i bought a set of nitto trail grapplers (35/12.50/18) for my 04 f150 and they do not fit, the tire was pressing against my upper ball joint so they didnt even want to bolt it on because it was pointless. i have a 2 inch level in the front and i thought that was all i needed to get them to fit, expecting a little bit of rubbing at full crank, not constantly pressing against the ball joint. whats wrong? my ball joints needed to be replaced, could that be the problem? please help

 

has to do with the backspacing of the wheel.

 

is there any solution for this? i dont know much about back spacing, i should have looked into it more.

 

On an 04 with just a 2" level 35's are going to be tight. Like they said above, with not much lift it all comes down to the proper backspacing of the wheel.

 

is there anything i can do about this without spending big money on a lift?

 

go buy you some wheel spacers for the front.

 

any idea how big of a spacer i should go with?

 

Use as thin a spacer as possible. The problem you are having is caused by the aggressive sidewalls of the Mud Grapplers.

 

I think i will have the same problem as you. I have 265 and they are like 1/2" from rubbing the ball joint. I dont see how guys are running 35's on here with the stock rims.

 

I used 1/4" spacers. But I have oem 20's

 

I think hes using the trail grapplers

 

thanks for the help and suggestions. yea there trail grapplers, also forgot to mention that im using my stock 18 inch rims. i'll look into the spacers, i might need more then a 1/4" tho

 

would different rims help the problem too?

 

I'd guess a 8.5 wide wheel with 5.5 inches of BS would help. If you come out any more you'll have rubbing on the lower wheelwells when turning.

 

I agree.