hey guys is anyone out there running 36 x 15.5 or 35 x 15.5 on a 97-03 f150 4x4. if so please post some pics. thanks

 

That tire is going to weigh a ton and really eat up the parts of a IFS truck. I personally have not done this, I just know from experience the damage large/wide tires does to IFS in a very small amount of time

 

i see your point, but it is not as heavy as a 37 x 13.5 or a 38 x 14.5 and a lot of guys are running those.

 

True, but alot of those guys are also having issues

 

just out of curiosity what are you running

 

33"x12.5"s

I'm not lifted. Lifted my last truck and ran larger tires and within 25k had to replace 2 ball Joints. You should make a poll and see what troubles people running the larger tires are having. It just seems like I hear an awful low of bitching and complaining about these lifted trucks needing constant work

 

with what exactly?

 

i agree i dont hear my friends complaining about fixing their trucks. This is my first ifs my last lifted truck was a 96 with 38's and never replaced anything.

 

ok here is my poll..... will i have trouble running these tires. i have 35 x 12.50 now. but after seeing alot of trucks on here. i just added a 3" bl and want wider tires not really taller. i think the wide look looks great.

 

Seems like every other day people are complaining about the hubs going bad. Over the last couple years I have seen my share of torn balljoint covers from the tire's hitting the balljoint. Not trying to stop anyone from doing anything, but tires that big will DRASTICALLY increase wear and tear on all front end components

 

How much lift do you have? and im gonna be running 36's in a year or so when i get my suspension lift!

 

6" fabtech and now a 3" PA bl. i can run taller tires but i like the look of the 36 and wider.

 

my 97 doesnt allow the balljoint to touch anything like that. the tierods did touch with 8" wide wheels but that was fixed with a 1/4" spacer plate. yeah it will cause more wear but what else would be expected? i havent had that many problems with my front end that i can pin point blame on the tires or lift. when i have to replace my front wheel bearings and balljoints after the truck has 150k miles+ and i dont know when or if anything was ever replaced.

although i think 15.5's are a bit too wide for our tierods and powersteering.

 

Hey salescall, if you do start running a super wide tire, you gotta post some pics, i love the look as well.

 

screw posting later, please post some now i would love to see your 6+3 setup