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Rockledge, you are exactly right. I've seen XLTs without air conditioning and I've seen XLs with power accessories. Ford trucks are so mixed up with options and packages that you really don't know what you're getting. I hate to say it, but GM has a much better "ordering" system. This package has this, that package has that, etc. Really eliminates the confusion.
When I go to get tires for this Ranger, they look at me and say, "Um, OK, there were THREE different factory tire sizes for your model...do you know which one it's supposed to have?" I can totally understand how that would confuse a lot of people. Come on Ford, get it together!
When I go to get tires for this Ranger, they look at me and say, "Um, OK, there were THREE different factory tire sizes for your model...do you know which one it's supposed to have?" I can totally understand how that would confuse a lot of people. Come on Ford, get it together!
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Originally posted by WXboy
265/75 tires WERE a factory option on 98 Rangers. However, YES they only came with 15" wheels and they did not come on the Off-Road Package trucks. The reason the Off-Road trucks have 245/75s on them (which seems confusing) is that they had larger wheels to make up for the difference. So the overall diameter is the same between the trucks with 265s and the ones with 245s. Everybody follow that?
Weird..I know. As far as ABS is concerned...Ford did offer standard ABS some years, optional others. I guess they were trying to decide if it was cost effective or not. To check, look under your hood behind the battery. The 4-wheel ABS trucks have a bunch of brake lines running off a valve right there above the wheel-well behind the battery.
265/75 tires WERE a factory option on 98 Rangers. However, YES they only came with 15" wheels and they did not come on the Off-Road Package trucks. The reason the Off-Road trucks have 245/75s on them (which seems confusing) is that they had larger wheels to make up for the difference. So the overall diameter is the same between the trucks with 265s and the ones with 245s. Everybody follow that?
Weird..I know. As far as ABS is concerned...Ford did offer standard ABS some years, optional others. I guess they were trying to decide if it was cost effective or not. To check, look under your hood behind the battery. The 4-wheel ABS trucks have a bunch of brake lines running off a valve right there above the wheel-well behind the battery.
I've been trying to convince myself to switch up to 245/75's. Don't know if it's worth any issues I might encounter later...
Last edited by 2K3 Mach; Nov 16, 2003 at 02:14 AM.
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