Hey, can anyone be more specific on what kind of lift they have? I know of one person on another board, not exactly the most sane person I ever met but he ran 35" tires on his stock 4x2 with just a 3" body lift. Yes they rubbed like crazy but hey... whatever floats your boat.

I have a Fabtech 3.5" spindle lift with 2.5" blocks in the rear and run 265-75-16 currently and was thinking about going to 285-75-16, what do ya'll think?

Keep in mind the Fabtech spindle lift also kicks out the front wheels for a wider track and eliminates a few rubbing problems as well.

(Edit) For some reason my signiture isn't loading, but my truck is a 1997 F-150 Lariat Ext cab 2wd, has a 4.6, auto, 3.55 open diff., and the towing pkg. It also has 161k miles on it with no known problems and still runs strong.

 

You should beable to run 285/75R16's with the setup that you are talking about.

 

I HAVE A 2003 STX 4X4 WITH 3 INCHES AND THE TORTION BARS CRANKED AND THE TRUCK RIDES AWESOME WITH 36 12.50 16 SUPER SWAMPER TSL ON IT SO U CAN FIT A 36 WITH 3INCHES OF LIFT IN IT AND I HAVE NEVER HAD THE TIRES RUB AT ALL

 

carissathompson, yes you have to put at least 3.5 inches of lift for a 4x2.

 

fordtrucktexas- i ahve the 3.5 in fabtech performance on mine with the 2.5" blocks on mine, with the 285's check out my gallery i think they look pretty good together.

 

depends on if you want to do suspension or body. suspension can improve the ride alot and can cost anywhere from $600 - $1500, the body lift is cheap but a pain to install. check out http://www.4wheelparts.com and look at their kits, also just search the intenet for cheap prices, i bought my lift from summit for a little over $1000, installed it myself in about 6 hours.

 

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
go to this site for tire size conversions and apperances it will also give you an idea of metric to standard conversion chart as wel as size dierances from tire to tire

 

Ok I have read all the stuff in this trend and I am still not really sure what I can do with my truck to add some height. I want to add some new tires and a lift but is this going to mess with my factory warranty?

If I don't lift my truck the biggest tires I can go with are 29in tall 265/65/16 is that correct? And if I add about a 3.5" lift I can add 33in tall 285/75/16? What are the 2.5" blocks for? Also the price that was listed on here by someone said this was close $600.00 - $1,500.00 I assume this doesn't include tires correct?

By the way anyone in San Diego, Ca. Know of a good place to go to get this done beside PG I hear they are really pricey. What I would like to do first is put larger tires on my truck without having to change out the stock rims or lift it. So I guess I can only go with the 29in tall 265/65/16's does anyone make good meaty looking tires for this size.

 

nope that doesn't include tires. the 2 1/2 in. blocks lift the back end. and yes the biggest you can go without a lift are the 265's. you can find a spindle lift for around $600, or you can do the control arms which are about $1000. a body lift will run you about $100-150 not installed. not sure about the factory warranty, but it probably will void it.

 

nvm, I looked up some pics. Going to go with some 265/75/16s. I'm just a college kid with very little money, and the BFGoodrich Land Terrains Wally World sells w/ 50,000 warranty look decent and only cost $96 each, $10 per tire to mount, plus free tire rotation/balance every 6k and free replacement for first %25 of tread life in case of blowout or something. Can't beat that.

 

Welcome to the Forum!

I'm not 100% sure, but I think that putting any kind of a lift on voids the warranty on the affected driveline componets.

 

BFG /AT/KO 28570R17 on stock 03' FX4 150 sCab. No issues w/ clearance at all.

Wanted bigger (wider), but didn't even think about going to the type tires that are labled by Height x Width. Don't even know what you call these?

Could larger tires in this classification work without a lift?

Thanks...

 

On the stock rims, that is about the widest I'd go....any wider of a tire, complications start to arise because the rim is too narrow for the tire.

The Height X width Rim sizes are called Flotation Tire sizes..... for many many years in the US this sizing was standard because of our standard measurement system of inches and feet. The LT285/70R17 is called Lt-metric sizing, but strangely uses inches for the rim size, but uses the metric system for the other calculations...not real sure why that is.

 

I just put on 285 75/16 Bridgestone Revo AT's on my 1999 F150 4X4 and it rubbed a little on the driver's side plastic bumper piece while turning the wheel to the right. I trimmed it a little and it works fine now.

 

What kind of tires are these if you don't mind?

Thanks,

Gerald