I bought a 04 F150 XLT Supercab a few months ago, and I love it! However, one of my tires got punctured on the sidewall, and I cannot find a replacement anywhere. The stock tire is a Hankook 235/70/17. I tried Discount Tire, Tirerack, the website of every manufacturer I could think of, and nobody seems to make a tire that size. After much searching I found a few Hankook dealers, they can't get them either. Apparently Ford bought them all. I don't want to buy 5 new tires and have to recalibrate the speedo, I've only got 3600 miles on the truck! Everyone tries to sell me a 245/65/17 but by my calculation this would be 10.5 mm smaller in diameter. Not a huge deal, especially since I still have 4 "good" Hankooks and it could be the spare, but I worry about things like burning up my limited slip if I have to use the spare for an extended time (like for example, if I have a flat and CANT FIND A FRIGGIN REPLACEMENT). They must have sold a couple of hundred thousand of these trucks at least by now, you'd think somebody would make a tire for it.
Anybody got any suggestions?

 

they got them at tirerack.com 92 bucks for one, the hankook dyna something. i would just spend some money and get some michelins or bfgs. or complete sets wheels and tires go for pretty cheap on ebay.

 

255/65, the 235 series wheels looks like a bicycle tire on an f150 IMO. i had em but upraded to 285's (lowered)


235 millimeters = 9.2519685 in

285 millimeters = 11.2204724 in

those 2 in make a world off difference.


but id go with the 255...
255 millimeters = 10.0393701 in

 

I had the same problem. A tree root punctured the sidewall and ford told me to go pound sand. I found a hankook dynapro as 235 70 17 at tirerack.It is virtually identical to the AT, same cheap light weight construction with a slightly less agressive tread. I wanted to buy real tires, but I've since realized I need a real truck. Anyway Good Luck.

 

The same thing happed to me, so i put the spare tire on the rim. Now my spare has no tire...A friend will get me one from T.J. for 20 bucks. (used but what the heck its the spare)

 

So, let me get this straight. It's Ford's fault you drove over a tree root??? Come on now, you must take some responsibility for puncturing the tire. Did you read the tire manufactures warranty the dealer gave you when you purchased your truck? Normally dealers don't warranty tires, however the manufacture of that tire may. Especially if the tire is found to be defective, which in this case it probably isn't.

As for you realized you need a real truck. IMO - Ford has the best, most reliable truck on the market, but if you think the other manufactures build them better and don't have ANY ISSUES with their products, then by all means trade yours in on one of theirs.

 

ATCS2004'
You are correct, I was driving the truck, not ford. I was only going 2mph however and my beef with ford is that they should take some responsibility for the low quality of the tires they stuck me with. As for a real truck I'm thinking F250.

 

I went thru the EXACT same problem, then decided for my own peace of mind and SAFETY, I bought some Toyo 265/70R/17 Open Country tires. They are 8 ply rated, a little stiffer ride. But now I can take my truck off the paved highways!!! The tire dealer graciously gave me $40 each for the Hankook cheapies, so that took a little of the sting out of the total price.
As far as the speedometer difference, the service manager said lets go for a ride in your truck to check the speedometer, so we did, and he took along a GPS unit to compare my speedometer indications. He finally decided that the difference was like 1.5 mph different. My truck speedometer read 65, and the GPS read 66.5 mph. He told me if he were to "flash" my computer, it would cost me around $75.00, and bottomline, his mechanics would not be able to reprogram my trucks speedometer any closer that it was now. So that ended that!!!
I opted to get a little less tire for the spare..to keep the total tire bill down. Since it is such a rarity to have to use a spare nowadays, it isn't really necessary to have a super expensive tire under your truck, just rotting in place. So I bought a 4 ply Toyo tire of the same dimensions as my 4 others, as my spare. Very good rubber, very good tire. I also had my tires "siped", which are tiny cuts made crossways into the rubber lugs, which don't degrade the tire, but give you more "bite" in the rain, plus helps your tires internal heat dissipate faster, giving you a longer tire life, theoretically...

Hope this gives you a little help..

Gary