Witch do you all think look best, the Alcoa with the smaller tire or the stock rims with the bigger tire? The Alcoa's have LT 245/75R16 mounted on them and the stock rims have Mastercraft LT 265/75r16,, both are load range E. Would the smaller tire's on the Alcoa's still let me haul ok or should i have the Mastercraft mounted on the Alcoa's? Also how much air should be in the smaller tire's? I also need to buy some chrome lugnuts ( Or as the better-half calls them,,, nut-lugs,,, but then again that might be what she calls me!! ) What size lugnuts do i need or would the stock lugnuts work? Here are a few pic's, sorry the truck need's a bath!!
Need your Vote,, Which look best??????
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93fordturbo
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im a fan of alcoas. I like those best. But bigger tires on them wouldn't hurt 
but i would pick the alcoas
but i would pick the alcoas
bghnkinf350
Registered User
Alcoas look great.
dyoung14
Is getting worn out
Put the larger tires on the alcoas
Alcoas.
I have 265's on 16x10 rims and I like how they sit better than if they were on 16x7 or 16x8. just my preference. the tires currently on the Alcoas look right on the rim, they don't look like ballons imho.
I have 265's on 16x10 rims and I like how they sit better than if they were on 16x7 or 16x8. just my preference. the tires currently on the Alcoas look right on the rim, they don't look like ballons imho.
Diesel_brad
Dunce
^^^^What he said^^^^ and get some new lug nuts or get the factory centercaps for the Alcoas
EDIT: Nix the factory centercaps. Didnt realize there were ALCOA ALCOA not FORD ALCOA
Just get some good EXTRA deep chrome lug luts
racer874
Registered User
those nuts dont look right on the alcoa rims
Hello towcat, would the smaller tires on the Alcoa's be ok for hauling? I pull a dump trailer with the truck. Also would you know what size lugnuts, the fellow i bought the rims from must have gave me the wrong one's, they wont thread unto my lugs. they have a metric size stamped on them
9/16 coarse. don't use the metrics. these are the ideal. cheap. about.75 ea.
oh yes, as far as hauling, check the load capacity on the goodyears. if you are hauling a trailer, you are either 7k or 10k on the gvw with a tongue of 500-1000lbs. I'm of the mindset to not run tires that have a tread width wider than the rim width. It doesn't look good in the "cool" dept. but you will have a cooler running tire while loading heavy. on my F350 CC dually, I'm staying with the stock 215/85/16 so the truck can get out of the hole a little faster and not have the sidewalls walk around as much and stay cool.
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6.5dieselman
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i agree with this guy
dyoung14
Is getting worn out
USE THE LARGER TIRES!! thank me later
biggin92
Yeeeee Haaawwww
large tires on the alcoa's just mho!
flareside_thun
Reviving The General Tao
X2 on that...others will disagree, but if you're hauling heavy, safety's considerably more important than appearance, and a wide tire WILL walk around more than a narrow tire. I made the mistake of running wide tires once, and they walked around so badly that the trailer I was pulling started fishtailing...almost got a friend and I killed. Very valuable and expensive lesson...
BTW, thank you for posting the pictures of your truck! I hadn't seen an OBS truck with the silver/black paint job before. I may at a later date beg you for some high-resolution pictures...
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