2021 F150 XLT Race Red 305/55/20 tires with 2" leveling kit

[Iluv2fly]

Do you have crash bars on the front you had to cut?

Did not cut the crash bars at all just spread them a little.

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[Cconnss]

Truck looks sharp!! Great setup.

305/55/20 on the stock Sport wheels, think you'd have to push a crash bar 1/2inch still?

 

[Highridge]

Nice! I went with the lead foot gray and the 2 inch level kit with the 20 inch fuel rims with the 35 fuel tires. Rides well for their size

 

[wayne]

Can you give me more details. I have a 2021 plat. And was told those exact tims and tires would not fit without cutting the front crash bars and cut seam welds.
What year and model is your truck?
Which 2” lift did you use?
What is the offset on the rims?
What size tires and brand?
What cutting did you do?
Do they rub anywhere on full turn to turn ?

 

[wayne]

What is the width of your 20” rims also?

 

[Kolioupoulos08]

Did not cut the crash bars at all just spread them a little.

I got the same wheel and tire size/offset as you. How’d you go about spreading the crash bars?
As I am not handy with Vehicles. Thanks

 

[Kolioupoulos08]

So after driving around I noticed in certain situations that I was rubbing the crash bars. I spread them about 1/4" on the front with a jack and now it's perfect. I think if I had stuck with 285/60/20 tires which are narrower the rubbing would have been a non issue. Also zero offset is really pushing these to the limit if you run a 33" tire or larger. A 12-18 offset is probably safer but I wanted a wider stance on this truck. By the way I moved my crash bars very little. They are not touching anything near the bumper and you can't even tell. For those who don't want to touch the crash bars don't run zero offset.

How bad did it rub? Many people told me there wouldn’t be any issues with this setup. Already have all of my stuff just waiting on the truck.

seeing this isn’t the best feeling. As I wasn’t trying to touch the crash bars at all.

 

[Iluv2fly]

How bad did it rub? Many people told me there wouldn’t be any issues with this setup. Already have all of my stuff just waiting on the truck.

seeing this isn’t the best feeling. As I wasn’t trying to touch the crash bars at all.

It rubbed bad enough in reverse that I knew I had to do something. I took a bottle jack with a wood block that I drilled a hole in for the shaft of the jack to go into. I then placed the jack horizontal between the two crash bars and spread them about 1/2". Measure before and after, you should see about 1" difference overall. I believe there js a video on YouTube you can watch on a guy doing this.

 

[Kolioupoulos08]

It rubbed bad enough in reverse that I knew I had to do something. I took a bottle jack with a wood block that I drilled a hole in for the shaft of the jack to go into. I then placed the jack horizontal between the two crash bars and spread them about 1/2". Measure before and after, you should see about 1" difference overall. I believe there js a video on YouTube you can watch on a guy doing this.

Couldn’t find the video... yet I appreciate the response! Considering I got the same size wheel/tire along with offset my stomach dropped as I’ve spent a lot of money on my setup.
Glad I read this prior to my truck arriving due to the chip shortage. This will now allow me to figure out the steps I need to take to get this handled... as I don’t have the tools and will probably have someone more knowledgeable help with this??

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