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LT265/70R17/C BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires were mounted on 17x8.5" Icon Alloys Compression Titanium wheels. I've used KO2s in the past and have been impressed with their on- and off-road traction, durability, and quietness on the highway. The mountain snowflake symbol means great snow...

Ha. It's too late. I've been upgrading (?) vehicles for many years and there's no way I've found to stop. When I bought the Ranger, I told my wife that I'd leave it alone. She rolled her eyes and said, "Yeah, sure." Unfortunately, she was correct, as always.

Aftermarket wheels and larger BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires are planned, so something had to be done about the intrusion beams. The Ranger T6 doesn't have intrusion beams, nor does the F150 Raptor, so I considered just removing them. I didn't want to compromise the crashworthiness of my...

Hi. I'm Phil Howell, live in Eagle Mountain, Utah, and have completed many project vehicles over the years as Editor-in-Chief of 4Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine and Off-Road Magazine. As I enter my sunset years, backcountry exploring is more inviting than rock crawling so I'm building my...

That's great! Thanks.

Question - Does the Ford Performance Power Pack Performance Calibration (tune) disable terrain management?

Different Phil, but I'll answer this. Our Ranger wheels ARE hub-centric with a 93.1mm center bore. While Toyota wheels have the same 6x139.7 lug pattern, they have a 106.1mm center bore. If run on the Ranger they'd be lug-centric. Running lug-centric wheels on the Ranger can be done, but there...

White-letter tires have a complete layer of white behind the black sidewall. Because of this, if the truck's going to be in abrasive rocks or even experience extensive curb rubbing, ultimately the tires will turn into whitewalls. This happened to me more times than not while 'wheeling with white...