my 1999 f150 needs some new shoes after 185 thousand miles and im tired of smaller tires. I have the 16inch wheel. and currently i have 265 70's and i was wondering what is the largest tire that will fit on that rim?

 

Your new wheel will be 7½ inches wide. That is the determining factor in how wide a wheel will fit on the rim and not peel off. You can run 35 inch tires and they will not rub if you crank the torsion bars and cut a bit of the lower valance. Google 35 x 12.5 17 tires and have a look at what comes up.

 

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tires....omCompare1=yes i found these tires for a decent price on tirerack. can i go larger than this? and be able to fit?

 

Bump for help

 

edited, no longer getting the 17inch wheel. staying with my 16's. read first post if you can help. thank you

- John.

 

i would definitely stay with the 16in, tires are MUCH cheaper than a 17. im thinking you could fit a 305/70 with the t-bars cranked.. might have to do some slight trimming though

 

285/75/16 would be as big as i would go. thats roughly a 33/11/16

 

Have you looked at the procomp extreme at? YOu need to take a look at those.

 

Isn't 75 tire hight? I have 70 on it tight now and it looks tiny.

 

i had a set of 295/75/16 (stock wheels) on my truck before i put any type of lift on it. tires were Hankook dynapro MT's. no rubbing on when hard accross a little bit on the control arm.