I am planning to get a set of 18" wheels for my 99 F150. It currently has 17"s with
265 70 17 all terrain tires. What sizes are available when making this upgrade? I would like to affect the speedometer as little as possible by keeping the overall height of the wheel/tire size the similar.

Also, can someone recommend some tires as well? I am looking for more street performance then all terrain capability.

What brand tire is F150 Lightning equipped with? And also, what size/model tires are they?

Thanks

Tony.

99 F150 XLT 4X4 Sport
4.6L V8
Borla Cat-back exhaust and dual carbon tips
K&N FilterCharger.

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The Lightning tire size is P295/45ZR-18 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS. You aren't thinkin about puttin those on your 4x4 are you? Sorry, can't help ya on the other tire sizes, I only know about the big 4x4 tires.

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Mudder,

Hmm... You got me. I am planning to put Lightning wheels on mine. I contacted Tire Rack and they gave me choices of tire sizes. One was 295 45 18s and the other 285 50 18s. I suppose I will go with the tire size used on the Lightning. I will be keeping my stock wheels and tires so I will be using those during winter months. My boss's friend works at FMC, so I am trying to have him get a set for me at a dicounted price. Tire Rack also sells them for $199.00 a piece, the last time I checked.

By the way, your truck looks awesome.

Thanks for your input and I will keep you posted.

Tony



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99 XLT 4X4 Sport-Black.
4.6L V8/Auto.
3.55 Limited Slip.
Class III Towing Package.
Borla CatBack Exhaust.
Dual Borla 4.5" Carbon Exhaust tips.
K&N FilterCharger.

 

Thank ya, happy I could help.

 

cvcduty1:

I think Nitto 404 305/55 R18 will be a closer fit to the 265/70 R17 because I am thinking of doing the same thing so I did the calculation and the 295/45 R18 are not tall enough. Just my .02

 

cvcduty1:

I think Nitto 404 305/55 R18 will be a closer fit to the 265/70 R17 because I am thinking of doing the same thing so I did the calculation and the 295/45 R18 are not tall enough. Just my .02

 

Hmm... I did not know about the 305 55 18s. You are right. I did the same calculations and it's only about 2mm larger than stock. Question is, since they are a bit wider tires, would they still clear the suspension components inside the wheel wells? Because we are talking about going from 265 (stock) to 305 size widths, I am a wee bit concerned. I don't want to have to use any kind of wheel spacers if I can help it.

Tony.

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99 XLT 4X4 Sport SuperCab
Flairside-Black.
4.6L V8/Auto.
3.55 Limited Slip.
Class III Towing Package.
Borla CatBack Exhaust.
Dual Borla 4.5" Carbon Exhaust tips.
K&N FilterCharger.

 

cvcduty1:

I think it depends on the new wheels back spacing.

 

Correct.
I am planning to get a set of Lightining wheels (18X9 or 18X9.5. I heard of both and I am not sure which one's correct). Lightining comes with 295 45 18 GoodYear F1 GS from factory.
What type of wheels are you planning for your beast?

Tony.


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99 XLT 4X4 Sport SuperCab
Flairside-Black.
4.6L V8/Auto.
3.55 Limited Slip.
Class III Towing Package.
Borla CatBack Exhaust.
Dual Borla 4.5" Carbon Exhaust tips.
K&N FilterCharger.

 

I'm planning on getting chrome Lightning wheels.

 

I was thinking of a set of silver ones myself.

 

Just be carefull with the driver side parking brake cable.


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So, what was your solution, Drangonboy? Did you end up using wheel spacers or did you relocate the parking brake cable?

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99 XLT 4X4 Sport SuperCab
Flairside-Black.
4.6L V8/Auto.
3.55 Limited Slip.
Class III Towing Package.
Borla CatBack Exhaust.
Dual Borla 4.5" Carbon Exhaust tips.
K&N FilterCharger.

 

No spacers, just a couple of cable ties just to pull it away about 1 in. or else it would have rubbed with the wheel, the way tirerack had it balanced, the balance strip tape would touch the cable, no other problem with spaces eventhough I have the Pirelli Scorpion Zero 285/60/18 and you guys want the 305.

 

Actually, I haven't really decided what size tires to get, just yet. I found out that 305s would also be a good fit, just a few days ago, so I have some thinking to do.
Also, a guy at work tells me that Michelin is supposed to come out with 295 45 18 size performance series tires sometime in October, so I might wait for that to happen as well. I can get Michelins pretty cheap. Anyway, how do you like your Pirellis?

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99 XLT 4X4 Sport SuperCab
Flairside-Black.
4.6L V8/Auto.
3.55 Limited Slip.
Class III Towing Package.
Borla CatBack Exhaust.
Dual Borla 4.5" Carbon Exhaust tips.
K&N FilterCharger.