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Apr 11, 2003 | 10:39 AM

MadManThumper

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tire size question

with only 2.73 rear gears and keeping stock ride hieght what is the largest tire i can stuff under the wheel wells of my 96 2-wd?

Apr 11, 2003 | 12:57 PM

Pentekno2

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What type of vehicle are you driving? That would be quite a helpful hint to start as off with!

But yeah, Until we know what your driving we cant give you a positive answer because a Ranger would have less wheel clearence than something else, Ranger is all I can think that would have that type of gear ratio. But yeah, provide us with some more info on your vehicle.

-Daniel

Apr 11, 2003 | 01:08 PM

red_rocket

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Hmm Im guessing that it must be a F-150. 31's will fit for sure.
I know 33's will fit a stock 4x4 truck, but im not sure on 2wd's.

What would I recomend? 25's with that awful ratio.

Apr 11, 2003 | 03:52 PM

Sycostang67

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On the back you could fit a 33-35" tire, and on the front you could go to a 31" or maybe even a 32" tire. Just make sure your wheel aren't any bigger than 15x8, or your front wheels may rub the fender with a 32" tire. You can obviously go with wider wheels on the back if you like. I used to have a 95 2wd F-150 with 15x12 wheels and 33x12.5R15 tires on the back, adn 15x8 31.10.5R15 on the front. I find it odd you have such crummy gears, cuz my F-150 had 3:55's stock. IT was a plain XL truck with a 5.0/5spd, only option it had was A/C.

Apr 13, 2003 | 12:02 AM

Rand

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He probably typoed and has 3.73's and i'm guessing its a young guy from the fact that he forgot to post what kind of ride he has

Rand

Apr 13, 2003 | 11:16 AM

red_rocket

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Quote:

Originally posted by Rand
He probably typoed and has 3.73's and i'm guessing its a young guy from the fact that he forgot to post what kind of ride he has

Rand

Good point especialy since I dont think they make a 2.73 gear, only a 2.75

Apr 13, 2003 | 02:44 PM

StrangeRanger

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Nope. 96s use the 8.8 axle which has 2.73 gears not the 2.75s used in the older 9". both 2.73 and 3.73 gears were available in the F-150 but in a 2WD I don't think the 3.73s were an option.

With a 2.73 ratio, you need the shortest tire you can possibly get by with, probably around 27" with 3.73s I'd guess you'd want something in the 30-31" range. We really need to know what engine and what tranny to answer correctly since automatics and manuals have different OD ratios and the 8s have different torque peaks from the 6. It might help if you told us whether you were going to tow and how much, etc., etc., etc.