265/70/R17 Bronco Black Diamond take-offs on stock Lariat

[chasc]

Wanted to share a few observations from my experience picking up a set of 5 matching alloy wheels and tires from a Black Diamond Bronco. The Bronco rims have the same bolt pattern, +55 offset, and 7.5 inch width but are 17" instead of the factory Lariat 18's. The wheels came with their factory General Grabber ATx LT265/70/R17 tires which are slightly bigger, although according to a GPS speedo the truck was only 0.5 MPH off at 70 MPH. There's definitely less clearance (due to the larger 265 section width) between the tire and suspension components, but still enough to squeeze your fingers between; I haven't noticed any rubbing yet.

The take-offs still have the factory TPMS sensors installed and I was pleasantly surprised to find that after a couple short trips the truck automatically recognized the new wheels on its own. The stock Ranger wheel center caps are interchangeable with the Bronco rims. Had no clearance issues storing the 5th alloy wheel in the spare tire location.

The General Grabber's are an LT-rated tire in C load range which is different than the stock Lariat Goodyear Wrangler ATS. The door sticker says 30 PSI for the Wranglers but my calculation of the equivalent for a C load tire is 37 PSI.

It's hard to come by weights online but one Ford parts store listed the Lariat alloys at 28 lbs each and the Black Diamond alloys at 26 lbs each. Each stock Lariat wheel with tire weighed in at 62.6 lbs whereas the Black Diamond wheel with tire weighed 71.6 lbs (+9 lbs).

Update 10/8/25: After playing around with different pressures I settled on 39 PSI as a balance between driving feel and mileage. Still happy with them. Haven’t noticed any dramatic differences in MPG.

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[hand-filer]

A picture is worth a thousand words.

 

[superj]

I was going to ask for a pic, too

 

[HighDesertRanger]

But seriously….we needs pictures.

 

[chasc]

Here’s what they look like installed

 

[skytrucker]

Thanks for this - just found a set on FB, your detailed explanation helped make my mind up.
now I just have to wade through the FB MARKETPLACE cesspool to hopefully get a good deal…

 

[HighDesertRanger]

Here’s what they look like installed

Those should be standard with the FX4 package. Great looking truck!

 

[chasc]

Thanks for this - just found a set on FB, your detailed explanation helped make my mind up.
now I just have to wade through the FB MARKETPLACE cesspool to hopefully get a good deal…

Best of luck! The people selling wheels commercially there seem to want the most money and I found often the photos weren’t of the exact set you’d be buying. The set I found was a private seller who just got their own deal on bigger tires for their Bronco and needed the old set to stop taking up space in the garage.

 

[superj]

that is how i look. just for a private seller trying to clear space in teh garage.

soon i will be that guy though. i have the base xl aluminum wheels and the xlt chrome package 18s on my truck. i want to get some darker wheels though, a stock take off set, so i will have all these wheels in the garage.

luckily the wife's stock wheels and tires sold quickly from her wrangler. they were really in the way because my rack is full in the wheel section. i need to get rid of all this e30 bmw stuff that the kids have accumulated and then left when they moved out

 

[skytrucker]

Yep. There is a lot of garbage out there, but I found some!
Sitting in a Walmart parking lot as we speak waiting to do the tire/drug deal.
There might be a gently used set of Lariat 18”s woth the standard Goodyears popping up on FB soon!

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