Biggest tires without leveling

[DanTheMan]

Does anyone know what the largest diameter tires you can use on the Ranger are, without a leveling kit?

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[cc1999]

With stock rims a 295/70R17 should clear the crash bars. That’s considered a 34 but really more like 33 1/2 in actual spec where the stock tire is considered a 33 but really a 33.8.
‘That’s what I am running only I went to the Bronco rims (+30 offset) to get a little wider stance, I can clear the crash bars most of the time, I am only rubbing a crash bar on the driver side when steering wheel is cranked to the right and backing up/ in reverse.

 

[HighDesertRanger]

Standard Ranger? Or the Raptor?

 

[Cyrusblack]

Standard Ranger? Or the Raptor?

Excellent question

 

[DanTheMan]

Standard Ranger? Or the Raptor?

My bad, I should have specified. This question is for a regular Ranger XLT.

 

[dram32]

My bad, I should have specified. This question is for a regular Ranger XLT.

I currently have 285/70R17's on my stock wheels and no leveling kit. With these tires its pretty tight with the UCA, about 1/4" gap. Also close to the front of the fender when turning but not as bad as UCA which will rub on occasion. I have the Rangerlifts 3" leveling kit just waiting on time to install it. Also have wheel spacers on the way to give some more space between UCA and tire until I get new wheels with less of an offset.

 

[DanTheMan]

I currently have 285/70R17's on my stock wheels and no leveling kit. With these tires its pretty tight with the UCA, about 1/4" gap. Also close to the front of the fender when turning but not as bad as UCA which will rub on occasion. I have the Rangerlifts 3" leveling kit just waiting on time to install it. Also have wheel spacers on the way to give some more space between UCA and tire until I get new wheels with less of an offset.

Do you have photos of that tire installed? Did you have to recalculate anything for the computer to keep your speedo accurate?

 

[dram32]

Do you have photos of that tire installed? Did you have to recalculate anything for the computer to keep your speedo accurate?

Here are some pictures with the tires. Also put one showing how close the tire is to the UCA, I have spacers arriving Monday to temporarily fix that. No I didn’t have to recalculate anything for the speedo it’s seems to be accurate still.

 

[DanTheMan]

Here are some pictures with the tires. Also put one showing how close the tire is to the UCA, I have spacers arriving Monday to temporarily fix that. No I didn’t have to recalculate anything for the speedo it’s seems to be accurate still.

That looks really good. Thanks for the pics. I'm still deciding on which size to go with. I'm looking for a good balance between a bigger tire/ not killing mpg. This type of project is new to me.

 

[dram32]

That looks really good. Thanks for the pics. I'm still deciding on which size to go with. I'm looking for a good balance between a bigger tire/ not killing mpg. This type of project is new to me.

My mpg only dropped about 1mpg vs stock tires.

 

[Antman450]

I ordered some in the same size with 17x9 o offset wheels. Will be installing this week with a 2.5 inch front space lift.

I will post some pics.

As for the speedo, did you need to recalibrate?

 

[dram32]

Spacers came in today and I got them installed (https://www.americantrucks.com/born...-inch-wheel-spacers-black-bnws-001-350bk.html) I love the way they came out, makes the truck look way more aggressive! I will be getting fender flares in the future to prevent the tires from throwing rocks and other debris and chipping the paint. Haven't had time to get the leveling kit installed yet but I will post pictures once I do so.

 

[DanTheMan]

Spacers came in today and I got them installed (https://www.americantrucks.com/born...-inch-wheel-spacers-black-bnws-001-350bk.html) I love the way they came out, makes the truck look way more aggressive! I will be getting fender flares in the future to prevent the tires from throwing rocks and other debris and chipping the paint. Haven't had time to get the leveling kit installed yet but I will post pictures once I do so.

Looks amazing. Thanks for the photos. At this point I'm thinking of going with 275 70R17. I'm leaning towards the Wildpeak AT3w.

 

[jeffers]

I currently have 285/70R17's on my stock wheels and no leveling kit. With these tires its pretty tight with the UCA, about 1/4" gap. Also close to the front of the fender when turning but not as bad as UCA which will rub on occasion. I have the Rangerlifts 3" leveling kit just waiting on time to install it. Also have wheel spacers on the way to give some more space between UCA and tire until I get new wheels with less of an offset.

interesting So 285/70r17 is 32.7" tall by 11.2" wide. I noticed you can get 33"X10.5R17 tires, I wonder if they would fit no rub? Thats a 0.7" difference in width. I think the stance and everything you have would probably look better though.

 

[tbalt14]

My bad, I should have specified. This question is for a regular Ranger XLT.

I have 32's on my Lariat with +18 offset and no rubbing but any larger and it probably would.

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