I have a 97 with the ORP and my 17' wheels have Goodyear Wrangler RT/S 265/70/17. The tires on the 99's look more aggressive, what are they? I realize different dealers go with different brands (Firestone, Goodyear, etc) Id like to hear what the are.

Thanks!

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The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau and Ford Bug Deflector.
The Site:
Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
www.mindspring.com/~acbradley/index.html

 

The '99 ORP came standard with the following wheels/tires:

Chrome Steel Wheels, (5) LT265/70R17 All Terrain OWL Tires (Goodyears)

[This message has been edited by Bear (edited 09-05-1999).]

 

Ive got the aluminum wheels...like on the Expedition. I went out today and noticed that all the 99's with chrome 17 inch wheels had the Goodyear AT like Bear said. All the 17 inch aluminum wheels (like mine) had the RT/S. Can anyone compare/contrast these two tires.

Mine are very good road tires and offroad they arent to bad either. The backend does tend to slide out alittle in rain or snow (but most trucks do). How do yours sound, ride and handle Bear?

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The Truck: 1997 Black F-150 Flareside. Regular Cab ORP and Towing Package
The Mods: K&N Filter, Eurolid Hard Tonneau and Ford Bug Deflector.
The Site:
Triton's 4.6 Liter Web Page
www.mindspring.com/~acbradley/index.html

 

Sorry Triton46, haven't ordered my truck yet.

 

In my experience, the goodyear tire sucks. Especially the RT/S. One word of warning, keep your goodyears on pavement. They do not like gravel roads.

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stock 98 XL, Reg. cab,4.6, Auto, Tow package, 255/70R16 on styled steel wheels,3.55LS, Black with chrome grille and bumpers! MODS: custom stereo by me, building speaker box was a !@#$%. K&N air filter.

 

mine truck has the at/s tires
i noticed the the 2000 trucks with the at/s
tires have a differnt tread pattern.
i have seen 99 orp trucks with the rt/s tires
don't know if it's luck of the draw or if you order them that way.
bought mine of the lot

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99 XLT SC 4x4 STYLESIDE ORP 5.4,AUTO & 3.73 POSI
MED. TOREADOR RED
EXTANG TONEAU,BED MAT,
K&N FILTER & WOOD DASH KIT

 

I like the AT/s tires. I was back in the woods trying to get my two-person bass buggy into the water yesterday. The night before we had a heavy rain. I slid off into a ditch and although the tires wouldn't pull me out of the rut, they sure did keep me moving back and forth in the soup! For not being mud tires they did pretty good.

The highway ride is nice too. That is were most of my driving is done. On rare occasions I hear the tires hum but most of the time it goes unnoticed.

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'97 F150 Lariat, Flareside, white/sliver, SC, ORP, 5.4, Mods: 305/70/16 GY ATS, AR Baja wheels, dual exhaust, Smittybilt Nerf Bars, Edelbrock IAS Shocks, K&N Filter and Carbon Fiber Bug Gaurd. Rigged the fog lights too.