Sport Truck Tires (Size/brand/compound/etc)

[Dasfinc]

So with the Ranger moving along, I'm chewing on some ideas about what kind of rubber to put on it.

Its currently on some sad steel 15X7's that have good tires, but the rims are rusty and ugly.

(These guys):

I also have a set of 4 Explorer 16X7's, which aren't in awful shape, but the tires are very old:

But more importantly, I have my mustang OEM 18X8's:



The Explorer drive line combo normally sits on a 28 inch tire with 3.73's, but that's also normally with the 4R70W Automatic transmission.

Regardless of gearing, Stance/Appearance wise, a 28 inch tire on a ranger with a 2/3 drop is excellent in my opinion (My old truck):



So that all being said; what tire should I buy for my 18X8 Mustang wheels to put on the truck? I'm thinking 245/50/18's or 255/50/18's, both of which have some weird tire options because its a size more common with Cross-overs/SUV's.

Any thoughts/experience with these sizes of rubber and their options?

Click to read more...

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

A 28" tall car tire is going to be hard to find. I got some conti dw's in a 27" tall size (285/40/18).

The only tall car tire I've seen is the nitto nt05 in a 295/45/18 but that's not going to work on those

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

The general grabber uhp comes in a 29" tall tire and is a summer SUV tire

 

[Dasfinc]

A 28" tall car tire is going to be hard to find. I got some conti dw's in a 27" tall size (285/40/18).

The only tall car tire I've seen is the nitto nt05 in a 295/45/18 but that's not going to work on those

will 285 fit on an 8 inch width rim? I'm sure it would be fine in the back, but may be pushing it width wise on the front, I'm going to likely have to run a 1" spacer to begin with.

The general grabber uhp comes in a 29" tall tire and is a summer SUV tire

I think I'd rather go a bit shorter than taller, a 29 on a lowered ranger may be pushing it (I know its only an inch bigger, but I may have rubbing issues under suspension load with that height).

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

I'm pushing it with a 285 on my 9.5" rims.


I'd go with 255/45/18's. 27" tall and some decent tire choices.

Continental*ExtremeContact DW

Sumitomo*HTR Z III