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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 06:22 AM
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PLEASE HELP!

I have 2017 F150 xlt leveled with Bilstein (1.75 lift front). I also purchased Duramax 275/65/20 tires. Plan on purchasing rims 20x9 and am worried about rubbing and correct offset. Read different threads but people seems to be more worried about looks and not rubbing.

ANY EXPERIENCE with those tires on F150? Worried particularly about rubbing when max turn. I understand that positive offset means the inside is closer to wheel well and brakes... advantage is it sticks out less. Was wondering if +25 offset would be the correct one... somebody somewhere mentioned that with et25 had no issues... but not sure if he meant + or -
Has anyone experience with max turn rubbing with 275/65/20 tires?... What offset you have if you have that 20 inch wheel?

Thank you very much for your help.

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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 11:29 AM
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+1 offset will rub with a 2.25 inch level. I spread the crash bars to stop the rubbing and had a little room to spare.
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 01:12 PM
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With 0 offset it will very slightly rub in reverse only @ full turn with a 2 inch level kit, 305/55x20 on 20x9 rims on my '16.
A good place to check out what fits:
Custom Offsets

Here's another good site to give ya better idea about comparing tire sizes:
Tire Comparison

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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Johnnny
PLEASE HELP!

I have 2017 F150 xlt leveled with Bilstein (1.75 lift front). I also purchased Duramax 275/65/20 tires. Plan on purchasing rims 20x9 and am worried about rubbing and correct offset. Read different threads but people seems to be more worried about looks and not rubbing.

ANY EXPERIENCE with those tires on F150? Worried particularly about rubbing when max turn. I understand that positive offset means the inside is closer to wheel well and brakes... advantage is it sticks out less. Was wondering if +25 offset would be the correct one... somebody somewhere mentioned that with et25 had no issues... but not sure if he meant + or -
Has anyone experience with max turn rubbing with 275/65/20 tires?... What offset you have if you have that 20 inch wheel?

Thank you very much for your help.
+25 offset will work perfect with that size tire.. any further towards zero you will run into problems.
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 04:28 PM
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i agree with the others, keep the offset to 20 or 25....that said, you are running a narrow tire so your fitment is a bit more forgiving if you go with a more aggressive offset, but not down to 0 or 1. There are guys on here running 35 x 12.5 with a level and no rubbing (see the Raptor wheel fitment thread). It’s all in the offset.
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 05:18 PM
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Thank you guys.... so i guess the agreement is that +25 offset is working. 0 is not... for 275/65/20 tire on 2017 leveled .

I will buy such rims and will post pictures and review to help the community. I think there is not enough information out there about what kind of offsets are needed for what kind of level and tires.
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 05:20 PM
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p.s:

It is kinda surprising to me, that positive offsets work (meaning the tire is tucked in more than with 0 or even negative which protrude out like hell).
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Old Feb 8, 2019 | 05:24 PM
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stock wheels are +44... you start running into problems when the tire sticks out and can’t turn inside the wheel well or the tire is to tall and wide.
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