Hello, I am 15 and just bought my first truck a 1996 Ford f-150 2wd. I am putting a 4 inch Rough Country lift kit on it and am wondering if 325/60r18 or 33.4 x 13.5 tires will fit under it. Rough country says 33x12.5 is the biggest but I don't know if that is the max you can go or not, any help would be appreciated, by the way I will be running 2 inch spacers.

 

I was almost the exact same thing with my truck, in a tech at Discount and from my guesstimating they'll fit with the correct back spacing of the wheels you use, I reccomend at least a 18x10 but preferably a high negative offset 18x12. However, I HIGHLY reccomend looking into just getting 15x10s and 33x13.50 toyo mt, you'll get an awesome tire for the same size essentially just a quarter inch shorter, but a LOT more tire for a WAY softer/better ride. You can also air down the tires for if you ever go off-road and need the traction. If you're set on the 325/60/18 go with the Mickey Thompson Baja Mtz they're probably the best tire available in that size. If you wanted to you could go with the Pro Comp stage 2 4 inch lift for our 2wd trucks, you get full radius arms as opposed to a drop bracket, which would give you a better turning radius. It's all preference and what you want to spend, but I going to end up going with 33" tires on 15x10" rims with the pro comp lift to get the best ride and quality of lift.

 

Ok, I have been looking at buying used tires and rims just because I don't want to spend a lot of money on tires until I know I am going to like and keep the truck. But there's not to much selection for my truck. The tires and rims are both ProComp, I'm not sure on the models, the wheels will require adapters since they are chevy 6 bolts and my truck is a 5 bolt. I really wanted to stay under $1000 for tires and rims, thanks for the help I'm just trying to figure out what I should do before I spend the cash. Here's a picture of the tires and rims...

 

Welcome to FTE.

Don't buy 6 bolt wheels and adapters. That is just plain stupid.

Your truck, what motor, trans and gear ratio does it have?

You should run it stock until you get some road miles under your belt. Lifted trucks with big tires don't turn or stop worth a darn.

Plus, depending on your engine, trans and ratios, those tires may cause your truck to run like a dead dog due to the effective overall gear ratio with the larger diameter tires.

 

welcome to FTE.
i have to agree with 85e150. DO NOT use adapters or wheel spacers, they tend to break the wheel studs, loosen up, cause weird vibration/balance issues, or just plain fail and the wheel falls off the truck.

run it with the stock tire for a while to get the feel of the truck.
oversized tires on a stock truck are the number one cause of no power/poor performance complaints.

 

My truck has the inline 6, manual, and 2.73 gears I think. The truck is ripped apart right in my back yard and that's why I was hoping to put the lift on it now since it's apart anyways. Thanks for the help guys.

 

Dude I wouldn't put anything bigger than stock on that truck until that gear ratio is changed, even for a inline six it's gonna struggle to move with any load at stock tire size let alone anything bigger. Heck with that gear ratio I'd be putting on some smaller treads to get a better effective gear ratio.

 

My '85 E150: 3.50s, 31-10.50x15--pooch city.

Stock 225 75x15--almost punchy.

No way with that ratio and just about any oversize tire, let alone the earthmover specials you are looking at, will you have anything but a complete dead skeletonized maggot infested carcass of a dog.