Alright so i know i have been posting a lot of these threads lately, but i need help deciding what to do. The situation is that i really want to do the 6inch in the front and 3 inch in the rear Pro Comp lift since it is 2wd. There is a thread on here of a guy running that same set up on a 2wd with 35x12.5/16's and it looks awesome. That kit recommends to run 35 inch tires which would be perfectally fine however, but the rims i am buying are only 6 inches wide and i take it you cant run a 12.5 inch wide tire on a 6 inch rim and nobody seems to make a 35 inch tire that is any narrower. So i just got off the phone with the guy and he recommended using a 285/75/17 which is a 34 inch tall tire by 11 inches wide.

My question is, will a 34 inch tire look to small for that lift??? I dont want to get that lift with the 34 inch tall tires and have it look like the tires are to small...... Should i just got with the 4/2 inch fab tech lift and get those tires, or will it look alright with the 6/3 pro comp lift with the 34 inch tires???

Here is a picture of a 2wd lifted 6/3 inches with 35x12.5's for comparison....

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/7...uper-duty.html

Opinions needed please!!!

 

why are you buyin a 6" rim. stock is 7"
i didn't see that it's a dually

 

The dually rockstars only come in 6 inches wide....

 

It's going to be a judgment call really. A 285 isn't 34inces tall either it's more like a 31 or 32. 305's are closer to a 33. 315's are close to a 35 and there is a big difference going from a 305 to a 315. I think a 285 is going to look too small for that size lift.

 

Stock Tire - 285/75R17 >Search Tires
Section Width: 11.22 in 285 mm

Rim Diameter: 17 in 431.8 mm

Rim Width Range: Unrecognized tire size.

Overall Diameter: 33.83 in 859.28 mm

Sidewall Height: 8.41 in 213.61 mm

Radius: 16.91 in 429.51 mm

Circumference: 106.2 in 2697.4 mm

Revs per Mile: 614.8

 

My stock tires, 235/85/16's are 31.7 inches tall....

 

235 refers to the width of the tread, the 85 is the percent of width the sidewall height measures. If you go with a 285/75 you might get to 34 inches tire height, most 285's are a 70 series tire which is much smaller than a 315/70.

 

Good info Jason, I did not know that man, always wondered what those numbers meant. Yeah I plan on going with the 285/75.

 

I have the 285-75-16 on 10" wide rims and the rub with only a leveling kit. They measure out at 32" on the truck. 4" Lift is sitting in my living room.