Bubbacracker
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- June 4, 2007
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- City, State
- Youngstown, NY
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- Ranger 93 XLT 2.3L
I bought a 94 Ranger XLT with a 2.3L mazda 4banger. Needed a truck cause of living out in the boonies. I also needed something good on fuel. The truck had those 14" rims with 195-70-14 rubber on em'. Not exactly what I liked on er'. Needed something different.
The rubber on the fronts was looking tired. This is my opportunity. I do love the site for research and got into looking at the tire size charts for what I could fit on the truck. Some of the better advice I read was that it's all ballpark. You really gotta test fit em'.
Not quite as hardcore as most of you guys. Doing things on a budget. So, off to Craigslist in my area and do a search for wheels. Found a few that looked worth a test fit. Some E-mails later and bingo. I found a place about 5miles away and made sure it was ok to test drive the truck with the new/used wheels on it. Oh yah. The wheels are off of a Cherokee. About 80% rubber on em' with an aggresive tread pattern.
Bulk of the story is I went from 195-70-14 to 235-75-15. They fit great and brought my truck up atleast 4". Don't think I could go any bigger without a lift of some kind. Biggest surprise is the improvement in the ride. Figure it will hurt my MPG's in the city. Hoping I can get a bit of an improvement on the Hi-way miles seeing as I do 50miles each way for work.
I tried not to ask alot of already answered questions by reading alot of the threads. Thanx for all the informative posts.
The rubber on the fronts was looking tired. This is my opportunity. I do love the site for research and got into looking at the tire size charts for what I could fit on the truck. Some of the better advice I read was that it's all ballpark. You really gotta test fit em'.
Not quite as hardcore as most of you guys. Doing things on a budget. So, off to Craigslist in my area and do a search for wheels. Found a few that looked worth a test fit. Some E-mails later and bingo. I found a place about 5miles away and made sure it was ok to test drive the truck with the new/used wheels on it. Oh yah. The wheels are off of a Cherokee. About 80% rubber on em' with an aggresive tread pattern.
Bulk of the story is I went from 195-70-14 to 235-75-15. They fit great and brought my truck up atleast 4". Don't think I could go any bigger without a lift of some kind. Biggest surprise is the improvement in the ride. Figure it will hurt my MPG's in the city. Hoping I can get a bit of an improvement on the Hi-way miles seeing as I do 50miles each way for work.
I tried not to ask alot of already answered questions by reading alot of the threads. Thanx for all the informative posts.
