What You Need to Know About Your Vandoit's Tires & Wheels

What You Need to Know About Your Vandoit's Tires & Wheels

Article Objective:

This article provides important information about the tires and wheels on your Vandoit van.  The information in this article is current as of June 2023.

Affected Units:

All Vandoit vans

Stock Tire Brands & Specifications:

Rear Wheel Drive, All Wheel Drive tires are Continental VanContact A/S 235/65 R16:


Dually stock tires are Hankook Dynapro HT 205/75 R16:



All Terrain Tires & Specifications:

All terrain Rear Wheel Drive and All Wheel Drive tires are BF Goodrich All Terrain T/A KO2 LT245/75 R16:


All terrain Dually tires are Toyo Open Country A/T LT215/85 R16:


Some Dually vehicles may have Falken Wildpeak A/T3W LT215/85 R16 as their all terrain tires. 

If you are planning on using two different style tires for your van, we recommends having a second set of wheels and tires to swap between. For example, all-terrain tires/off-road tires versus passenger tires. The Transit's run tires that are extra stiff and have short side walls. If you attempt to dismount and remount these tires on the same set of wheels, it is not uncommon for them to be damaged during the dismounting process. Resulting in the loss of the tire.


Wheel Brand & Specifications:
Vandoit uses Ultra Motorsports Ultra Toil Rims on most vans.  See below for specific models.

Rear Wheel Drive:  16x6.5 5-160 Ultra Wheels 450 SB+45, size 450-6655SB+45
All Wheel Drive:  16x6 6-180 Ultra 003 Hunter AWD Satin Black +84, size 07-003-6668SB
Dually Front:  16x6 6-180 Ultra Dually Front, size 07-003-6668FBM
Dually Rear:  16x6 6-180 Ultra Dually Rear, size 07-003-6668RBM

A limited number of vans have Method Rims instead of the Ultra Motorsports Ultra Toil Rims.

Lug nuts:
A simple identifying feature is the number of lug nuts: Rear wheel drive wheels have 5 lug nuts, while all wheel drive wheels have 6.
2019-2020 Stock Wheels: M14x1.5 acorn lug
2021-current Stock Wheels: M15-1.50 thread, conical 60, Dometop, 44.5mm length
2019-2020 Rear Wheel Drive Stock Wheels: 14x1.5 spline drive lug
2021- current Rear Wheel Drive Stock Wheels: M14x1.5 acorn lug
All Wheel Drive Stock Wheels: Wheel Nut - Ford (BK3Z-1012-A) M14x1.5 lug
All Wheel Drive & Dually Ultra Toil Wheels: 14x1.5mm stock Toyota style lug
 

Torque Specs: 150 ft-lbs


Recommended tire pressures:

Stock tires: 52 PSI front, 74 PSI rear
KO2 all terrain tires: 55 PSI front, 70 PSI rear
Dually stock tires: 70 PSI front, 55 PSI each rear
Dually all-terrain tires: 70 PSI front, 55 PSI each rear

An industry recommendation is to get the wheels re-torqued after the first 100 miles or when you drive back home.  Vandoit always torques wheels after installation and on delivery day.

Please note: All-terrain tires are a bigger tire and create a 6-10% variance in dashboard readings. For example, going 70mph means you are going approximately 77mph.

If you have questions that remain unanswered after referencing this information, please submit a ticket through the Customer Support portal or email support@vandoit.com.

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