I have a 2006 2wd Screw with a 2.5" Rough Country leveling kit in the front and 1.5" blocks in the rear. It is currently on 265/70/17 tires.

I want to know if a Toyo Open Country A/T 285/75/18 tire would look good on 18" FX4 wheels. The tire measures approx 34.83 inches x 11.2 inches.

My other alternative is a 315/70/17 tire on my current wheels (tire measures approx 34.36 inches x 12.4 inches.

I am thinking about upgrading to a 6" lift at some point but I would like to keep the tires tucked as much as possible as I do not want fender flares. I know with most lifts you cannot use oem wheels, but if I used a tire 1" narrower (the 285/75/18 tire) I was thinking that I could get away with it. I was hoping that whatever tire I pick now will also work and look proportional with a 6" lift using oem wheels.

here is my current setup:
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here is a borrowed picture from 05crewzer (his truck is a 2wd screw with 2.5" hell bent steel leveling kit in front and a 1.5" block in the back on 315/70/17 BFG TA/KO tires):

 

Anybody have experience with a 285/75/18 tire? particularly on oem wheels on a leveled 2wd F150?

 

idk for sure but from what i have read the largest you can go is a 33. like a 305/65/18

 

yea i have heard that over and over again, but I posted a pictures of a guy running 315/70/17 which is a 12.5" wide tire.

I am just curious how a 34.8x11.2 inch wide tire will look. I am 99 percent sure that it will work, I just don't want it to look too tall and skinny. and I want to be able to use the tire now as well in the future when I have a 6" lift on it.

 

Just my opinion. Ride out Ur current tire and get new ones at the same time as lift. U getting a deal on the 18s somewhere. U may as well look into custom wheels as well if Ur doing that much other work to Ur truck. I got mine from discounttiredirect.com for a great deal. They ship free and have good selection. I called when ordering and they gave me a better deal then online was showing.

 

I agree with Jerrybizzle. You can apparantly fit that tire with the OEM wheels and a leveling kit. But I think that when you install a lift, that tire/wheel combo is gonna look really skinny and odd. It's just about proportion. I have two friends with my generation 4x4' Supercrews and both are running 35x12.50's on the OEM wheels. One is at stock height and the other has a 3 inch body lift. The one with the lift just looks odd to me with the truck sitting up higher over the skinny wheels. But it's all about what you like.