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Old Mar 20, 2015 | 04:28 PM
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Looking to get 35x 12.50 17' on my truck.. I have a 13' fx4 6.2 leveled out. Does anyone out there know if that would fit? Also would my diff have problems down the road? I'm really just going to use the wheels for off-roading. My rear axle ratio is 3.73 now sure if that matters. I currently have 305x55 R20.

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Originally Posted by S.Fabian
Looking to get 35x 12.50 17' on my truck.. I have a 13' fx4 6.2 leveled out. Does anyone out there know if that would fit? Also would my diff have problems down the road? I'm really just going to use the wheels for off-roading. My rear axle ratio is 3.73 now sure if that matters. I currently have 305x55 R20.

Thank you in advance!
I ran 315x70x17's on my '04 Lariat 4x4 that was leveled with no problems. Just use the stock wheels or Raptor wheels that have ideal specs to avoid rubbing. I also had the 3.73's which were marginal on my '04. Lower gearing would have been better.
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Old Mar 21, 2015 | 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by PawPaw
I ran 315x70x17's on my '04 Lariat 4x4 that was leveled with no problems. Just use the stock wheels or Raptor wheels that have ideal specs to avoid rubbing. I also had the 3.73's which were marginal on my '04. Lower gearing would have been better.


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Old Mar 24, 2015 | 09:30 PM
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So i went and tried the tires on today and they rubbed .... its rubs very little on the back part of the front tires! I can get maybe a turn in but its rubbing... sucks.. they were General Grabber and the rims were Fuel Trophy's... I could cut the plastic and bed the metal a bit but I am not sure if I want to do that to my truck =\. sucks it looked soooo nice!
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use the correct wheels and you won’t have a problem..
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 10:51 AM
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Originally Posted by techrep
use the correct wheels and you won’t have a problem..
So the Fuel wheels were the problem? What would be the correct wheels? I didn't know it would make a difference.
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Not Fuel but, the offset and back spacing of the wheels you bought... Fuel sells wheels with several options for offset and back spacing...
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