So as the title says, I am a newbie (in any and all senses) when it comes to cars, and I'd like to ask some advice of those with more knowledge than myself., that are patient enough to read all my sputtering. Firstoff, I'll tell you a little about my truck:
It's a 2007 Ford Ranger, 4x2(I know, you will all hate me later, atleast I didn't say 2x4 haha) V6 XL with stock everything; (Tires,Rims 15'' ,Suspension,etc) except for its radio which is aftermarket. The truck doesn't even have electric windows or locks, which for a first car, 2 past owners, and only 69k miles, was pretty good for how good of shape it was in.

To get started, I love the way lifted trucks look with larger tires, although not so large to be monster-truck-like. I also recognize that people dislike trucks that are lifted and such to the point that they look like an offroad vehicle, only to be a "poser/fake" of sorts, which I understand, however, as a college student with little money, I won't be buying a new car to get 4x4 anytime soon, so not much to do about it. Also, I don't want it to look like an offrad truck, I just want it to be taller. I am unsure how much this is relatable, but I HATE when I am driving around, and minivans are as tall as my truck...I also can't stand that at 5'9'', I am taller than my truck.

Long Story -> Short:
I want my truck taller,
therefore I should get bigger tires?
if I can, I'd like to keep my stock rims so I can save money,
and I wanted some advice on what would be best or how to get started?

Short Story Explained ->
I want my truck to be taller, and to make it taller I would like to put bigger tires on it to give it some height, with this I know that the tires can hit the actual car(believe I have read/heard them mentioned as tire wells?) without proper space for the wheels, which leads to me most likely needing to go with a 1-2 inch suspension lift(i think that'd be best, not too tall and such...?) If possible, I would like to keep the stock rims so that I can save money(basically wherever I can, without endangering the quality of the car...for example blocks are a no for me). I am not realy able to understand the way that tires are measured, and don't realy have the ability to imagine how they would look on the truck based on the measurements of tires.


Also, this isn't a priority over heightening my truck, but it's a question of mine: My truck is black, and the inside is an ugly tan/brown, is there an easy way to replace/but new interior stuff? again newbie so excuse my crappy word choice.

*as a little note, a friend once said I should look for a 4x4 front axle in a junkyard, but I won't do this because I don't want to mix a vehicle that got into a crash/has diff mileage with my trucks parts that has decent mileage on it

 

https://www.ranger-forums.com/wheels...re-size-20047/

This should tell you exactly what you want... I would say 30x9.5x15 would be your max without having to trim anything

 

Thanks so much cory0789, I really appreciate it!

 

Actually, I have a quick question, sorry for the stupidity in it...but I was under the impression tires were REALLY expensive, but when i type in "30x9.5x15" to take a look, a lot of the stuff is around 100-200 range....is that accurate or am I missing something?
Thanks again!

 

That is each and IS expensive, lol.

I guess it is all relative.

Tires are also rated by expected miles until they wear out, less miles is less expensive.
Also factor in what you will use them for, driving conditions.
Aggressive tread, for off-road, can be noisy on dry pavement, air gets trapped in larger openings in the tread and exits loudly as tire rolls down the road at speed, a whining noise, which can be irritating and will never go away as long as you have those tires.

Winter tires are made of a softer "rubber" so they stay softer at lower temps which gives you better traction in snow, and somewhat better on ice, although even Tanks lose traction on ice so...........
But this softer "rubber" also wears down faster in warm weather

 

HAHA, yeah that IS expensive, I was just thinking previously that they would be around a thousand or more, so i thought it was almost too cheep to be real, if you know what I mean? Thanks for the assistance, I appreciate it!

 

Yes, if you do the math and add mounting and balancing, and then alignment, you can be above $700 pretty fast

One heads up on front alignment
A good alignment guy will unlock the steering wheel and set it at the center, then tie it off so it can't move.
Then he will align the front end.

A lazy alignment guy will use the steering wheel lock to hold the steering wheel "close" to center, and do the alignment

Either is fine for tire wear and good alignment, BUT steering wheel will no longer be centered when driving straight with the "lazy method".
So ask or insist they do it "Right"

 

What size tire are you running now?

I have a 235/75-15. That's about as big as you want to go IMO, without gears and a lift. It's a night and day difference on mine, but I was running tiny little 14s before.

Discount Tire Direct has some killer rebate deals for Black Friday and some other holidays.

As for a suspension lift, you can get coil spacers for the front and a shackle or block lift for the rear, for not much money. These will easily get you 1-2 inches.