WVXC450R

Anybody have these? A guy around me is selling a set of stock f150 wheels with a set of 35x12.50r17's bf goodrich mud terrain tires with just a few thousand miles on them for $500. Any of you guys have these tires? How are they on the road? Tread wear? Thinking about picking them up.. I have 265's on now and I have my leveling kit I need to put on.

Will they clear with just a 2.5" level?

Is a spring compressor required sometimes for the elevating kit install? I tried before but looked like I was going to need one...

lewissa81

I don't know how they will fit the F150, but I can tell you about the tires. I ran BFG MT's on my Jeep for years and I loved them! They're great off road and have a good life expectancy on road too. They do ride noticeably rougher than an all terrain though. I even had a rock pierce 4 layers of the sidewall, and they still held for another 30k miles.

Farmkid

You'll need 2.5 level pretty sure. They're great tires my company i work for runs them on they're trucks. We have ALOT of road time sometimes and quite often used to pull heavy things out of fields. 2000 gallon tanks are really heavy. i'd buy them just cause they're 500 dollars, they are an expensive tire

tareed94

Go for it. As far as the level. If you're 4x4 then you should be able to clear 35x12.5 on the stock rims on a level. If you're 2wd then you should only be able to clear 33x12.5 on stock rims with a level. You won't need a spring compressor though because the spring is attached to the strut assembly. There's 4 bolts on the top of the strut tower. One in the middle and 3 surrounding it. The only ones you need to mess with are the three surrounding the one in the middle. Undoing the one in the middle is how you separate the spring from the strut which would require a spring compressor to do so safely. But with a leveling kit it is a spacer that bolts on top of the strut assembly so no spring decompression involved.

techrep

iTrader: (1)

BFG make's one of the best M/T...go for it...great price.

WVXC450R

Alright guys thanks for the input! I'll pick them up this weekend hopefully!

As for as the leveling kit goes.. I tried putting it on before and it was like I couldn't get the lower control arm and the strut to drop down low enough for me to get the strut back up into the bucket with the space installed on top of it. That's why I was thinking spring compressor maybe.

techrep

iTrader: (1)

it will go in with some force and a bottle jack...no need to compress the coil spring...

WVXC450R

How is everyone putting the level in? Are y'all leaving the strut attached at the bottom control arm?

Not sure how the bottle jack helps? Lol

buster096

I love my bfg's. They never let me down. I have about 30k miles on this set and you can barely tell that they are wearing. Just rotate them regularly. They do chunk a little bit when you get going kinda fast in rocky terrain but nothing too noticeable.

Dirttracker18

I had to release one ball joint to fit the strut back in. I then used a ratchet strap to pull everything back together and rebolt the lower strut bolt.

You could also use the bottle jack to force the LCA down by placing the bottom of the jack on the LCA and pushing on the frame.