Tires & Wheels Don’t Fit, Help please

[mnorton303]

I have a 2019 Expedition XLT FX4. I added a ReadyLift 3/2 lift to the vehicle. ReadyLift says the largest tire that can fit is a 285/65R20, which is what I purchased. However, these tire/wheels don’t come close to fitting on the rear. The offset of the whee is less positive than the stock, but the issue is with the inside of the tire wanting to run the inside of the fender well so a more positive offset (closer to stock) would push the tire further into well and make the issue worse. What am I missing?

I measured the height of the fenders from ground to top and there’s only about an inch of difference between my Expedition and my wife’s Expedition which doesn’t have the ReafyLift on it. Hoping for some help here. New to the forum.

 

[Adieu]

Did you install the lift kit correctly?

Are you counting offset in the correct direction?

Are you actually trying to fit the wheels or rolling them up next to yours only? (Remember, +1" tire diameter = -0.50" fender gap / + 0.50" ride height)

PS 285/65r20 = 34.6"... almost 35. Weird offset wheels might indeed not fit. Ford trucks (F150 and Expedition) always run offset 44 on stock wheels

 

[mnorton303]

A local Ford dealer installed the kit, but I wonder if they did it correctly as it took them a day to decide who would install it. I almost feel like they did something other than a 3/2 because the gains aren’t 3/2 compared to a stock Expedition. Maybe I’m crazy but if you lift the front 3”, it should sit 3” higher than a stock one and if you lift the rear 2”, it should sit 2” higher than a stock one. Right now it only site 1.75” higher in front and roughly .75” in the rear.

The stock wheels are 44 positive offset, so dropping it down to 18 positive offset means the wheel/tire moves more away from the vehicle and the problem with where it hits is the inner most frontside of rear fender well. I believe a more positive offset would only push the tire/wheel more into the fender.

The wheel shop actually had them on the vehicle and you could see if they lowered it, the tire was going to push into fender as it only had about a half inch of space with no weight on the suspension or tires.

Am I thinking about the 3/2 gains correctly?

 

[Adieu]

Get in there and snap a picture of what's on top of your struts

 

[mnorton303]

Front and rear

 

[Adieu]

Can't tell what is or isnt in there at all

 

[mnorton303]

Here’s the front where you can see the plate.

 

[mnorton303]

Here’s various pics from rear. The rear being the issue. It looks like there is a small gap up inside, but hard to see anything in there.

 

[mnorton303]

Finally got it resolved. 285/65/20 doesn’t fit like ReadyLift says it will, but a 275/65/20 does.

 

[phorn73]

Looks great!!! Would you mind sharing the make and style of that wheel? Reading through this you stated offset was +18?