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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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Exclamation Tires/Wheels-quick question

i'm lookin for new wheels and tires for my 2wd 84 f150. i'm lookin to go as big as i can. so with that said, what's the biggest wheel/tire combo i can go?
 
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Old Sep 9, 2009 | 07:38 PM
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Welcome......... 15x7 rim and 31x10.50x15 tire. I have a pic of my 86 2wd with this combo and it looked great. Truck on the bottom.
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 12:42 AM
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that's what im been thinkin. would the front tires rub when i turn sharply?
 
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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 11:07 AM
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No, they didn't rub on mine.
 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 08:04 AM
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American Racing AR23 at 16"x8" with 235/75 Light Truck (Goodyear Wrangler) tyres. No rubbing. No complaints whatsoever with this combo.

 
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Old Sep 12, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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ozstang65; where'd you get your clear corners? i've only seen them on one other truck and i can't find them. & what color is your truck. mine's Mineral grey
 
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Old Sep 13, 2009 | 06:23 AM
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ozstang65; where'd you get your clear corners? i've only seen them on one other truck and i can't find them.
I got them from a local Brisbane F100 wreckers that also does some new stuff. I would have thought that they were imported though. A search on Aus Ebay should turn them up as they advertise on there. Fronts are clear as well, just use orange bulbs in there. In Aus, the lights on the guards are turn indicators only.

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& what color is your truck. mine's Mineral grey
It's just an industrial 2-pack called Charcoal. Got screwed on the colour mach of the second lot of paint that I had to get, as you can probaly tell by the door mismatch.

Oh, and I had a look again at the tyres today and they are actually 245/75 16's. Measure across the tread and you get 195mm.
 

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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 01:57 PM
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I have 15x8 rims with 31x10.50x15 tires on my truck and it doesnt rub. Its an 85 F150 two wheel drive.
 
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Old Sep 14, 2009 | 07:18 PM
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bfg all terrain tires have got me through an unbelievable amount of snow just my 2 cents tho
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 12:31 AM
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I'm starting to lean towards BFG all terrains. they're jus temporary until i can get some more $$ for a nice set of mud tires. i want to upgrade to maybe a 17 inch wheel with 31's. right now my i have 15X8's with P255/70R15 tires.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 10:52 AM
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10" unique wheels and a set of 32X11.50-15 make the 2wd f150 look like a hotwheel, my junkyard special of a truck gets compliments on how it looks with the big meats stickin out of a stock lift.

brothers bronco has 31X10.50 kumho road ventures, they look decent on a stock lift

http://s847.photobucket.com/albums/a...9-15085854.jpg
 
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Old Sep 15, 2009 | 01:28 PM
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Kuskoal is that on a truck without any sort of lift?? Cause I would love that look for mine.
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 02:10 AM
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just air coil inserts in the front to make it level, it likes to dive into turns rubbing slightly. other than that its all stock. i love the look of my rig, its completely different, and looks better with my car trailer on the back.


tho i dunno what im gonna do when i get 16" rims and load range D/E tires, prolly 295/75-16 (33X11.50 approximately) to put me back on the same look
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 08:43 AM
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Do you have any pictures of what it looks like??
 
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Old Sep 16, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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of the coil inserts?

http://www.partsgeek.com/brands/air_...il_spring.html

Thats basically them they go inside the coil and inflate, ill post a pic later if you want to see them on the rig
 
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