So as the title leads to, I'm currently rocking my set of Uniroyal Liberators 225/70/R14 and they're getting pretty worn. I'm completely satisfied with my 14" Mazda rims and I wanna keep my gas mileage decent, but I'm looking to get something fill out the truck better and maybe raise it a couple inches or so (I was thinking 245's) So after some searching about 14's on this site and other tire sites, I pretty much can't find anything for a 14 inch rims that's bigger than the 225/70/R14's I have right now. I did read on one of the forum posts here about getting some "grabbers" but I have no idea what these are.

If absolutely necessary, I could look into getting some 15's from a Ranger or possibly another Mazda, but I just thought I would ask, do I essentially have any options with 14's? kthnx

 

get 15" rims. WAAY more options available. 14" rims are for cars

 

^ x2 get 15"s

 

x3 with the 15's if you can score a set of alcoas from the fx4 lvl2s, you're set

 

newer ranger 4x4's come shod with 255's on 16's.. how tall are you wanting to go?

a 15 with a 31" tire would look better than a 245.. I bet some 15" or 16" stock ranger wheels could be found on craigslist for a reasonable price. I sold my 16"s for $100 to a buddy that wanted them for a set of winter tires.. on his Mazda.

 

^^ x2 for looking at craigslist, its a wonderful bounty of endless goodies.

 

Not much you can do with 14s. Try for some 15s. Many more options.

 

14s make the truck look so small. My truck came with 14s and 215s. Talk about a sorry looking truck, now 15s and 31s, atleast it looks like a truck now. I agree with everyone 15s is the way to go.

 

Honda Civics with steelies to be more specific. lol. However they are usually covered by spinner hubcaps.

Get yourself some 15s. Use this site to help you find a good tire size that is near equal in overall diamater to what your 14s are so that it does not throw off your speedo too much.

Punch in your stock size on the calculator and play with different 15" sizes til you find you the same or slightly larger.

http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCal...?action=submit


I actually went from 16" rims down to 15s on my truck. I went from a 255/70/16 to a 31x10.5x15 which actually works out to the same overall diamater.

Like the other said,go on craigslist or kijiji and look for some ranger,mazda or jeep rims. You need a 5x4.5 bolt pattern.

 

ok thanks for all the input and help everyone, I really appreciate it. Just to clarify, the reason I didn't want to go too big is mainly because I don't want to completely kill my 23-24 mpg average, and I figured 245's or so would be a nice compromise, but 245 was mainly a guess. I have no problem recalibrating my speedometer and whatnot, and I want to definitely have something with a decent sidewall (no low profile looking stuff).

I think I'm going to definitely try to find some 15's and get something that raises the overall diameter by 2-3 inches. Thanks again for the help all.

 

I got 31s and 4.10s and still manage 22mpg highway, and yes my speedo and odometer have been corrected. Im happy with it myself.

 

I have a set of 4 polished aluminum eagle alloys 15x8 on 31's Im wanting to get rid of

 

Going with 15s and a 31" tire won't cause you any problems. Stay away from heavy steel rims like Cragar Soft 8's if you want to preserve some of your MPG.

Buy 1993 Ranger's wheels. They'd be a good deal. Nice set of alloy AE's with 31's. Bolt them on and you're ready to go.

 

cool, thanks again for all the help everyone. I guess I'm not quite in a position to buy anything right away, but I'm definitely keeping an eye out for some 15" rims and probably 31" tires for when my vacation ends and I get back to work.

 

my old 96 ranger 4 banger had 14 inch wheels went to 15 by 8 inch wheel with a 235/75r15 tire filled it out nice
http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r...k/oldtruck.jpg

 

Here's my old 88 beater with stock 14s. 205/75/14


Then I put some 235/75/15's on it

 

That's a pretty sweet setup, I love the rims too, what are they?

 

Looks like steelies. I have steels on mine with 31s. This pic is before the lift and the tires fit fine. Just lifted it for looks.

 

what brand are your wheels so if I go to look for some? That's just the setup I want. Steel is just the material, not the name, correct? American Racing or something else? Thanks.

 

Yea your right on just the term. Mine are us wheel series 97 chrome modular. The 94 looks like series 26 chrome blade. I got mine from summit racing. 15x8 was 55.95 each with free shipping. Steels are heavy, mine are at 22lbs each. Alloy would be better but for the cost steels will do.

 

Cool. Did you get your center caps from Summit as well? The only 2 center caps for this wheel I could find are on the link below, but yours don't look like the standard circular ones

http://store.summitracing.com/partde...098+4294755966

 

his are factory

 

Yup mine are stock. Summit said they came with them in the catalog and online it said seperate. I didnt push it. Not many people notice they are factory, plus they dont stick out to bad.