New tires! ‘24 Ranger Raptor w/ 35x11.5r17

[7ommy6un_808]

Hey everyone, I just wanted to share a few pics with y’all and share the mods I’ve done so far on my 2024 Cactus Gray RR. Here we go:
- Tires: 35x11.5r17 Nitto Terra Grappler G3
- Suspension: 1.5” front Spacer Lift (shout out ZombieDropper, awesome work, dude!)
- ReadyLift high-clearance crash bars
- Rokblokz high-clearance mud flaps
- Titan Accessories 1” Hub-centric Wheel Spacers
- Raptor “scratch” decal from Rocky Mountain Graphics. The decal is Black Multicam and actually meant to go on the 2nd Gen F-150 Raptors.

*Ride height calibration and tire size calibration already done via Forscan. I just need to manually adjust my headlights now!

I’m really pleased with the outcome and I think the truck looks more proportional now. My truck had about 2.5” of rake, but I wanted to keep a little bit. These tires balanced well, ride awesome on the road, and I haven’t found any rubbing while turning (forward and reverse)! I don’t do much off road, but I do go to the beach! Feel free to ask any questions! Aloha

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[BeachRaptor]

Truck looks awesome! Love that color.

 

[Ranger XLT Fan]

Nitto Terra Grapplers are dern good tires. I had some on a Jeep. I was thinking I wanted KO2's at the time. But Discount Recommended the Nittos. And I'm glad they did. They were slightly lighter and slightly less expensive, but they road great. I never did any crazy trails, mud or rock crawling. I never added a lift or changed any of the geometry. But they road great with no drone. I think they lasted about 50K miles too. I bet they are great on your RR. Good looking truck.

 

[Deepsea619]

ReadyLift high-clearance crash bars - where did you find that? I looked on there website and I couldn't find that? Removing OEM C/B and installing that one fixed any potential rubbing?

 

[GLT]

Looks great! I have the same cactus gray with the same size tires in Falken Wildpeak R/T.

 

[hjmpanzr]

Titan Accessories 1” Hub-centric Wheel Spacers

Looks great!

I’m surprised you needed the wheel spacers. Those stock wheels are +55 offset and the exact dimensions of the terra G3s are 34.53” x 11.42“.

I’m running Nitto terra grappler G3s as well but mine are 285/75 17, which equates to 33.8” x 11.2” with method 703s (+35 offset) and I’m not having any issues. Your offset is 20mm (0.8”) more than mine and your tires are 0.2” wider. That puts you only about 1” closer to the UCA than me. I thought I had a bit more room than that.

 

[7ommy6un_808]

ReadyLift high-clearance crash bars - where did you find that? I looked on there website and I couldn't find that? Removing OEM C/B and installing that one fixed any potential rubbing?

I used the ones that are listed for the ‘19-‘23 Rangers. The OEM crash bars are fatties! These absolutely helped!

 

[7ommy6un_808]

Looks great!

I’m surprised you needed the wheel spacers. Those stock wheels are +55 offset and the exact dimensions of the terra G3s are 34.53” x 11.42“.

I’m running Nitto terra grappler G3s as well but mine are 285/75 17, which equates to 33.8” x 11.2” with method 703s (+35 offset) and I’m not having any issues. Your offset is 20mm (0.8”) more than mine and your tires are 0.2” wider. That puts you only about 1” closer to the UCA than me. I thought I had a bit more room than that.

Well I didn’t need them, I just wanted to bring the wheels flush with the fender flares and mud flaps. The 1” spacers bring the offset to +30, so slightly lower than your Methods.

 

[hjmpanzr]

Very good. I thought i wasn’t too close but it almost caused me to go get under the truck.

 

[KRC]

I really like how that all comes together. I usually think 35s end up looking silly on Rangers and other mid-size trucks but the way everything you did comes together they actually look really good! Awesome build!

 

[Deepsea619]

I went a different/Safer route. I purchase the (new) Fox Live valve upgrade that gives a 2.5/1 lift. I bought Vossen 17X9 with a zero off-set. I purchase 305/70R17 Toyo A/T3's. I am just waiting for the Shocks, they are supposed to start shipping end of the month.

 

[lancerdood]

I really like how that all comes together. I usually think 35s end up looking silly on Rangers and other mid-size trucks but the way everything you did comes together they actually look really good! Awesome build!

Silly? I think Ford should offer the 35 option from the factory like they offer 2 options in the F150 Raptor.

35's make the truck look much better IMO

 

[KRC]

Silly? I think Ford should offer the 35 option from the factory like they offer 2 options in the F150 Raptor.

35's make the truck look much better IMO

I like the way yours looks with the 35s too! It may just be the way some people lift the truck or the offset of the wheels they use, but in a lot of pictures I see where people have gone with 35s they either look way oversized for the wheel well or they have pushed the offset out too much and it looks silly.

I mean to each their own at the end of the day, everyone has their own preferences, do what you like to your truck by all means!

 

[lancerdood]

I like the way yours looks with the 35s too! It may just be the way some people lift the truck or the offset of the wheels they use, but in a lot of pictures I see where people have gone with 35s they either look way oversized for the wheel well or they have pushed the offset out too much and it looks silly.

I mean to each their own at the end of the day, everyone has their own preferences, do what you like to your truck by all means!

Ya, I get it....if all things aren't done in harmony you can get a funky look.

Like others have done....I did the Bronco Sasquatch wheels (+30 offset) and the 2:1 strut spacer lift (fordrangerlifts.com) with ReayLift crash bars and just a slight 45 degree trim of the bottom of the front (rear part) fender area. GOAT has done a lot of research and testing on the lifts and the 2:1 spacer is the way to go to maintain ride quality, rake, etc with the truck. Don't recommend perch collars or new springs (unless you tow heavy loads and get sag in the rear) or other methods you see people doing. After the ride height and tires size adjustments via FORScan, the truck feels & drives better than factory and off road performance is improved as well - IMHO

 

[Lion77]

This is the exact route I'm going, 35x11.5's, mild lift (although I'm more anal retentive on geometry and doing either a 1.5 / 1 lift or 1" front lift only with some more aggressive fender trimming), pending funds permit by that time, otherwise I'll go with XTM's in stock size if I'm still in the poor house and upsize when it's paid off. But I'm not going that route for looks, my interests are 90% performance oriented for off-roading, although I will admit that 10% is vanity, let's be real.

One other difference is I'm running Method 705's in ET+35mm, only 25.2lbs per wheel + bead grip, what's not to like? Again, performance choice, not aesthetics, although I do actually like the spoke pattern. We'll see on the tires...XTM's or 35x11.5s....darn you Pirelli!

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