Tire and wheel help?

[hermountaineer]

This is my first post here.... We are about to lift my girls 2003 mountaineer using the typical tt/AAl. I have a friend who just got a 4-runner with some bfg Ats on it that are brand new. He wants to trade our road tires for his bfgs. however i dont know if they will fit on my factory wheels. We both have 16" wheels my current tires are p245/70R16. His are LT265/75R16
WILL THEY FIT?
thanks for any help.

 

[armysoldier30263]

dont know for sure about the mounties but the 265s will fit on the explorer ... should be the same though ... and welcome to EF

 

[Ronin8002]

Yes they will fit and you don't even have to do a lift for them to fit either.

By the way, I don't think you're going to be able to do a TT/AAL lift on a 2003Mounty unless I am missing something. The 2002 and up explorer/mounties are all independent strut suspensions front and rear.

Body lift (kit PA-883) and strut spacer lifts (either BTF or Truxx) are the most common ways of doing it.

Here is my truck with a 1.5" body lift (PA 883 3" lift but with the blocks cut in half) and 265/75/16:

Here it is with the same body lift and tires but also with a set of 1.75" front/1.5" rear strut spacers (BTF brand)

 

[hermountaineer]

sweet! thanks for the info guys!