2004 4.4 Wheel Info Help Needed
 

Hi Everyone. I'm getting REAL close to pulling the trigger on a '04 4.4 w/ sport & premium packages. My question is which standard wheels come with the sport package? It has 255x18 tires all around and a 235x17 full sized spare (sorry,don't recall the profiles). Is this the correct size for the sport package? I thought they were staggered but I may be wrong. Also, is the spare supposed to be mounted on a 17" rim rather than an 18? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

the 17inch rim is the standard spare except on 4.6is & 4.8is which both use a space saver wheel designed to fit over the larger front brakes .
I thought all sport models had 19inch staggered wheels and the 18 inch on non sport models . the wheels could have been changed for comfort and cheaper tires .

thats what i thought too. I think except in the 2006 model 4.4, some of them have 18s on the sport package

I think 3.0 sport package is the 18" wheels, 17s other wise.

Both Tire Rack and the 2004 pdf manual, (in this Board's great compendium of info),
show the '04 V8, with Sport Pkg, as coming with the 19" staggered wheels, (not
sure of "style"). So, the car you are looking at, may have been downsized, or
maybe a "sport pkg" came through with 18s...I would dig deeper into that car.

But, the spare for either is that 17" wheel/tire combo, which has the same circumference
and rpms per mile, and is fine for spare use.
GL,mD

You looked in the owner manual for information, what a clever idea!

All European E53 with "sport packet"come with 19" staggered.Mine was the 3.0Diesel...(17" standard)
18" (non.staggered) were standard equipment on 4.4.,overhere!
17" also the spare tyre on all but the 4.6/4.8is.

My 2005 4.4 sport came with 19inch 132's (didn't buy it the x new so can't say if they were stock)

manual says 18inch standard . 19inch was an option .

From my reading of the manual, it seemed to denote that the Sport Pkg got
the 19s in lieu of the 18s...that was my orig. wonderment in my post to the OP...