Hi everyone,

I am new to the truck world and this will be my first winter driving one.
I have done my homework to select new rims and tires for my truck but I could use your experimented advise/validation.

Truck is an F150 2011 XLT Screw 4x4. It came with the XTR package hence the P275/65R18 Tires on it. For obvious reasons in Canada, I am looking for winter tires and rims but I have 2 questions:

1 - Is it okay to minus size my tires/rims to 17'' knowing that the truck came with a 18'' set up?
If Yes I want to go for the aftermarket rims X47756 (steel) that seems popular. Is this ok for my truck?
https://jensentrailers.com/shop/truc...5-6x135-42p-87

2 - For tires I want to go with the Michelin Xice2 but it seems to be for SUV. Michelin LTX seems to be the one for Trucks.
Knowing that I don't tow, and haul rarely during winter, maybe Xice2 are enough?

Thanks for your replies

 

Switching to 17" wheels is not a problem at all (the truck needs 17" or bigger to clear the brake calipers), but are those meant for a truck? I don't know where you're from, but I see stock 17" wheels for F150s on Craigslist all the time, and for very, very cheap, sometimes as low as $100 for a good set.

Snow tires I can't comment on, on account on me living in Texas.

 

The Xice is a great winter tire for on road use on a pickup truck. Those wheels are fine if you want to spend that kind of money, I'd personally look for a set of takeoffs.

The closest Xice to a perfect minus 1 is a 265/70R17.

 

Aftermarket wheels that don't look like spares can be had for a little over $500 for a set.

Like these actually look good:

http://www.autoanything.com/wheels-r...s-alloy-wheels

And regular bullet hole/revolver wheels should definitely be under $200 a piece.

 

Hi Yaute,

As KMAC0694 mentioned, a 17" wheel was a factory fitment for the vehicle. It will fit just fine.

I have compiled a lot of information regarding winter set ups in the wheel and tire section.
https://www.f150online.com/forums/wh...res-brakes-29/

If I can be any help, please let me know.

-AJ

 

Well for some reason this website (https://jensentrailers.com/shop/truc...x135-42p-87)is showing very expensive prices. My local aftermarket shop is selling the 4 steelies X47756 17x7.5 6x135 (I don't know the rest of the spec like offset etc) at 80 $ each so it's quite cheap.

I am just wondering if the X47756 are ok for F150 2011 (spec, strong enough, etc)

 

Yes, those wheels are fine for a F-150.

 

Ahh that makes more sense. I can't attest to whether they'll be fine, but I assume so.

 

That's what they are sold for.............

 

Ope, glazed over that part.

 

Hi everyone

Just closing the tread and giving my feedback.

I finally bought the following combination:
X47485 steelies 17x7.5, 6-135 Hub centric
& Michelin Xice2 265/70R17

Combination works great so far

Thank you all for your guidance.

 

Glad the setup is working out well for you! Thanks for updating us so people can see this and reference it in the future