Instructions / advice for bigger wheels and tires

[Race-Red Ryder]

So, i have a Bronco with stock wheels and tires. (23 Base 2 door). How do I go about achieving the look, stance of the below Bronco? I do have a local outfitter shop. Their numbers $$ always seem excessive and they always present their ideas and won’t listen to mine. I wouldn’t mind using a Tire Rack type resource but don’t really know how to spec the wheels/tires. Help would be appreciated.
thanks.

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[CalvinT]

I'd stay away from your local outfitter shop. You never want to do business with someone who doesn't listen to you. It's one thing if they don't agree, but they should explain why they don't agree. They can't do that if they're not listening. Sounds like they're only interested in selling you.

The Bronco in the picture looks like a Black Diamond that's been lifted and has wheel spacers and larger than stock wheels. I have a Badlands. I see no reason for the lift, spacers or larger wheels/tires for most people. But to each their own.

You can save a lot of money buy looking for someone with a stock Badlands who is going larger. Take off stock wheels and tires are very resonable. You'll get tires that are an inch larger and inch wider with no changes needed for your Bronco.

If you want go larger, you'll need to do your homework or pay a shop that knows what they're doing.

You need to keep in mind that the changes made to the Outer Banks in the picture have an adverse effect on gas mileage and handling. Also larger than stock tires and wheels can be expensive.

 

[DarthLincoln]

According to this listing (https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3zPYvDyA/2022-ford-bronco-black-diamond) it’s got a Rough Country 2-inch lift kit with Toyo M/T 35”x12.5” tires on Mickey Thompson Classic III 17”x9” wheels with -12mm offset (Sasquatch wheels are +30mm offset).

Looks like it would have contact at max articulation + turn with that wheel offset, but I’m only speculating.

It wasn‘t originally Sasquatched, so the crash-bars would have been removed in addition to the lift.

 

[Bronco21Maybe]

Same experience with an outfitter here. Went in with my 22 Base 2 door and wanted a slight lift, wheels and tires. He said, "No, you should go with the 3.5" lift." And, he of course, was steering me toward the $300 wheels. $5,700 all in. I passed.

So, I just started out with new wheels and tires to get started. I had a hard time finding wheels I liked that were at a price I wanted to spend. Then I saw Rocktrix wheels 17x9 +12 on Ebay at $145-ish each and found the MT Baja Boss ATs 255/85 (I wanted the narrower tire look but you can definitely go wider). They're 34.6" tires, roughly. Found a good deal online for the tires and a local shop put them on for me. Took off the crash bars and have no issues rubbing driving around town.

For the wheels, you need the 6 x 139.7 (6 x 5.5") bolt pattern. 17x9" wheels have a lot of tire options. Certainly not the stance in the photo since he has the -12 offset which poke out further than mine by almost an inch. And I have not changed the suspension, so I still have about 1" of rake and not the more leveled look. For some reason, the rake looks more pronounced in the photo than in person.

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