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Hello everyone I drive 500-600 miles every week for work. I am thinking of doing a 4" lift on my 2013 f150 Stx. I don't know much about kits yet or even how it would effect my mpg. Could I put 20" rims on a 4" lift. Just wanting to hear other people's opinions on driving that distance every week with a lift kit, would it be practical? Thanks in advance
You certainly can run 20" wheels. The bigger question is how much tire are you thinking about. With a 4" lift you can run up to a 12.50-35. With this size tire I'd anticipate a loss of 2-3 mpg. There's always a catch.......
Lift doesn't really affect your mpg...but the tires and rims do ha. I just did 20x12 rims and 35x12.50 tires and my mpg just went to 11mpg on mid grade fuel and 13-14mpg on 93 octane. Now I have the 3.5L eco and 3.55 gears.
Lift doesn't really affect your mpg...but the tires and rims do ha. I just did 20x12 rims and 35x12.50 tires and my mpg just went to 11mpg on mid grade fuel and 13-14mpg on 93 octane. Now I have the 3.5L eco and 3.55 gears.
Thanks for the responses... What size lift did u do.. Got any pics of it? Thats what I was afraid of dropping my mpg that low with the bigger tires
Just expect to drop 3-4 mpg at minimum with a lift/tires/wheels. You can use a lifted truck as a daily driver but it's going to be a lot more expensive to run.
I have a 2016 F150 XLT FX4 I bought 2 months ago and we just did the RC 5 inch lift with 315/70/17 tires and i am basically down from 15 to 16 mpg in city to about 12 and down from about 20-21 to 16 mpg on the highway. I will be re-gearing the truck probably to 4.10 or 4.56 gears however i have not decided which way to go yet.
Hello everyone I drive 500-600 miles every week for work. I am thinking of doing a 4" lift on my 2013 f150 Stx. I don't know much about kits yet or even how it would effect my mpg. Could I put 20" rims on a 4" lift. Just wanting to hear other people's opinions on driving that distance every week with a lift kit, would it be practical? Thanks in advance
"Practical" is going to have a lot of variables involved. For someone who needs better gas mileage then no a lift isn't practical. If being able to run 35's and drive through a 3' snow storm is what you need then it could be practical for you? The additional unsprung weight of a larger wheel and/or tire is going to hurt MPGs. Of course you can regear but you can't cheat aerodynamics (people stating that lifting doesn't "really" affect MPGs)... The front air damn must just be for looks then ha
06-12-2016, 09:04 AM
Everyday driver lift question
