Has anyone put 18" wheels on a stock Excursion without any suspension or lift mods. (vehicle is never off road)
Looking to install 18" Aluminum wheels and some TBD tire combination. Do I need to keep the circumference as close to stock as possible so the rev/mile will not impact the vehicles speed reading?
Comments from those who have installed 18" wheels would be appreciated. Thanks
Hey Tony, great to have ya. You should be able to throw some 18s on there no problem. Like you said, just try to keep the OD to as close to factory as you can so your speedo will not be off. Other than that, I would say go for it.
I am looking to do something like that also. If you go with 18" rims what is the largest tire that will fit the stock suspension? I have a Edge Evolution 2 so it is my understanding I can program the speedo for the tire size I purchase.
You'll be fine. I put 20's on mine, and it did require a 1 inch lift in the front to stop the rubbing. Actually I doubt I would have needed that if I hadn't put on such a wide tire. My rims are 11" deep, and the tire is about 12". Had I not gone so wide, maybe i would have been fine.
the biggest difference in what size tires you can run is in what offset or backspacing the wheels are.with a 18X8-8.5 4-4.5" BP wheel you can run 33" tires very easily but now if you have a 18X10 with the same BP you will drop in tire size to keep them from rubbing so if you don't want to wide of a tire do a 18X8-8.5 wheel and then run a 275-65R18..just my thoughts
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