis setup is specific and that although you can reduce to 19 inch, they do not recommend it. Also due to the weight of the car.
Below is a reply from Kia on this, translation okish from Denmark:
It is true that we strongly recommend the OE size;
19 "on cars delivered with 19"
20 ”on cars with 20” ..!
The chassis setup is different from the factory, depending on which wheels they supply the car with. At our webinar for the spare parts department, we reviewed everything on this topic.
But it is correct that Danish legislation, unfortunately, opens up the possibility of mounting exactly what you want.
The only requirements are:
Wheels must not prevent steering, brakes or suspension from working freely
The indentation (ONE dimension) and roll diameter must also be complied with, cf. legislation
Changing wheels will thus affect how the EV6 behaves and feels on the road. That it is an electric car with high weight and a lot of power (NM / HK) and rear wheel drive, just makes it even more pronounced than we are used to with the more conventional powertrains.
You can get a good idea of how much wheels / tires are pressed on the EV6 via this link, which shows an "elk test" (there are just a few commercials in Norwegian first 😊)

Ioniq 5 og Kia EV6 i elgtest
ELGTEST: Kia EV6 og Ioniq5 fikk kjørt seg på en flystripe i Danmark. Video: Bjørn Eirik Loftås

Completely independent of our decision, Hyundai DK has also announced the same to their dealers / customers.
The original question:
There are obviously various announcements from dealers
About what size winter wheels are correct for EV6.
I mean definitely we were told that if the car was
Mounted from the factory with 20 ”wheels, it should also have
20 ”winter wheels, but I have received an inquiry from a customer
I have been told by another dealer that it is fine with 19 ”
What is correct?