Rims

[gatorman21218]

So my buddy has a 2000 F-250. He has some alcoas in his garage that I guess he took off of that truck. Will these rims work on big green? Also how do I measure the rim size? My tape said like 17 1/4 from edge to edge.

 

[milightfo]

nope they wont fit,ford went to metric pattern in 99 i beleve

 

[gatorman21218]

shoot. guess ill have to get out the paintbrush and give my rims another coat of california chrome

 

[icanfixall]

If you can find a van those rims stayed the same as ours till 99 or 2000 I think. Others will chime in with the dates....

 

[milightfo]

i have some aluminum 16.5x12 with 35" bfg ill sell u cheap 200.00 ,you may need a lift though

 

[gatorman21218]

Yeah im not really looking for them, I just saw them in his garage and thought hmmmmm. How do I tell if these rims are metric or american? Im not certain they are off his 2000. He had a couple obs trucks that he sold a few years ago.

 

[Worstenemy453]

You truck is a 8x6.5" or a 8x165.1 or 2mm. In 99 they all switched to 8x170mm. If the backspacing would allow it, you could get adaptors but they might stick out stupid like.

 

[f-two-fiddy]

Ask Him if He has the hubs too. It's kinda hard to bolt rims to Your truck without them.




Wheels! NOT Rims.

 

[gatorman21218]

Yes he has the hubs

 

[dyoung14]

ADAPTERS will let them work

 

[gatorman21218]

thanks but I have enough metric parts on my truck as is Its like ford flipped a coin as to which bolt is standard and which is metric.

 

[dyoung14]

Its like ford flipped a coin as to which bolt is standard and which is metric.

 

[gatorman21218]

Its true! Your power steering pump. thats 9/16. Your vacuum pump. Your gonna have to go out and buy a whole new set of wrenches because thats 10mm

 

[rjjp]

You know a blue tipped wrench is universal.

 

[snicklas]

Here is one that is even worse.

My Dad had a 97 Ford Contour, which he just traded in..... It had a rear brake hard line rust through and begin to leak. To get to the lines to repair the leak, most of the rear suspension had to be loosened/removed from the bottom of the Unibody, since the line ran above all these components. When the dissasembley began, all the fasteners on one side of the rear on these components were SAE fasteners, and the other side was all Metric fastners. This is on the same "axle" in the same car. The lugs were all the same size on both size. Had alot of fun getting that one apart, needed 2 sets of tools...... what fun.....