Besse
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- City, State
- Fairmont, WV
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- V6 Mountaineer '08
Driving a 2008 Mercury Mountaineer - V6
First off.... yes, I know how silly this big lift looks on stock wheels and tires.
Body lift
PA 883 body lift – 3 inch
Coilover Suspension lift
2006-2010 Ford Explorer 2WD & 4WD, Sport-Trac 2.5" Truxxx Front & Rear Lift Kit
Bought 4 loaded KYB Struts and spacers – 2.5 inch lift
UCAs
06-‘10 Explorer uniball upper arms
BTF
Wheels
Currently wheels and tires are stock – 245-65-17 i believe.
These are new tires actually with like 500 miles on them so i'll probably gonna sell all four corners to help fund new ones.
I want to go up to a 285/70R17 – BF Goodrich KO2 which is like a 33 inch
I'm not seeing a lot of cheap 17 inch wheels with 0 offset. Ideally I'm looking to spend no more than $100-120 per wheel if I can find them.
Not sure if there are any good Black Friday sales coming up.
Those KO2s are $50 off on 4WP right now.
Gearing
Yeah, i'll be going up to 4.56 and getting a new front carrier to make it happen.
Hoping to get that done ASAP, but not in a crazy rush or anything. That's the last thing I really need.
Gonna have a shop do my Ring and Pinion, because I already did both lifts in two back to back weekends, and don't feel like doing much else right now.
In the meantime, does anybody have suggestions for a cheaper wheel with 0 offset? I guess I can go down to a 15 or 16 inch wheel if need be, doesn't really matter too much to me.
I know that the backspacing shouldn't be more than like 4-4.5 inch.
For an example, the Pro Comp 51/69/97s seem like the best budget option to me, but not sure about the -12 (or more) offset.
I know some people on here have done -12..
Would -12 make a giant mess down the side of my truck every time I go get groceries?
I would just go -12 and buy fender flares, but we have to make fender flares for our trucks, and i'm not really trying to mock those up right now if I can find good 0 offsets that don't cost $250 per wheel.
Thanks in advance.
First off.... yes, I know how silly this big lift looks on stock wheels and tires.
Body lift
PA 883 body lift – 3 inch
Coilover Suspension lift
2006-2010 Ford Explorer 2WD & 4WD, Sport-Trac 2.5" Truxxx Front & Rear Lift Kit
Bought 4 loaded KYB Struts and spacers – 2.5 inch lift
UCAs
06-‘10 Explorer uniball upper arms
BTF
Wheels
Currently wheels and tires are stock – 245-65-17 i believe.
These are new tires actually with like 500 miles on them so i'll probably gonna sell all four corners to help fund new ones.
I want to go up to a 285/70R17 – BF Goodrich KO2 which is like a 33 inch
I'm not seeing a lot of cheap 17 inch wheels with 0 offset. Ideally I'm looking to spend no more than $100-120 per wheel if I can find them.
Not sure if there are any good Black Friday sales coming up.
Those KO2s are $50 off on 4WP right now.
Gearing
Yeah, i'll be going up to 4.56 and getting a new front carrier to make it happen.
Hoping to get that done ASAP, but not in a crazy rush or anything. That's the last thing I really need.
Gonna have a shop do my Ring and Pinion, because I already did both lifts in two back to back weekends, and don't feel like doing much else right now.
In the meantime, does anybody have suggestions for a cheaper wheel with 0 offset? I guess I can go down to a 15 or 16 inch wheel if need be, doesn't really matter too much to me.
I know that the backspacing shouldn't be more than like 4-4.5 inch.
For an example, the Pro Comp 51/69/97s seem like the best budget option to me, but not sure about the -12 (or more) offset.
I know some people on here have done -12..
Would -12 make a giant mess down the side of my truck every time I go get groceries?
I would just go -12 and buy fender flares, but we have to make fender flares for our trucks, and i'm not really trying to mock those up right now if I can find good 0 offsets that don't cost $250 per wheel.
Thanks in advance.
