Im buying my brothers truck and its an 01 4x4 Lariat Supercrew. Its White with gray on the bottom with 67K miles, fiberglass bed cover, Westin Stainless Nerf bars & Bull bar, Billet grille, Flowmaster exhaust, K&N Intake, Air Raid throttle body spacer, Flowmaster, and Edge programmer. So my first step I want to do it put 18 or 20" XD rims and was wonder what tire size would work on a truck with stock height or if need be I would get a leveling kit. Also do these mods affect fuel economy by much. Thanks

 

I cant speak for tire size and what requires a leveling kit on that year truck. However, increasing tire size will increase weight and rolling resistance which will hurt fuel economy. I went with a 295/70/18 from stock and I lost between 1mpg and 2mpg.

 

i say leveling kit 33s and 18s. mine stock has 18s and 35s they clear fine, just trimmed the valence a little, but gas mileage sucks with 35s. you could clear 35s but gas mileage would be worse

 

2wd or 4wd? 4wd you can crank the torosion bars. 2wd you need a spindle lift. then you can put 33s on there. and 18s would look good. but if you want 20s+ and its 2wd lower the rear.

 

You don't need a leveling kit because your front ride height is adjustable via the amount of preload on the torsion bars. I'd suggest a 10 inch wide wheel with 4.5 inches of backspacing and a 33x12.50 tire. You will have to trim a little plastic off the front bumper's lower valance.

 

Its 4x4 and would the black rims look good with all the stainless on white? Chrome is a pain to clean giving I live out more in the country any info would help.

 

i think a chrome or polished wheel is gonna look better.

 

with a white truck it can go either way. black would look good. my friend has an all black expedition will a little chrome to set it off.

 

Yeah but the op has stainless steps, a stainless bull bar, and a billet grille and more than likely chrome bumpers. I think the black wheels will clash to much and look out of place.

 

You can fit 33x12.5" tires easily without cranking the torsion bars. I have 18x10's -27 offset wheels. Some minor rubbing at full lock.

 

for all around use a 33 would be your best bet. In my opinion a 17 would look better, of course I like teh old school big tire look.

 

I would run the 20's on the truck. I just like the look of the 20's. Going to a larger tire overall will decrease the fuel economy on the truck and the 20" wheel will add weight as well. Not a huge difference.

 

here you go 20x10's on 33's. Not my truck just using this as an example for the OP

 

I've got a white Screw with stainless steps and chrome bumpers and 295/70/18s mounted on black 18x9 XD Monsters. Check out my profile for pictures. I would post pics here but I can't from my phone.

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