Help with wheels and tires

Old Sep 5, 2007 | 01:50 AM
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Help with wheels and tires

I'm looking to replace my stock wheels and tires with these wheels:



And BF Goodrich All Terrain TA tires.

I have a 2005 F-150 Supercrew 4x4 Lariat

Can you guys help me out with what size wheels and tires I should be purchasing?

I am completely clueless with all of this.

I would like my truck to look like this:




Thanks very much
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 08:06 AM
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Take a look at my wheels they are 18x9 and the tires are 325-60-18. They fit perfect with no rubbing. I also have the Autospring 2'' leveling kit. The lug patern is 6x135. Dont forget that the truck in your picture has a lift so those tires are probably 35s.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:03 AM
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Yep, the Supercab in that pic has a 6 inch Fabtech lift.
If you don't want to go with a lift, I'd suggest a 2 or 2.5 inch Autospring leveling kit. THis will allow you to fit 325/60-18 (33x13.00) tires on an 18x9 inch wheel with 5 to 6 inches of backspacing.
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 04:59 PM
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I just put those wheels on my 2007 Lariat. They are 17x9, with BFG's 285/70/17. I also have a leveling kit. There are pictures in my gallery: https://www.f150online.com/galleries....cfm?gnum=6861
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 06:55 PM
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SCOR, you may want to look at some 305x65x18 BFG AT's and put them on some 18x9 wheels with a 5 1/2" backspace. Just my 2 cent's!!
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 07:00 PM
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Hey thanks guys.

I should hae mentioned that I don't want the tires to stick out past the fenders or anything like that.

If I was to get the Autospring leveling kit - is that something that could be installed at the same time as the tires and wheels in order to save some cash?

thanks again.

Also - if anyone knows of a place in Santa Cruz, CA or near Palo Alto, Ca to have this done - that would be a bonus.

thanks again
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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Oh yea -

what woudl be the drawback of a 6" Fabtech lift, if any?
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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A leveling kit will set you back about $200 buck's, a 6" Fabtech will run around $2000 buck's!!
 
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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But the 6 inch Fabtech will look even better.
Also, that Eagle wheel in 17x9 has 4.6 inches of backspacing, so it will stick out almost 2.5 inches farther than your oem wheels. The 18x9 size has 5 inches of bs and will stick out 2 inches farther than your oem wheels.
 

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