2013 Lariat Baby Raptor Build Thread
#211
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...ignore my typing, it's late in the day...LOL!
#212
The 35s fit but in order for them to fit on a leveled truck you need a lot of preload so then it rides like ****. The 33s aren't that much smaller and you get more wheel travel so it feels a little more controlled with a softer ride. I wish I would have seen the KO2 "34" tire since they come out to be 33.5" tall just like the 305/55r20 ATZs I had. I'm getting the new tires the week of memorial day weekend so I'll be cranking the shocks back up from 12.5" long to 13.25" long and I'm thinking of taking the AAL and long travel shackle out to get a little softer rear ride as well.
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#213
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Send pics and let me know how you like them. I'm considering picking them up in July myself.
#214
I'll post them up when I get them. My regular trucks part store wanted $1,700 for the 4 tires and mounting them. Ford was $1,470 for everything so I was ok with that, I'm hoping to get $800 for the Toyos so it won't be too bad for just getting new tires last year.
#215
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Holy Crap! Tires are expensive there.
#216
Yeah no kidding I thought they were a little outrageous especially since I just got wheels and tires there last year. I had someone mess up a wheel on my old truck changing tires so I'm a little leery of having small shops do them but I figured ford should be ok since they do the oem wheels and raptor ones so they shouldn't have trouble with 33s.
#217
I finally decided to get rid of the Toyo AT2s cause they wore bad, causing a vibration in the steering wheel, killed my MPGs more than expected, didn't handle the way I thought they should and we're very loud for a AT tire. I went with a 34x12.5R18 BFG KO2 and just the few days of dry driving they're much better than the AT2s. The ride is much smoother, quieter and seam to grip better.
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#218
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Nice looking tires. I think I'll go the same route. Thanks for posting.
#220
We put our boat in the water over the weekend and was checking to see if the over load spring was doing anything. I was thinking of removing it to get a softer ride and I saw it wasn't doing a whole lot with the truck loaded for the most I haul.
The D rings came in handy two weekends ago with taking the bike riding
The D rings came in handy two weekends ago with taking the bike riding
Last edited by 03Scott; 06-16-2016 at 09:34 AM.