Wheel and tire newbie, needs basic help
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Wheel and tire newbie, needs basic help
I just bought a 2017 F250 4x4 snow plot prep, fifth wheel prep crew cab short box. Only on my second tank of gas so far. Truck came with stock 17" rims and it looks horrible. I think I will keep these rims for winter/plowing.
I am not really interested in suspension mods or rims and tires sticking out past the body, there are no flares on my truck.
So I want a rim and tire package to fill out the wheel well better, and just look better overall. Also the truck came with about 80psi in all four corners. I am looking for suggestions as to what I should have in there for decent ride and fuel economy. I left the stock pressures in a ram 2 trucks back and tires went balled in the center in a hurry, don't want that happening again.
I am hoping with forscan I can adjust the tire pressure monitors to read correct at my new pressure.
Thanks for the help if you read this far, glad to be here and in an F250.
I am not really interested in suspension mods or rims and tires sticking out past the body, there are no flares on my truck.
So I want a rim and tire package to fill out the wheel well better, and just look better overall. Also the truck came with about 80psi in all four corners. I am looking for suggestions as to what I should have in there for decent ride and fuel economy. I left the stock pressures in a ram 2 trucks back and tires went balled in the center in a hurry, don't want that happening again.
I am hoping with forscan I can adjust the tire pressure monitors to read correct at my new pressure.
Thanks for the help if you read this far, glad to be here and in an F250.
Cargo Master
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From: Boise
Get some aftermarket (+18/20mm offset) or factory takeoff 18's. Run 295/70/18's. I would look first to the Michelin Defender LTX as the best all around tire, especially for ride quality and mpg. Run 65 psi to start and adjust from there.
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Slade40, my suggestion would be to look on ebay for a set of takeoff factory 18" alloys, with 275x70x18 tires. The 18" rims and tires, in my opinion, provide the best combination of ride quality, look, and replacement tire cost. Note that there were two different 18" sizes available: 275x65 and 275x70. Go for the 70...it is considerably taller in diameter which gives you more ground clearance and fills the wheel well better. The reason why I suggest this size is because the dealer (or Forscan) can easily reprogram the truck's speedometer to read accurately with this factory size.
However, if you are more focused on appearance, I ran 35x12.5x18 tires on my last 2016, on stock King Ranch rims. No need to lift or level, just mount up and go. Truck rode better, handled worse, accelerated worse, and achieved worse fuel economy.
By the way, unless something has seriously changed, no way should the front tires be at 80psi. On an F-350 single wheel truck, they are factory set at 65 front and 80 rear. I think you could reduce to 60psi front and 65psi rear pretty safely...and the tire light might not come on. It shouldn't come on at 65psi.
However, if you are more focused on appearance, I ran 35x12.5x18 tires on my last 2016, on stock King Ranch rims. No need to lift or level, just mount up and go. Truck rode better, handled worse, accelerated worse, and achieved worse fuel economy.
By the way, unless something has seriously changed, no way should the front tires be at 80psi. On an F-350 single wheel truck, they are factory set at 65 front and 80 rear. I think you could reduce to 60psi front and 65psi rear pretty safely...and the tire light might not come on. It shouldn't come on at 65psi.
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I'd mirror the others comments, you can pick up a set of takeoffs that you know will work on the truck. But watch out these idiots take the TPMS out of the tires so keep that in mind with a purchase.
I have my stock 275x70x18s at 65 psi all around currently, thinking of taking the fronts down a tad yet, but it rides pretty good. For some reason when I picked it up the idiots had more air in the fronts than the rears so I have them all evened out. This is generally where I've run pressures on all my Fords unless I was towing heavy then I'd bump the rears up to 70-75 psi.
I have my stock 275x70x18s at 65 psi all around currently, thinking of taking the fronts down a tad yet, but it rides pretty good. For some reason when I picked it up the idiots had more air in the fronts than the rears so I have them all evened out. This is generally where I've run pressures on all my Fords unless I was towing heavy then I'd bump the rears up to 70-75 psi.
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Why are we idiots? If my tire guy is going to swap them over for free when I get new wheels and tires and save me the hassle of programing new sensors that will cost me $100 or more, why not???
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I was just warning the poor guy so he didn't buy a set and put them on and be like "*****" why is my dash lit up like a Christmas tree? I've been looking at sets of 20s and I'm not going to pay $2,000 for a set of takeoffs with tires I don't want on them anyways when I can buy aftermarket for the same price that somebody didn't mount and dismount the tires to take out the sensors.
I guess I'm the only person that keeps their stock wheels to run in the winter and has 2 sets of sensors. The OP wants to do the same thing so he'd have to buy sensors.
Just lending a helping hand, when I post stuff I don't truly mean to offend people, but I guess I'm pretty good at it.
Mountain Pass
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From: Scenic Vermont
I'm keeping my weenie 17's for winter too. The Michelins are actually pretty good in winter storms. But the 20's with 35's sure do look groovy! Specs are in my signature.
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