Do I need Bigger Tires?

[Sidecarist]

I think that is the way I am leaning.

I will just use the money I would have spent on the truck and buy more bourbon and guns. :up:

Now thats a FINE idea! Edited February 13, 2016 by Sidecarist

[MrsMonkeyMan2500]

If Monkey ever bought smaller tires, divorce would be on the table. I like a big truck with nubby, big tired. I also love mud and dirt roads. Your wife might feel opposite of that. The bigger the better.

[TGO David]

Serious response:

 

Bigger tires will mean lower MPG and will require you to recalibrate your speedometer/computer.  Bigger tires also generally yield reduced braking performance (heavier) and reduced acceleration (changes the overall gear ratio).  They also frequently mean the need for suspension lift or leveling, new wheels for proper offset to clear things inside the wheel well (control arms, body mounts, etc.) and, depending on how much bigger they are, re-gearing the front and rear diff of a 4x4 to get back some of your acceleration.

 

BUT...

 

Slightly larger tires can often look better and going with non-OEM tires almost always gets you a better tire.

 

I am putting larger tires on my new truck because the factor suspension is so tall but the manufacturer went with such wimpy, small tires.  It looks goofy stock.  I am also replacing wheels to get more offset to push the inside wall of the tire away from the upper A-Arm and also away from the body mount for the cab.

 

One thing always leads to another once you start messing with this stuff.

[NextExit]

I must be getting old... back in the day, I was just happy to have tires that had tread.  My main concern with any vehicle I bought was gutting the factory radio and replacing it with something better.  :pleased:

[KahrMan]

Like many of you have mentioned if I start making changes I probably won't stop.  I really do not need another money sucking hobby.  

 

Since this is just going to be a daily driver I do not want to lower the mpg or recalibrate anything.  I think I will just leave it the way it is.

 

I appreciate all the responses and advice.

[TripleDigitRide]

For $50,000, you'd think they'd put some decent wheels and tires on these things, eh?

[KahrMan]

For $50,000, you'd think they'd put some decent wheels and tires on these things, eh?

I know, right.

[SupaRice]

I've got a 2014 FX4 I leased for my company, it's got the 20's and the crap "A/T" factory tires... garbage.

I HATE the 20's, but I do take mine off pavement... off roads, even just trails, you gotta have some squish to get anywhere.

That said, the 20's make it handle a little better on the street... maybe.

[gregintenn]

The only thing wrong with that truck is it ain't black.

[WindHawk]

Putting liners in the rear wheel wells will help "appearances".  Wasn't happy with the looks of my F150 w/20's until I di it.  They cover up the gaps under the bed and "black out" that area, knock down some water and junk, reduce the sound off the rear wheels a little and don't cost that much (a little over $100).  Another one of those things that should be included for the price we pay for a truck these days.

[VERO1]

I could live with the tires that are on it now until the cord starts showing.