17” Wheels & Max Trailer Tow

[Chad_Cole_311]

I just wanted to make this thread available for others who may find themselves in the same boat as myself.

Upon ordering my wheels I didn’t realize that trucks equipped with Max Trailer Tow package come with larger rear rotors, which means a larger rear calipers.

I’ve come across a few threads stating that 17” wheels will not work for those equipped with Max Trailer Tow. Unfortunately I didn’t come across this until my wheels already had tires mounted, meaning I couldn’t return them.

I can confirm that the 17” raptor wheels do not fit. The caliper hits the wheel.

I can confirm that Method’s 17x8.5 -0 offset does fit. There is roughly .25” of clearance between the caliper and the wheel itself.

Their isn’t enough room for a 1oz wheel weight to fit between the wheel and caliper. Take a look at the images - I put my truck into neutral and let it roll forward on its own and it popped most of the wheel weights off and actually wedged one weight between the caliper and the wheel itself to leave a nice ? surface mark around the inner barrel of the rim.

To my knowledge the Icon 17” wheels fit with about the same clearance.

Hopefully someone other than myself finds this information useful.

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[Tx_TruckNerd]

I found this hugely helpful and what I needed to have the confidence to order a set of icons. Thanks for sharing your experience. I will also be alerting my installer to the very tight tolerances.

 

[SpaceWhiteF150]

Y’all could run balancing beads so that you have nothing in the inner barrel

 

[rtcage]

Thanks for taking time to post that. It’s a great PSA. I’ve been considering wheels/tires for mine but waiting on Fox and Bilstein 6112s to decide on on overall plan.

 

[Mtnman1]

I just wanted to make this thread available for others who may find themselves in the same boat as myself.

Upon ordering my wheels I didn’t realize that trucks equipped with Max Trailer Tow package come with larger rear rotors, which means a larger rear calipers.

I’ve come across a few threads stating that 17” wheels will not work for those equipped with Max Trailer Tow. Unfortunately I didn’t come across this until my wheels already had tires mounted, meaning I couldn’t return them.

I can confirm that the 17” raptor wheels do not fit. The caliper hits the wheel.

I can confirm that Method’s 17x8.5 -0 offset does fit. There is roughly .25” of clearance between the caliper and the wheel itself.

Their isn’t enough room for a 1oz wheel weight to fit between the wheel and caliper. Take a look at the images - I put my truck into neutral and let it roll forward on its own and it popped most of the wheel weights off and actually wedged one weight between the caliper and the wheel itself to leave a nice ? surface mark around the inner barrel of the rim.

To my knowledge the Icon 17” wheels fit with about the same clearance.

Hopefully someone other than myself finds this information useful.

Yup, go to ford web and build with max tow. Wheel size changes to 18's.

 

[Axiom]

Just FYI: I was able to fit 17" Raptor Beadlock wheels with a 1.25" wheel spacer. These wheels kind of have a lip then taper down and that allowed me to do it, not sure what the other ones look like. Rubs front crash bar when wheel is turned backing up. Definitely not the road I wanted to go down.. In a few months I'll try to find a 17 that fits or bite the bullet and move up to an 18.

 

[maugustine17]

The rubbing on the crash bars with the spacers is that front or rear? I unfortunately found out about the max towing package bigger brakes and am planning on running the 1.25 spacers as soon as they come in.

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