THEY WONT INSTALL THE 285/75R16 TIRE FOR MY BASE BRONCO

[Alifu]

Heyy all i need help, i just pick up my 285/75r16 bf goodrich ko2 tire yesterday from Costco, heard they have good tire services, but they wont installed the tire for me, said that tire is not for bronco is Load E, i should have Load C.
they said i need do reprogram with the computer from the dealer store. and tire will be overheat and exploed or something, and made me very sad.

please does 285/75r16 really fit on base bronco ? i have baby coming soon i dont really want have any safty issue about that, please someone give me a adivice.

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[NORCALGXP]

Bump

 

[Alifu]

Bump

u mean, should i install it ?

 

[AZ_Liberty]

285 is wider than recommended for the 7" rim on the base, but lots and lots of folks have done it without issue. 265 will fit better.

As for load C vs load E, the stock tires are garbage Firestone/Bridgestone minivan tires, so anything C or above is an upgrade.

You need to go to an actual tire shop like Discount Tire and not Costco

Edit to add: the one thing you should reprogram is the speedometer. 285/75 is quite a bit larger, and your speedometer will read about 10% off (i.e. it will read 60 when you are doing 65-66)

 

[ChrisB351]

This is why you avoid cheap tire places that arent specialists.

 

[NORCALGXP]

Sorry, bumping your post back to the top of the web page.

 

[recklesschewie]

Here’s a good thread: https://www.bronco6g.com/forum/threads/load-range-e-vs-c.8378/

 

[Tricky Dick]

You're fine with that tire.

Costco has some of the worst tire people, they'll even pull random people off the floor to work in tires if short handed, and they have to follow policy exactly because they have no knowledge.

 

[Alifu]

285 is wider than recommended for the 7" rim on the base, but lots and lots of folks have done it without issue. 265 will fit better.

As for load C vs load E, the stock tires are garbage Firestone/Bridgestone minivan tires, so anything C or above is an upgrade.

You need to go to an actual tire shop like Discount Tire and not Costco

Edit to add: the one thing you should reprogram is the speedometer. 285/75 is quite a bit larger, and your speedometer will read about 10% off (i.e. it will read 60 when you are doing 65-66)

Thank you so much for the reply!!!

i will try the Discount Tire, cause i did lot of reseach too seeing you guys post everyday, finally decide to put on big tire, but yesterday the Costco tire guys really made me sad.

and i did buy Method Race wheel 305NV 16x8 6X5.5 0MM OFFSET.( I ASK CHATGPT ABOUT IT) SAID THATS THE PERFECT WHEEL FOR BASEBRONCO.)

 

[Alifu]

This is why you avoid cheap tire places that arent specialists.

any good recommendation

 

[Alifu]

You're fine with that tire.

Costco has some of the worst tire people, they'll even pull random people off the floor to work in tires if short handed, and they have to follow policy exactly because they have no knowledge.

that what i thought, cause i really never went to tire shop before, i just recently had my first car bronco., i was thinking they know stuff, but they really dont. cause i did lot of resaerch to bought that tire, and wheel. i wasnt wrong they really dont know anything, even i called ford part, they dont even know what tire come on base bronco. thank you guys to being here to help me!

 

[ChrisB351]

any good recommendation

Discount tire if you have one local. If not then find a local recommendation.

 

[indio22]

Thank you so much for the reply!!!

i will try the Discount Tire, cause i did lot of reseach too seeing you guys post everyday, finally decide to put on big tire, but yesterday the Costco tire guys really made me sad.

and i did buy Method Race wheel 305NV 16x8 6X5.5 0MM OFFSET.( I ASK CHATGPT ABOUT IT) SAID THATS THE PERFECT WHEEL FOR BASEBRONCO.)

0mm offset is going to put your tires outward a bit, depends if you like that look and don't mind possible mud/stones hitting side of your Bronco. If that occurs I guess you could install Sas flares or something. Personally for non-Sas I think the aftermarket +35mm offset range is a good fit.

Also the stock 16x7 wheels do accept your tire size, leastways Discount Tire for the tires I checked, shows recommended wheel width 7-10".

 

[GreyZ]

Method Race wheel 305NV 16x8 6X5.5 0MM OFFSET.( I ASK CHATGPT ABOUT IT) SAID THATS THE PERFECT WHEEL FOR BASEBRONCO.)

You did what?!? You are asking an outdated simple word generating chat bot AI about what tires and wheels to put on your 40K+ new vehicle? Take it to an offroad specialist shop if you have this little experience.

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