This is really good info guys. Thanks for posting up your rims and clearances. It's also good to know that they're both zero offset because I was unsure if 10" wide rims would work at all.

Beautiful truck btw tlrtucker! Any rubbing when the wheels are turned to full chock while driving?

If I occasionally went mudding, there's no chance I would run 16" rims. For street use, I doubt a person would run into issues. 1/8" doesn't leave a lot of room for error though!

 

Thanks. I get very minimal rubbing on the driver side front fender, actually just on the bolt that holds the fender, if I take a slow hard turn into a ditch, lol. BUT - my truck is also sitting on stock 40 year old springs that have hauled some heavy loads and have sagged about 3". If you have a highboy, you'll be just fine. I have no idea how these would fit on a lowboy.

 

Damn 9thpony sell me your crewcab, thats a beaut! Even certain 16.5s which I run because I like the old skool wheels is mighty close to the DP calipers, and since these where off a Chubby they do barely rub the swaybar on lock to lock.
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I just saw a set of turbines for sale online. Never knew they came in 8-bolt patterns.

They look great on a Ford truck

 

If you want to run a 16, I dont see why the factory take offs from 80 to 97 obs fords wouldnt work or even the factory aluminum wheels from that generation.

 

look at the steel rims for the 80 to 97 fords. they fit on the old iron no problem. also had a few aluminium options. they clear the dual piston brakes just fine.... just my .02 c

 

What year did Ford start offering 16" drop-centers from the factory? That's basically ALL that you see on pickups up here, 16.5"s are so tough to find and 16" split-rims are, well, split-rims. My local tire shop basically said that sure, he'll mount 'em, but he will charge you the same as buying a new 16" rim. I ask because one of my '78 F-250s had splits from the factory (still has one for the spare), and it's the only one I can verify has the OE wheels - all the other ones have 16" tubeless drop center straight-rims, including a Dually (all fit perfectly fine, BTW). BUT, I really don't know if they're the original wheels or not. One pickup APPEARS to be OE 1978, Ford logo on the wheel, argent steel paint (not grey like the newer rims), and all 4 match, but not sure if they were changed sometime later (only had the pickup for 5 years, bought from original owner's estate, but who knows?). '79 has peeling chrome wagon wheels (obviously not stock) and a straight rim spare 16" drop center, but I can't say 100% it's OE, either....

To the OP - there is a local F-250 2wd running around with '95-99 era Dodge steels on it, and they appear to fit - but they look goofy with the backspacing, like it'll blow over in a hard wind. I can't imagine that it handles that great with 'em, either, but might not make much difference. I had the rims from a '97 donor Dodge on the back end of a '78 Ford when I was moving it around, but never tried 'em on the front....

 

Thanks Aaron. I just love the old skool stuff, I know they are 16.5, but that doesn't deter me, in fact I just bought a set of 5 matching slots and a set of 4, that the sons polishing, for 2 others builds. I just posted to show that even a 16.5 depending on the casting can almost be a problem.
these old castings take a lot to polish if they have weathered. he's doing them to just put on, not show so I told him don't spend more than an hour a piece.