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Hey I'm looking to upgrade tires and possibly wheels too. Need a little help first.
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What is the wheel width and offset of these factory wheels? I want to eventually run something close to 35x10.5 or 35x12.5 on my truck. Sorry I'm not good with metric tire size. These are 16s but if I got new ones would likely go up to 17" or 18".
My truck sits fairly level, maybe slightly taller in the rear. I don't want a lot of lift on this truck, I'm past that stage of life lol. I'm thinking maybe the biggest leveling kit available on the front (2.5"?) and some 350 rear blocks would get the truck up high enough that I won't have to worry about extreme negative offset to keep the tires from rubbing.
So, what's the widest tire that someone like Tire Discounter would mount on that stock wheel? Anyone ever do a mild lift like what I'm talking about?
Thabks. Sorry if this has been asked a million times before. I'm on my phone at work and it doesn't like this site for some reason haha
You would be good with some -12mm offset wheel and a 295/70/18. This size is very close to a 35x12.50 but offers the high payload and 80 psi rating. Check out specs on the 295, I think you will like what you find, and most brands offer that size or very close to it. A 35x12.50 will most likely rub with no lift modification.
Yes, that does look like a decent tire. What is the biggest/ widest tire that'll safely mount to the stock wheel? I'm guessing it's 16x7? I'd rather not change wheels unless I have to. Money is kinda tight plus I really don't like the look of about 90% of aftermarket truck wheels. Too flashy imo.
Also, what's the general consensus on wheel spacers? My truck stays on pavement almost all of the time. No hard off roading or heavy towing. Thinking of maybe going with a little narrower tire on the stock wheels and using a spacer to get them out of the wheel wells a little. When the Ohio salt finally does my fender wells in, I'll probably add fender flares and don't want them to look out of place with tires that sit inside the fenders
As for largest tire stock wheel: 295/75/16, cooper AT3 offers it for sure.
Spacers, well most don't like them. You would need to go with 2" so that you don't have to cut too much stud off, they are usually really close to 2" long. I used them in the past on the leaf spring SDs to get large tires away from hitting the springs. I never had problems with them nor did all the others I know that used them. I'm not advocating for these, I don't know anything about them, but you would be looking for something like it: 4 Wheel Adapters Spacers 8X170 To 8 X 170 2" Ford Superduty + 32 Free ? Wheel Adapters USA
You can put a tire as wide as the shop will install on it but it doesn't mean it will wear very well. I've read of people putting 315s on the stock 16x7 rim. If you look at manufacturer recommendations 275 is the widest recommended for a 7" wide rim. Once you get to 285mm then 8" is the recommended minimum wheel width.
I have Ultra Type 164 wheels (16x8") and the offset is -6mm. IIRC that is within 2mm of the OEM spec on that wheel (my 2003 Lariat came with those on it). I don't remember the backspacing info.
