How do you know if tires will fit???
10-20-2014, 06:05 PM
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How do you know if tires will fit???
I'm getting the hang of mechanics, but tires are a whole other world to me lol. 
I have a 1995 F-150XLT 5.8L. I bought it a year ago with 32x11.5xr15 on the front and 31x10.5xr15 on the rear... I have a few questions...
WHHYYY would they do that?
How do I know how big of tires I can use before I have to lift it?
and
Any suggestions on tires that will keep me under $800. It snows a lot up here in South Dakota and I would like something that works year round ultimately, but there is snow 7-8 months out of the year lol
I have a 1995 F-150XLT 5.8L. I bought it a year ago with 32x11.5xr15 on the front and 31x10.5xr15 on the rear... I have a few questions...WHHYYY would they do that?
How do I know how big of tires I can use before I have to lift it?
and
Any suggestions on tires that will keep me under $800. It snows a lot up here in South Dakota and I would like something that works year round ultimately, but there is snow 7-8 months out of the year lol
10-20-2014, 06:20 PM
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1994 F150 XLT 5.8L 2wd
My guess would be they went bigger in front to level the truck out. Haven't shopped for tires yet buy I would stick with 32's if they work, going down in size will make you hate it.
10-20-2014, 06:30 PM
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1994 F150 XLT 5.8L 2wd
If price is your big concern just get stock size tires. That's what I've got and they are fine with me for now. First set I have to buy will be 31's. You can probably find some decent one's that people have taken off to upgrade.
10-20-2014, 07:37 PM
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10-21-2014, 09:23 AM
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Formerly "the_breeze"
Depends if you want a street tire or a radial tire. A 265/75R15 is about the same as a 31x15.5R15. Since you're new to tires, you said, I'll highlight metric sizes for you: the first number (265 in this case) is the width of the tread section in millimeters. The second number (75) is the aspect ratio. The aspect ratio is the ratio of the height of the side wall to the tread width in percentage. In this case the sidewall is 75 percent the width of the tire. So the higher the second number, the taller the tire. And the last, of course, is the rim size.
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10-21-2014, 09:26 AM
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Formerly "the_breeze"
And if you want a mud tire I would recommend goodyear wrangler duratracs, they have a 50k tread wear warranty in that size. Fortunately I have employee discount so I paid 776 out the door, but I think they were about 890-950 without that?
10-24-2014, 12:28 PM
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I'm getting the hang of mechanics, but tires are a whole other world to me lol. I have a 1995 F-150XLT 5.8L. I bought it a year ago with 32x11.5xr15 on the front and 31x10.5xr15 on the rear... I have a few questions... WHHYYY would they do that? How do I know how big of tires I can use before I have to lift it? and Any suggestions on tires that will keep me under $800. It snows a lot up here in South Dakota and I would like something that works year round ultimately, but there is snow 7-8 months out of the year lol
I have a 1995 F-150XLT 5.8L. I bought it a year ago with 32x11.5xr15 on the front and 31x10.5xr15 on the rear... I have a few questions... WHHYYY would they do that? How do I know how big of tires I can use before I have to lift it? and Any suggestions on tires that will keep me under $800. It snows a lot up here in South Dakota and I would like something that works year round ultimately, but there is snow 7-8 months out of the year lol