Musical wheels, stock 16" steelies, 17" XLT Alloys, 17" Big Bend Bronco alloys...

[Icemanhd]

Ordered a base XL ranger which came with the stock 16x7 steel wheels and 255/70/16 tires. A week later found a set of 17x8 alloys with tires off a 2019 XLT Ranger, nice look and better than the steel wheels but wasn't thrilled about the more aggressive All Terrain tires (the XLT was a 4x4). After more searching came across a set of 5 17x7.5 Big Bend alloys off a 2022 Bronco that are carbonized gray and supposedly the lightest wheel option available for a Bronco. The tires that were on them have under 2k miles and are 32" All Terrain so have 255/65/17 highway all season tires I ordered that will be installed Monday to lighten up the unsprung weight. Pics of all 3 setups below, I have the 16x7" steel wheels with like new (724 miles) listed in the classifieds along with the 2022 date code 32" Bridgestone Dueller A/T off the Bronco wheels (tires only) if anyone is looking.

The stock 16x7 steel wheels with brand new tires are 56.4 lbs each, the 17x7 XLT alloys with A/T tires are 57.4 lbs each, according to a post on the Bronco Forum the Big Bend 17x7.5s are 23.25 lbs so they should come in a hair over 55 lbs with the Goodyear Fortitude tires I ordered. Amazingly Amazon beat Discount Tire, Costco, and Tire Rack and had them delivered to a Pep Boys for installation.

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[Danager]

The Bronco wheels look good on the truck. Also nice to have a combination that very few people will have. Nice of these Bronco owners to help out us Ranger owners by selling the factory wheels.

I have a Tremor but picked up a set of steelies off a Bronco to use for winter. I paid $450CAD for 5 wheels/tires. I then sold the 5 Duellers for $600CAD. I walked away with 5 steel wheels and OEM TPMS and $150CAD in walking around money.

 

[Icemanhd]

I love the look of the 17x8" Badlands Bronco wheels in carbonized gray with the machined finish, the 17x7.5 Big Bends would look better if they had a silver accent on them like that. I found several sets of the 18" Bronco Outer Banks wheels/tires but think 18" wheels are a little on the big side.

 

[Icemanhd]

Finally got the Amazon tires installed today so this is the final look with the Big Bend alloys and 255/65/75 tires. The carbonized gray wheels look better in the sun. I need to pull one off to get the new weight with the highway all season tires.

If anyone in WA state or elsewhere needs wheels or tires, check my listings in the wheel/tire section

4 Bridgestone Dueler 32" A/T RH-S 255/75R17 Tires with under 2k miles and 2022 date codes for $500

4 Bridgestone 255/70/16 Dueler H/T 685 tires with 724 miles on them with late 2022 date codes for $475 or $675 if you want the 16" steel wheels and TPMS sensors

4 2019 XLT Alloys with 255/65/17 Bridgestone Dueler A/T Tires with mid 2019 date codes for $350.

 

[Icemanhd]

A few updates, Amazon's "partner" was Pep Boys for installation at the Amazon negotiated price of $80 installed plus tax (good deal) but Manny/Moe/Jack were a disaster. Had received multiple updates from Amazon confirming the tires had been delivered and several updates and text confirming the appt time from Pep Boys. I showed up 10 min before my install time to hear the counter guy say, "oh, we only have 2 techs today so I can't put these on for 2+ days". I replied asking if my appt time shows in his computer with my phone number (it did) and asked why he didn't call me last week or this morning and save me a 90 min round trip. I took the tires and went to discount tire up the street and they installed them for $165 with tax (more expensive since I didn't buy the tires there and they offer free lifetime rotation and rebalance).

Took one of the new wheels/tires off today to get a weight to compare to the others, noticed that Discount tire thankfully uses the old style lead clip on weights and not the "eco friendly" iron double back tape weights that Costco does (which come off).

56.4 lbs Stock 16x7 wheel with 255/70/16 on nearly new tires (500 miles)
57.4 lbs XLT 17x8 alloys with 255/65/17 tires (25,000 miles on tires)
56.8 lbs Bronco 17x7.5 Big Bend alloys with new 255/65.17

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