Wheels....and tires

[93blklightning]

Ok, just scored another set of wheels...
I'll post pictures when i get a chance.
They're 16 1/2 inch deep (12" I think) bullet hole, aluminum.

They came off a 2001 F250.
But...they're aftermarket wheels. I know factory 99+ wheels won't fit because the lugs are smaller...1/2" I think. And the obs trucks are ...9/16" I think.

But these wheel have much larger diameter lug holes. My question is...the only difference in the two is the lug diameter right ? The spacing is the same ?
I wanted these wheels specifically to run hummer tires.

 

[sjwelds]

uh no I believe the spacing on our trucks is 8-on-6-1/2" while the newer wheels use a metric pattern. Someone else will chime in I'm sure.

 

[Can30Diesel]

Yeah if they came off a 2001 and you have something older than 1998 its a totally different bolt spacing.

 

[93blklightning]

Well hell

 

[IDIoit]

yup
99and up = 8 x 170mm
98 and down ar 8 x6.5
no workie.
be happy you dont have a 7 lug truck!

 

[sjwelds]

I read somewhere (I believe in an old Diesel Power mag) where someone had actually gone to the trouble of getting the wheels drilled out and bushings pressed in so they could run newer wheels on an older truck.

I realize that is totally against the scrimp-and-save mindset of all OBN'ers

 

[Can30Diesel]

Sounds like an accident waiting to happen.

I ran into the bolt spacing thing long before I got the PSD I have now. I should have saved the wheels and tires, but I sold them. Had I kept them I would have had 17 inch rims and 35 inch BFG mudders all ready to go on my 2001 PSD.

Why can't foresight be as accurate as hindsight?

 

[93blklightning]

Well this just sucks
Oh well...
Maybe i can trade em for a 16 1/5 set that fits...or just hang on to em...and acquire a late model later

 

[IDIoit]

i got some stockers ill trade you, straight across... you pay shipping..lol

 

[93blklightning]

Lol
Idk
I need a few other parts before i worry too much about wheels i guess

 

[whitehorse]

OK I have heard this for a while but I've seen obs trucks and older with super duty wheels on craigslist before.. what gives? Adapters?

 

[79jasper]

Vans kept the older pattern for awhile. So you can bolt those right on.

Sent from my SM-T537R4 using Tapatalk

 

[IDIoit]

Perhaps SD axle swaps?

 

[cowboy_case]

Vans kept the older pattern for awhile. So you can bolt those right on.

Sent from my SM-T537R4 using Tapatalk

Glad I saw this! I know a guy that has a set of factory alcoas off an e250 van, is the center bore the same as the obs trucks? The wheels look identical, but would like to know for sure before spending any money. Thanks in advance!


Sent while thinking on the throne

 

[79jasper]

Well I've seen people use the van wheels on trucks, so I would assume so. But what year van?
But honestly, best bet is to ask him to let you try it.

Sent from my SM-T537R4 using Tapatalk