Ultimate Buying Guide for Ford Raptor Offroad Wheels and Tires: What Fits Best?

What To Consider When Upgrading Your Ford Raptor Off-Road Wheels & Tires

So you’ve got yourself a Ford F-150 Raptor, Ford Bronco Raptor, or Ford Ranger Raptor and are looking to upgrade your wheels and tires? Great! Here are some considerations that should be taken into account for this endeavor.

How Often Will I Go Off-Roading?

How often will you venture off-road? Is it going to be every weekend, making it fifty-two times per year, or once or twice every summer? If your Ford Raptor is not going to spend much time off-road, you might not want to go for the most aggressive mud or all-terrain tire available, instead choosing hybrid terrain or street tires. Ditto for wheels; you may want some style as well, so a larger wheel and lower profile tire may be a better choice.

Of course, if you’re a serious off-roader who never misses a weekend trail outing or even explores during the week, the choice is yours. Go for the most serious wheels and tires that you can afford, and ensure that they suit your choice of terrain.

Airing Up and Airing Down

Don’t forget that you need to adjust your tire pressures whenever you venture off-road, and re-adjust them when you resume driving on pavement and at highway speeds. Ford Raptor offroad tire pressures vary by model and wheel specification, so your owner’s manual will typically tell you the recommended off-road and on-road pressures. Check out the Tire & Wheel Accessories section for a range of products that will help you with this activity.

Maximum Permissible Wheel Size as Stock

Remember, you can’t just install sky-high tires and huge wheels on your Ford F-150 Raptor, Ford Bronco Raptor, or Ford Ranger Raptor and call it a day. Once again, consult your owner’s manual for the maximum wheel and tire combos permissible when the vehicle is in stock form. If you wish to go beyond these, you’ll need to look at installing a lift kit and fender flares to accommodate the upsized tires and wheels. You may also require extra components, and all this will add extra cost that can easily touch deep into four figures for the whole endeavor, so make sure that you can justify the cost before embarking down this rabbit hole.

What Size Are Ford Raptor Wheels?

Let’s look at some of the most popular Raptors sold and currently on sale in North America and the wheels they came with as stock.

For F-150 Raptors

Ford made three generations of Raptor for its popular F-150 truck line-up, showing that the utilitarian F-150 could be made into a tool for fun as well.

• The first generation F-150 Raptor was produced between 2009 and 2014, and came with 17-inch wheels wrapped in 315/70R17 tires.
• The second generation F-150 Raptor, produced between 2017 and 2020, kept the 17-inch wheel size but upgraded the tires to 35-inch all-terrain tires, and beadlocks were fitted too.
• The third generation F-150 Raptor is in production since 2021, and retains the 17-inch wheel size, but now comes with 37-inch all-terrain tires, once again with beadlocks.

Ford Bronco Raptor

For the sixth generation of the popular Ford Bronco which debuted in 2021, a Raptor variant was introduced in 2022.

• The 2022 Ford Bronco Raptor comes with 17-inch wheels, wrapped in 37-inch all-terrain tires with beadlocks.

Ford Ranger Raptor

Ford’s mid-sized pickup truck, the Ranger would see a Raptor variant in 2019.

• The 2019 Ford Ranger Raptor comes with 17-inch wheels, wrapped with 285/70R17 tires all around.

Our Picks for Raptor Wheels

Check out our picks for Raptors in the stock 17-inch wheel size.

• Want a mean, blacked-out wheelset? Check out the Fuel Off Road Maverick D538 range of black milled wheels.
• If standing out is your thing with a healthy dose of classic style, check out Pro Comp’s 69 Series of polished alloy wheels.
• A simple yet chunky five-spoke design is timeless, as modeled by the Pro Comp 35 Series of Predator alloy wheels in matte graphite.
• If you’ve got a blue Raptor, a set of bronze wheels like the Fuel Off Road Anza D583 could add some contrasting style to your ride.

What Size Tires Fit on a Raptor?

Based on the above, we can see that the rim size on all Raptors is 17 inches, so you must find tires that fit this rim size, and match the factory sizes as closely as possible, or else you will need to install a lift kit, fender flares, and recalibrate your speedometer too. Therefore, it’s recommended that unless you’re factoring in these extensive modifications, remain with the factory tire sizes. Ford’s Raptor line-up is already optimized for reasonable off-road performance, and many off-road enthusiasts may not even reach the limits of the Raptor.

Our Picks for Ford Raptors

• If you’re into mudding, check out a set of Mickey Thompson Baja Boss M/T tires.
• For All-Terrain tires, Yokohama’s Geolandar range is hard to beat for a mix of versatility, capability, and value for money.
• Did you know that we make our own tires? Check out our 4 Wheel Parts Xtreme R/T hybrid tires for a blend of characteristics across varying terrain.
• If street tires are your thing, give Michelin’s Latitude Tour range a try.

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