315/70r17 Nitto Ridge Grappler Tires + 2.5" Level Kit

[pickle_wes]

Had the stock 275/65r20 on my 2021 STX. Posting for future reference.

March of 2023 installed the MotoFab 2.5" level.

July of 2023 put on 17" wheels and 315/70 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Basically wanted to fit the largest tire I could without any real rubbing/trimming. Not sure on backspacing for wheels, as the wheels I wanted to get weren't in stock so I just went with what guy at tire shop said would fit good.

Now March of 2024 and about 32k miles on the new tires and love the setup. I did have to trim about a 1/2" on the plastic valance due to rubbing while turning/full lock. I still get a little rub at full lock while offroad and backing out of parking space but pretty negligible as its just plastic.

I drive 90% highway and mpg went from 22-23 stock to now 19-20.

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[Resol0324]

Guy at the tire shop did pretty good. Great looking truck. Exactly what I want to do with my upcoming truck. I want to level it and get 35's or as close to a 35 as I can. Will have to see what I can do since you have a 4x4 and mine won't be. Again great looking truck.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Had the stock 275/65r20 on my 2021 STX. Posting for future reference.

March of 2023 installed the MotoFab 2.5" level.

July of 2023 put on 17" wheels and 315/70 Nitto Ridge Grapplers. Basically wanted to fit the largest tire I could without any real rubbing/trimming. Not sure on backspacing for wheels, as the wheels I wanted to get weren't in stock so I just went with what guy at tire shop said would fit good.

Now March of 2024 and about 32k miles on the new tires and love the setup. I did have to trim about a 1/2" on the plastic valance due to rubbing while turning/full lock. I still get a little rub at full lock while offroad and backing out of parking space but pretty negligible as its just plastic.

I drive 90% highway and mpg went from 22-23 stock to now 19-20.

Thanks for sharing these pics. Your F-150 looks awesome!

 

[Graygoose2021]

Truck looks amazing now, wheels do so much for trucks!

 

[Aliass24]

Nice, what’s your wheel offset?

 

[Deleted member 15247]

Bad ass looking ride bro!

 

[Wmflyfisher]

Nice setup. In case anybody is wondering that’s about a 34.4” tall by 12.7” wide tire.

 

[pickle_wes]

Nice, what’s your wheel offset?

Honestly I’m not sure. I just know they are Level 8 Slingshot wheels. 17x8.5.

 

[270Strength]

Looks great ! Was wondering if you lost alot of power when you added rins and tires ?

 

[jlpeders]

Incredible what a level and some wheels can do to a truck. Have you noticed any discrepancies with speedometer?

 

[pickle_wes]

Looks great ! Was wondering if you lost alot of power when you added rins and tires ?

Definitely noticed the added weight when taking off from a stop. Not bad but noticeable. Idk the actually weight difference but they sure are heavier when trying to lift them by hand when doing tire rotation haha

 

[pickle_wes]

Incredible what a level and some wheels can do to a truck. Have you noticed any discrepancies with speedometer?

Level and bigger tires is all I’ve done to my prior trucks and always looks great

As for the speedo, only at higher speeds. The truck came stock with 33” tires so it’s not far off. Truck says 80mph but it’s actually like 84-85mph last I checked.

 

[Csvt18]

I have 305/70 17s. I’m going to 285/75 next so I don’t have such extreme width on my 0 offset wheels. I know it’s only about a half inch difference but maybe I won’t rub at all next time.

 

[TXGREEK]

Truck looks great but be extremely weary with those RidgeGrapplers as I went through two separate sets of RidgeGrapplers only to realize that it wasn't just the first set at 13k miles were bad but exact same thing on my second set too, horrible tires. These tires have siping that was an after thought as the siping wears out at approximately 13k miles, sliding on black top streets, sliding on wet blacktop through stop signs every time it rained, switched back to BFG KO2’s and problem solved. Now running (testing) Toyo AT3’s and so far with 13k on them and you can actually see the siping is very deep just like the KO2’s.

 

[alexkr2009]

Is the 2.5 level just on the front or did you do anything to the rear?

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