mikecetj

I just bought a 1990 Ford F-150 XLT 4x4, with stock tires and wheels. I am trying to find out how big I can go with tires without clearance issues and with a speedometer change option available. Any advice or experience anybody has is welcome.

mitchalvin

31 10.50 15 will fit on the stock rims 33s will fit with minor rubbing on the front suspension. Yours should have the mechanical speedometer and it is easy to change the gears in it.

sel

32/11.5/R15 on 10inch rims are on mine with no rubing

OldRed90

i would go with 31s... best tire to put on a stock 90 f1.... just put a set of AR outlaw 2s 15x10.. with a set of 31x10.5x15 Hercules terra trac A/Ts and looks good...

jonny150

I went 32 11.50...had to shim the bumper out a bit though. But they look great. At about 60 im really doing 65.

turbojimmy

Whose pushbar do you have on your truck. I got a JC Whitney one, basically just for mounting lights, and it looks like yours. Bolts to the bumper, not the frame. Problem is they didn't send me instructions or all of the hardware. I called, and the sent me some hardware (enough to assemble the bar), but not all of it. Not sure what I need to actually install it.

Jim

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

They usually use your existing bumper bolts to mount it. That's how mine is.

turbojimmy

Not this one. When I test fit it, it's nowhere near any existing holes. Actually, I don't see any existing bolts on my bumper. I have no idea how it's attached to the brackets. There has to be some holes somewhere, but wherever they are they don't line up with this thing.

Jim

Just call me Sean

iTrader: (1)

If your truck has that plastic trim piece on the bumper the bolts are under it.

turbojimmy

It doesn't - that's the thing. Looking at it, the push bar is probably designed to bolt through there. The lower mounting points are right where that trim would be. My bumper is just one, giant piece of chrome.

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EDIT:
Here's the hardware. All of the little plastic caps lead me to believe that there should be some other bolts with hex heads that will accept said caps. The bolts that are included (pictured) are the ones to assemble the bar itself, not to install it. I guess I shouldn't have such high expectations for a $120 bar, but still.....



Jim