oem rim size
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oem rim size
I have a 66 F100 that Im slowing restoring and doing some upgrades on.
I bought a 76 F150 parts truck for the 3 speed column shift power steering and 390.
The rest of the truck is garbage.
What is the size of the oem steel rims? Are they the same 15x5.5 that my 66 has, or are they 15x6?
I want to run a 235/75R15 tire and the tire shop says I need at least a 6in wide rim.
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I bought a 76 F150 parts truck for the 3 speed column shift power steering and 390.
The rest of the truck is garbage.
What is the size of the oem steel rims? Are they the same 15x5.5 that my 66 has, or are they 15x6?
I want to run a 235/75R15 tire and the tire shop says I need at least a 6in wide rim.
Thanks
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What I need to know is what the width of the rim is. All F100/F150s up to 96 had 5x5.5 lug pattern, with the exception of a few oddball Bullnoses that had a 5x4.5 pattern.
At some point the rim width went from 5.5 to 6 to 7 inches.
I can jack the truck up out of the mud, pull a wheel and look for myself, but I thought someone here might know and save me the trouble.
BTW, is a 2wd, long bed, styleside, 390/3spd.
At some point the rim width went from 5.5 to 6 to 7 inches.
I can jack the truck up out of the mud, pull a wheel and look for myself, but I thought someone here might know and save me the trouble.
BTW, is a 2wd, long bed, styleside, 390/3spd.
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What I need to know is what the width of the rim is. All F100/F150s up to 96 had 5x5.5 lug pattern, with the exception of a few oddball Bullnoses that had a 5x4.5 pattern.
At some point the rim width went from 5.5 to 6 to 7 to 8 inches.*
I can jack the truck up out of the mud, pull a wheel and look for myself, but I thought someone here might know and save me the trouble.
At some point the rim width went from 5.5 to 6 to 7 to 8 inches.*
I can jack the truck up out of the mud, pull a wheel and look for myself, but I thought someone here might know and save me the trouble.
*It all has to do with how the general public measures the width of wheels vs how FoMoCo does it.
FoMoCo measures wheels across from the inside flanges, not across from the outer lips.
The Styled Steel & Aluminum wheels introduced in 1977 F100/150's & 1978 Bronco's are wider than the painted steel wheels.
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