I am looking for some 8 lug wheels to fit my 235/85R16 tires that are brand new on steel wheels with some hubcaps on them.

What is a good source for these wheels?

 

Stock '90s F250/F350 steel wheels.

 

I have DC1 Blacks 16x8 on my 73 SCS, depends on how much you want to spend.

 

I really don't want to spend a lot. I just want something other than the wheels and hubcaps I currently have. Stock are fine. I just don't like hubcaps.

 

16x7" wheels are for 235/85-16's and 8" are little bit too wide.
Yeah, you can make 8" work but 7" are a match for the tires.

I tried to buy some aluminum wheels 5-on-5.5 in 16 by 7" and they don't
make them anymore. Steel are all that's available new, last I checked. If
you can find some aluminum ones, let me know! :)

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The whole point of a truck tire is to have the sidewall go "straight" up from
the tread and not bulge out sideways like a cushy car tire. My '91 F150 has
car tires on it and my step father ruined two tires (I know of) on dirt roads
and within a week of having it, I poked a hole in the sidewall.

POP-WHOOSH WHOosh whoosh shhoosssssh (done)

Called a neighbor using the cell phone...
"look out your front door :)" ...I was waving at 'im like an idiot. :)

Walked home and got a spare and other stuff that was easier to use than
messing with the stuff on the '91.

You can have my share of -all- the car tires and "too wide" of wheels! :)

Alvin in AZ
ps- on 8" wheels LT235/75-15 Michelin LTX are sidewall bulgin' male dogs ;)

 

I'm looking for 8 lug wheels

 

Would these work? 3427781 - CRAGAR Series 342 Black "D" Window Wheel / 16X7" / 8X170 / 4.0" Backspacing - SuperTruck Essentials

 

Hmmm... 7" wide with 4" back spacing...

Perfect! :)

Alvin in AZ

 

I ain't. ;)

Alvin in AZ

 

Best bet is hit craigslist.... and keep looking, you'll find some.

Yes 16x7 is "recommended" for 235's but I wanted 16x8 rims for future expansion, and I HAD the 235/85/16's already, they HAD been on 16x10 rims without a problem for about 20,000 miles.

 

Interesting. I'll look unto that. Thanks pickupman!

 

Cool. :)

I wanted 16x7" wheels for future use ;) and the tire salesmen were trying to
push the 8" because that's what was -easily- available. I wasn't about to live
with 8" wheels for the rest of my sorry life just because it was easier that
minute of that day for them. Antony "without an H ;)" was a good guy and
was just trying to get me some wheels as close to what I wanted, as he could
find without having to special order them, but still 8" are too wide for my needs.
...a lot of dirt road miles with lots of rocks. ;)

Still haven't found aluminum wheels in 5-on-5.5 16x7" let alone with a 4"
back spacing.

Oh well. :)

Steel ones are easy enough to find but many of them are crooked right from
the factory.

BTDT

Antony -without hesitation- took back the one I said was crooked and ordered
me another and said we'd keep doing it until I was happy with what I got.
The very next one was straight as anything. :)

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I guess 235/85-16E's will eventually go the way of 16.5's? :/
But at least they ain't like 16.5's in one way...

Back when I was living with 16.5's at work I came up with this...
"if you have a flat at over 30 miles an hour both the tire and wheel are history"
-a generality that was mostly true

When we'd turn the pickups in in 2 to 2+1/2 years those that had 16.5's
was common for only 3 of the five wheels to still be with it. And many of us
carried an extra spare that could get ruined too.

16.5's suck. ;)

Back when the 16's (7.50-16) had tubes, they sucked even harder. :/

Alvin in AZ

 

Yep, hated 16.5's myself, now I have 16x8 rims on all my trucks, the range of tires for 8" rims is large, and I can swap truck to truck if I'd like, and I do beleive 16" rims will be around a LONG time

 

Still looking at wheels. I was told at one tire shop that the wheel is not 8X170. They said it is 8x6.5 or 8x165mm. They said the 8x170 would not fit. ???

 

CORRECT, 8 on 170mm is 99 and up Fords, 8 on 6 1/2" is the "old" 8 lug and fits 97 and older Fords and most everything else.

How much are you wanting to spend? I bought the Mickey Thompson Classic IIs 16x8 for about $110 each, you can find steelies for about half that..