Perfect balance

[boggers]

Ive got 90 000 Km on my OEM wheels & Tires so now im going to replace them . Im looking for the perfect ballance between wheel & tire fill on my stock 03 Expy. Ive been thinking of 275/60/20 (33" equiv.) or 285/65/18 32.6" equiv.). Im not keen on to skinny or to baloony. So far im leaning on 285/65/18 and should work fine. I am thinking of giving it a level lift in the forseable future.

chime in and give me your opinion, pictures of this setup are also appreciated.

Cheers!!

 

[tallsville]

Check out the thread link below. It shows you a 2003 4x4 expedition with original, 33's before 3.5/2.5 lift and after 3.5/2.5 lift.

http://www.expeditionforum.com/f47/spacer-lift-fronts-2nd-gen-17356/

 

[boggers]

Thanks Tallsville. How was the ride without the lift on the 33"s anny rubbing during daily driving?

 

[sgtowing]

A big thing on the "look" of the tire will be the width of the wheel.

 

[boggers]

Yes. I am looking into that. The Oem wheel width is 7.5" with an Et of 42. Ill probably go for a 8.8 or 9 " wide wheel. I want the tire to stick flush or maybe a cm or two passt the fender/wheelwell so ill have to look at some different offsets.

This site has a great tire size comparer Custom rims, wheel tire packages for your ride - RIMSnTIRES.com

 

[tallsville]

There was rubbing where the "knobs" of the AT tires were catching the inner fender. I posted pictures of it catching somewhere on this site. If i can find the photos again i will post them. Since i lifted it no rubbing