22" Forgestar x14 wheels installed + 305/45/22 Michelin Defender Tires

[nikon858]

Just had my bronze forgestar x14 wheels installed, tires are 305/45/22 Michelin defenders, for anyone going with these know that factory lug nuts won’t work. You have to use ‘tuner’ style lugs, basically very skinny lug nuts. Anyways here’s the photos I have so far, I’ll take some more after I wash it up.

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[Radiganp]

Looks great! How wide are those wheels? I just got some fuel 22x9.5s and the factory 275/50 general tires are not playing nice. We are having huge balancing issues and I am heavily contemplating going with those exact tires!

 

[nikon858]

They’re 22x10, the 305s appear to be the perfect width. Additionally from other posts I’ve seen here, many are running the 305 on the 9.5 wide ford performance wheels.

 

[FORDTEXAS]

im surprised you’re not rubbing with that setup.

 

[Jmet8]

I like the color combo. I’ve got the black ones. Put her on the ground.

 

[Dakar09]

Looks great! Wasn't sure how I felt about the bronze but they look good on your color.

Is your truck lowered? I'm leaning more "street truck" direction myself, though I'm not sure I want to go back to 22's on a vehicle this size. Had them on my Jag and they rode great, but that suspension was finely tuned from the factory. Probably keep the 20" on there now and get better street oriented tires.

 

[nikon858]

Ya, I took a chance with the color, I was tired of the all black. I’m really happy how it turned out. Mostly stock height, but I removed the blocks from the rear to level it out a bit.

 

[JerseyGlock]

Any impact to MPG?

 

[HammaMan]

im surprised you’re not rubbing with that setup.

If ya look, it appears to be.

 

[nikon858]

Any impact to MPG?

Yes, but I don’t know how bad yet. It’s not going as far as it used to in electric mode. I’ve only driven ~50 miles so far. I’ll know more this week.

Tires aren’t rubbing, they’re slightly shorter than stock size, just wider.

 

[FORDTEXAS]

If ya look, it appears to be.

Tires aren’t rubbing, they’re slightly shorter than stock size, just wider.

 

[The_Auto_Tech]

I'm running 285/45/22's currently on a RCSB. I didn't want something that overhangs the wheels on a "street truck." If I go wider on the wheels I might consider a 305/40/22.

 

[nikon858]

I’ve got a couple hundred miles on them now, gas mileage didn’t suffer as bad as I thought. .5 - 1mpg doing 75-80. Washed it up today and got some more photos.

One issue did pop up though, my blue cruise has been acting up since I’ve had these wheels installed, looking at the 360 cam you can see the front/rear and side cameras don’t line up perfectly anymore. I’ve tried the calibration in forscan but that only got to about 50% before the ten minutes were up, any other ways to calibrate the cameras without fdrs?

Anyways, here’s the photos.

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