notlim
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- December 7, 2015
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- City, State
- edmonton alberta
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2013 explorer sport
last week I did some test fitting, I ordered in a set of 17"steel wheels.
I found that the 17" wheels do fit over and clear the brakes on a sport.
A factory tire size is 245/65R17. This is the tire size that I went with. Overall the tire diameter is .5 inch shorter. Overall height is now 29.5" where as stock is 30"
This means that the ride height of the car has been lowered by 1/4" of a inch all around.
The speedomter is only slightly off. when my speedo says 60mph I am actually doing 59mph.
Or for metric people when the speedometer is showing 100km/h i am actually going about 98km/hr
I have been driving on my new winter tire size for about 2 weeks now with zero issues.
All said new rims, tires, and tpms sensors cost me about $1500 canadian
The tires that I chose are hakkapeliitta 8. They hold the land speed record on ice. they are studded and rated to 190km/hr
Overall I am very pleased, I was able to buy a complete winter tire package for cheaper than I could have bought just tires.
I found that the 17" wheels do fit over and clear the brakes on a sport.
A factory tire size is 245/65R17. This is the tire size that I went with. Overall the tire diameter is .5 inch shorter. Overall height is now 29.5" where as stock is 30"
This means that the ride height of the car has been lowered by 1/4" of a inch all around.
The speedomter is only slightly off. when my speedo says 60mph I am actually doing 59mph.
Or for metric people when the speedometer is showing 100km/h i am actually going about 98km/hr
I have been driving on my new winter tire size for about 2 weeks now with zero issues.
All said new rims, tires, and tpms sensors cost me about $1500 canadian
The tires that I chose are hakkapeliitta 8. They hold the land speed record on ice. they are studded and rated to 190km/hr
Overall I am very pleased, I was able to buy a complete winter tire package for cheaper than I could have bought just tires.