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Mar 7, 2013 | 12:24 AM

brian1080

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what are these wheels

My truck has these wheels; 3 with the rivets and one of the other. I really like the 1 oddball with no rivets, but have no idea what to look for. They are 16.5 wheels so I imagine it's gonna be a task to find 3 more, but I've got time to look. Can anyone help?

If I can't find 3 of this one or 1 of the other, I'll switch to 16's or 17's, but I kinda like the 16.5's for my future plans.

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Mar 7, 2013 | 05:39 AM

garthneddy

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Do yourself a favor and switch to 16" or 17" wheels. 16.5s are obsolete and finding tires for 16.5" wheels is very hard to do unless you want some Intercos

Mar 7, 2013 | 07:12 AM

Wbruiser2

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Could these be off a of mid 90's F250? They look extremely similar..

Mar 7, 2013 | 07:41 AM

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The one WITH rivets are American Racing Outlaw II's. The ones without rivets could be Eagle Alloys series 058 wheels. (which they make in 16" wheels.)

Mar 7, 2013 | 08:31 AM

lurch460

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Yes unless you plan on some super swampers go with 16 or 17. I'd go 17s because 16s are going the way of 16.5s at least in the bigger tires.

Mar 7, 2013 | 08:38 AM

earthquake68

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Just as a side note. You mention "future plans". Running military take offs are fine, but the military is phasing out HMMWV's and the 36" and 37" Good Years will start to be harder to find as well. ...just throwing that out there.

Mar 7, 2013 | 09:25 AM

brian1080

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thanks for the help, I'll look those up. Yeah, future plans are some 42" boggers, so these will work. I'm gonna buy another set of wheels for daily driving.

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Mar 7, 2013 | 11:06 AM

montana_highboy

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Originally Posted by garthneddy

Do yourself a favor and switch to 16" or 17" wheels. 16.5s are obsolete and finding tires for 16.5" wheels is very hard to do unless you want some Intercos

BFG still makes 16.5's in 33" and 35" sizes, both the A/T and (i think) M/T.

Mar 7, 2013 | 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by montana_highboy

BFG still makes 16.5's in 33" and 35" sizes, both the A/T and (i think) M/T.

BFG does still produce the all terrain, but chances are in a year or two it will be discontinued just like the mud terrain.

Even running swampers, I wouldnt want a 16.5" wheel unless you have a double beadlock wheel. No safety bead means you cannot lower your tire pressure to take full advantage of those boggers

Mar 7, 2013 | 12:35 PM

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brian1080

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I hear what you're saying, but it still doesn't bother me having 16.5's. It's all a moot discussion though because from the looks of it I'll be better off buying all 4 new, in which case I'll switch to 17's more than likely. At least now I know what they are so I can keep the same style. I looked up the Eagle alloys and they are at least close enough to make me happy. Thanks for the help.

Mar 7, 2013 | 05:53 PM

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MikePacey

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The one without rivets is the older version of the Mickey Thompson Classic 2's. You can find them realitivly cheap I used to run them on my old lifted 78.