my 150 2wd came with cont. tires and bounce like crazy.. after two trips to dealer --- the dealer cut the tires down to make them round

this is unbeleavable


anyone experince this

thanks

 

welcome....all tires Ford put's on the F-150 are garbage, Hancook, Continental, General, How can your dealer cut down a tire to make it round?

 

thats not true man, you get some pretty nice tires with the Fx4 package and the 18 inch rims, but i will agree that all the other tires eat it bad and new tires are a must if you really want a smooth nice ride...later

 

true, but some of those BFG and Good year's are still a P. Rated tire...the RT T/A on the FX4 dose not have the same tread as the BFG RT/TA LT rated tire ( 10 ply ) that I bought for my 04 F-150

 

I think the tire selection sucks too. I just ordered an XLT SCREW 4x4, only way to not get the cheap Generals is to upgrade to the Chrome Package for $1400 - I don't want 18" chrome wheels for that much!

You can't even get a damn leatherwrapped steering wheel with out shelling out for that package. So I'll live with my "color coordinated eruthane" steering wheel.

I can see the XL and STX getting cheapo's - but the XLT is pretty mainstream. I think they do that just to steer people to the higher end trims.

 

I think your right, its a shame that you cant customize the trims more, you have to buy the entire package. When it comes to tires, I dont play around and its a shame Ford decided to cut corners and install inferior tires. I wasnt willing to pay $300+ to "upgrade" to the Continentals/Generals from the Hangooks. I saved the money, got the Hangooks, and then later replaced them with A/T Revos which are much more suited for the truck. The best alternative is to just get the cheapy tires and then upgrade them yourself, its sad I know, but what else can we do? I also would like to upgrade steering wheels, the XLT wheel looks so cheap.

 

You can always try one of these:

http://www.wheelskins.com/

I added one of these way back ...in the early 80's to a truck, it really did look good.

 

My 05 XLT 2WD came with Michelin's, very sweet ride.

 

I already looked into those wheel skins - I'll probably try them.

 

when i got my 350 the dealer bought back my firestones and put some 285 bfg atkos for 100$

 

When I bought my truck there were many different tire and wheel combos on the F150s and the dealer did offer to swap different tires or wheels at a refund or added cost which is pretty nice if you don't like what is on the truck.

 

I am new to Ford just bought 150 stx is this a chepo truck. I think it is a pretty nice running truck and I have conts on mine and it runs smooth to me.

 

My 02 SCab XLT had General Grabbers. Worst tire ever. Bought and 06 SCab XLT and it came with BFG T/A's.

 

No, its the same truck just less creature comforts is what is what I meant.