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I need your help with a financial decision!

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I need your help with a financial decision!

With the Mustang, Lightning, and Ranger, I have to think long and hard where to best spend what little money I have on modifications, so...

I really like the look of my factory wheels (and I am really good about taking care of my wheels in the winter, etc.), but I would like to go custom as well. My big problem is that I want to get other stuff for my truck as well, such as a tonneu cover, a billet grill, Bama SCT tuner, UDP, etc. I also want to put a 265/70/16 or 256/75/16 tire on my truck and moving up from the factory 16x7" size to a 16x8" size would be nice but not necessary. So should I wait until next winter to maybe get another set of wheels and go ahead and get bigger tires and the other stuff, or say the heck with the other stuff and get the wheels?

Below are some pics of the truck to help you decide:





Here is a link to the wheels I would get if I went aftermarket:

http://www.procomptires.com/series1069.htm
 
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DONT DO EATHER.... ok listen a good set of 265x75x16 tires will cost you $650+ a set of bfg a/t 32x11.5x15 which fit good are around $550 a set... get some 15x8 wheels alum here let me search for you and i will find you a good price
 
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-1...QQcmdZViewItem

here 15x8 good price and 3.25 BS with some 32x11.5x15 will give it a bad *** stance..
 
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Damn I love the Eagles! I am really going to consider these. Don't you think that BS will make them stick out side the fenders too much though?
 
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it will stick out a tad but it will look good hold on let me get a pic of another guys truck
 
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I found the same rim in 4" BS and placed a bid on them. I think I will like those better.
 
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Originally Posted by TORQUERULES
I found the same rim in 4" BS and placed a bid on them. I think I will like those better.
stock is only 4.5" really isnt any different look at my truck and picture just a tad more out..
 
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OOPs! Those are only 15x7", damn! I should have looked closer. Now I need to contact the seller.
 
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ya i would right now bid on those one's or something similar to the one's i posted
 
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If I can't retract the bid on the 15x7"s, do you think they would be okay with a 32x11.5x15 or a 31x10.5x15"?
 
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both fine but you should be able too just be like i had two windows open and bid on the wrong one I AM SO SORRY and try and take it back..
 
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Yea, that is what happened to me. I had both windows open one for the wheels you showed me and another for the same wheel with the 4" BS, but I though they were 8" too. I contacted the seller. The ones I bid on have 6 days to go, so hopefully he will get back to me and be cool about it. Fingers crossed.

Even if I am stuck with the 15x7", I see a lot of Level II Rangers with bigger tires on their 15x7" Alcoa's and they look fine.
 
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It was the same seller btw, so it may work out.
 
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