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Old 10-25-2016, 12:04 AM
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I was wondering if that exact setup would fit on mine--the same truck. Thanks for the info. What's the offset/backspace on those wheels?
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How does it ride?
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Originally Posted by blue birder
He all im new to the site.Let me first say there is alot of great info on this site and im glad to join.

Now on the what i came on here to say.

I got my fx4 about 3 weeks ago and needless to say i was impressed with my truck. I got ucky and it already had a leveling kit installed on it. Only one problem is i kept seeing more and more lifted trucks every day so my urge to lift my truck was getting to me. I had picked up a set of diesel wheels and nitto mud grapplers used from a local guy who had them sitting in his front yard for sale. Wheels were chromed but pitted and tires were in good shap with a little camber wear only on 2 tires but nothing bad. The size was 37x13.5x22. I thought would be a good upgrade when i get my lift and at 500.00 bucks i couldnt pass it up. so then begins my research to see what lift kit for my truck so after much delay and getting all the money together i decided on the rough country 6 inch kit.Now ive been online researching for the last 2 weeks wether or not my wheels and tires would work so i search and search and google pics and search some more only to be in a situation that i wasnt completely sure that 37s wold fit under a 6 inch lift and let alone one of the cheapest lifts on the market. I know how fabricate tig/mig weld and generally make things work that are not supposed to. So i get alot of mixed information most people say it will definetly fit others say they fit with 12.5 tires not 13.5's. So i say screw it order the kit and think maybe with my leveling kit i can make it work.

So i call rough country direct order my kit and 2 days later is shows up.Now in the mean time i get my wheels powdercoated satin black and tires remounted and balanced.

I start today at my buddies shop ready to dig into this truck.So i startpulling everything out of its boxes and am happy to see a really nice quality kit with good hardware and great instructions. So install goes great till we get to mounting the top spacer well the 3 bolts that hold the top spacer one sheared off as we were tightening it. We replaced them with better hardware and kept digging into the build. After about 5 hrs work we start bleeding the brakes and installing the wheels and tires. We finally sit it down and low and behold everything fits nice so we start turning the wheel and we see we are making contact on the front valance and rear side of the front fender only the plastic area so a little buzzing with the buzz saw and we begin clear. So there you have it she fits good. Now start to drive out and at full lock she rubs a little but only at full lock. I was able to drive it home no issues. i do have some more trimming to do tom. but looks tobe miner. Im so glad it looks and drives good tom. morning I have to get the alignment done. Just thought id share my experience with people that might want to do the same in the future.



have you had any issue with the rear rubbing at all I’m getting ready to do the same exact thing by next week
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This thread is 5 years old, so you may not get a response from the OP. With a 6" lift and 37's, you'll probably get some rubbing at lock and if you work the suspension enough.
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Originally Posted by SCORGE
This thread is 5 years old, so you may not get a response from the OP. With a 6" lift and 37's, you'll probably get some rubbing at lock and if you work the suspension enough.
OK thank you for the response my first time being on here so what do you mean work on the suspension ?
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By "work the suspension", I mean...if you go off-roading or climbing, you may run into rubbing issues as the size of the tires may not allow the shocks to fully retract. It may put your tires into the wheel well.
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No unfortunately I don’t do any off-road Ing but I do love the look of a off-road truck that’s what made me did everything to my truck right now I have a 6 inch rough country lift kit with 35 inch tires i’m going to upgrade to 37th next week and after that I was going to re-gear my truck from The stock 3.31 to 4.56 I just hope everything works out
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I would definitely re-gear if you plan on turning 37's. I may also suggest a tuner if you don't have one.
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Originally Posted by SCORGE
I would definitely re-gear if you plan on turning 37's. I may also suggest a tuner if you don't have one.
Yeah i’m definitely re-gearing As soon as I get the wheels put on I’m driving right to the transmission shop so they can do it for me I was just hoping I don’t have no issues with rubbing recently just put a off-road front bumper on I just hope it fits in the rear
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with 20” x 9 wheels and a rough country 4” lift what’s the largest size tire I can rub with NO rubbing? 2006 F150 King Ranch (20”s were stock on it)


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