I should be getting my L on Monday. Right now it's fitted with Boyd Coddington Smoothie II (20"x10") whls. w/BFG KDW G-Force 295/40/20 tires. I'm also going to have the stock rims available to me. I was thinking about fitting a set of Pirelli Scorpion 285/50WR18's to them for use during the winter months. Diameter is 29.2 vs. 29.3 on the Smoothies so the size should remain about the same. Anyone running this setup? Is the W rating high enough should I choose to drive in a sporting manner?

 

Size 285 for winter tires would defeat the purpose of getting a winter tire. they would be too wide to provide good traction in the snow. I would try to find some stock f150 16" rims and put aat most 255 series tire on it. Unless you live somewhere where you don't get snow and want the winter tires for some other reason.


<-----this is added just because my girlfriend wanted to see it.........the simple things that make them happy

 

she needed cheered up after that lost to the stealers

 

Well, I'm in Raleigh and we rarely get snow. Last time we did however, I had ultra high performance summer tires on my bimmer (and it has traction control) and I couldn't drive anywhere. Those BFG's are the same deal. I figure the Pirelli's would give me decent traction for the 99% of the time there's no snow, and allow me to still get around carefully during the occasional flurries.

Why do wide tires not give good snow traction? I don't get it...

 

kinda like driving on sand.. its better to have a skiny tire to focus the weight of the vehicle on a smaller area to provide more traction due to more weight being on the patch of ground the tire sits on... if that makes and sense to you

 

Yep, Wide tires ride on TOP of the snow, instead of displacing the snow. I run a set of 235/16 take-offs from an F-150. Bought mounted and balanced set on e-bay for $400.

 

I'm on my third season with perilli ice and snow's 255 65 16's mounted on AR Baja 16 8's. So far so good no 360's yet. Knock on wood.

 

Yup, that makes all kinds of sense. Thanks for the explanation. I've only been here a couple years but have not yet seen outright snow sitting on the ground for a long time...more like we get a storm and lotsa sleet / slush, maybe some ice and it's gone in a day or two. Would the Pirelli's make sense in that environment?

 

My understanding (old snow belt living) is skinny is better in ice, snow, or slush. Of course, on those few days you may get hit with those conditions, drive something else or catch a ride from someone. My truck doesnt look right with the skinnies, but I wish to insure I have a ride at all times, so I swap out the tires for 3 months each year. Plus, I have 45k on the truck and am just NOW looking to replace the F1s I have 18-20k on the skinnies.

 

i have 285/50r/18 nitto 404's on my lightning now. i use them all year round and are 10x better in rain and SNOW compaired to the f1's. Best all around tire expecially, in the rain and snow imo. Best part is they lasted me two years so far with everyday driving with the occasional WOT, and they are only 127 a tire from tire rack.

 

I have Nitto Terra-Grappler all terrain tires in 285/60/18 on Enkei 18 inch wheels. They are 31 inch tall so you have to remember the mph change on your speedometer, but the truck performs like a 4x4 with this set up. It is currently 22 degrees and ice and snow on the ground here in South Jersey and the truck just cruises on through. My spring/summer set up is Forgeline 18 inch wheels with Toyo Proxes S/T's.

 

That's wierd...Nitto is not even coming up as a brand tire rack carries.

 

HI!... This is what I run ROUGH RIDER 245/75/R16's :

 

According to Cy (a guy who works there).....they aren't.

 

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