Need new tires/Seeking advice

[762Armo]

Since my tires are pretty bold now, it's a perfect time to upgrade..

I have an '08 F150. Stock tires are 255/70R17. I want to run bigger tires, that would are better suited for the mountains than the stock tires.

How would one go about finding out how big of tires I could run on the same rims and stock suspension without any problems?
255/70 converts to roughly 31.1x10.04 in inches.
I would like to have something a bit wider and taller, like 33x12.50, and run it on the same rims I have. Is this possible?

Thinking of some BFG All terrains, or something similiar.

[270Shooter]

Cooper discoverer st Maxx in 275 70 17. I don't think they are quite 33's but they would look nice and they are a great tire.

[buckfvr]

You wont be able to run 12.50s on stock rims..........look inside the door jamb and see what the stock rims are.........if theyre 7in, Id go LT 265 75 17s........

[h20hunter]

Regardless of what you go with......make sure you SIPE them!

 

[Timberstalker]

Regardless of what you go with......make sure you SIPE them!

 

Wait for it......Thread derailed........

[Widgeondeke]

Goodyear Wrangler with Silent Armor. They come factory siped.

[762Armo]

Regardless of what you go with......make sure you SIPE them!

 

Ok, I don't know what that means. Am I missing out on a joke? lol 

[762Armo]

You wont be able to run 12.50s on stock rims..........look inside the door jamb and see what the stock rims are.........if theyre 7in, Id go 265 75 17s........

Will do, tried to look on the existing rim/tire, but didn't see anything that says how wide they are.

[buckfvr]

Just sipe the centers, leave the shoulders alone.....they will hold up better off pavement.

[JLS]

You wont be able to run 12.50s on stock rims..........look inside the door jamb and see what the stock rims are.........if theyre 7in, Id go 265 75 17s........

Will do, tried to look on the existing rim/tire, but didn't see anything that says how wide they are.

It's on your VII tag on the driver's door.

[fish vacuum]

Just remember that bigger tires = more wear on your brakes and drive train.

[HntnFsh]

Goodyear Wrangler with Silent Armor. They come factory siped.

Had them on my truck till a couple weeks ago. Have them on all of our work trucks. I wouldnt buy another pair. Not impressed at all.

[coachcw]

Be very carefull about siping tires , if you are in rocky terrain they wont last ( I know from experience ) run in 4wd when off road to keep from chunking the rears , the toyo m55's are good rock tires . I've had good luck with bf mt's aswell , just air down a bit . I'd stick with stock sizes inless you gonna get a tunner and recalibrate for them .

[Woodchuck]

Cooper AT3's 

[D-Rock425]

Regardless of what you go with......make sure you SIPE them!

 

only people with pink FJ's snipe tires that's for city folk.

[DoubleJ]

I'm 3+ years into my Goodyear Wrangler Authority tires from Wal Mart.  My rims are smaller so I went with the 31 x 10.50's.  4 tires mounted and balanced and out the door with a warrenty for $595.  Not going to find a better tire for the price IMO.  Mine still look new, have held up to road and off road use, and grip in the snow really well.  I'm very happy and hope they are still selling them in another 5-6 years when I'll need more.  I have no doubts they'll last that long.

[skeeter 20i]

Cooper AT3's 

   I love mine.

[sboada]

BFG A/T. Great on road and off and above average in snow as well from my experience. Won't buy anything else.

[thinkingman]

265/70/17 Michelin LTX AT2.
Honest 60k tire that rides great on pavement and is fantastic off.
REsist the urge to go wide or you'll look like a dork and become a ditch decoration in the first snowstorm.
The more serious offroad trucks have tall/narrow tires.

[whacker1]

BFG all terrain KA would be a good choice.
265/75/17's in load range d will get you 31.6 x 10.4 wide.
275/70/17 gets you 32.1 x 11 wide
285/70/17 gets you 32.8 x 11.5 wide

We recently bought Cooper AT3 for the explorer and absolutely love them for an AT tire.
They are made in all 3 of the tire sizes above also

or my favorite size only made by BFG in the KM 2 mud tire, because i like to stay narrower

255/80/17 which gets you 33 x 10 wide

[CHUCK S]

265/70/17 Michelin LTX AT2.
Honest 60k tire that rides great on pavement and is fantastic off.
REsist the urge to go wide or you'll look like a dork and become a ditch decoration in the first snowstorm.
The more serious offroad trucks have tall/narrow tires.

 

best tires i've ever had, on my 5th set of Michelin in 7 years.  have gone 78k on one set

[whacker1]

and by the way I spend way too much time figuring out tires.

narrow saves money on both tires and gas mileage.  if you compare the same tire by height and then compare width changes, you will notice the narrower tire will almost always cost less.

i just bought last week 275/70/18 in Fierce Attitude MT's which is a brand that is operated by Goodyear.

Second set of these tires that i have purchased and love them.  last set was a 235/85/16 which is 31.8 x 9.5 wide.

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