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Old Jul 17, 2021 | 09:07 AM
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Wheel adapters/spacers

Looking to put some modern rims on my wife’s ‘78 F-150.

Dodge OE’s will fit. But I’ll still need to buy 1” spacer.
If I’m buying spacers, then I could simply get 1” 5x139.7 to 6x135 and look for Ford rims.

There’s plenty of Dodge and F-150 OE rims out there.

The major question here, is what brand of spacers have you used and liked?
The prices range from cheap to forget about it. Sure, the aluminum makeup can vary in quality, but, it seems like it’s just block aluminum milled.

I believe you get what you pay for, but don’t see the super expensive ones being worth the price.
There’s too many options on eBay.



Not looking to debate spacers here. Dually’s from my understanding use spacers (stock) on the front wheels.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2021 | 10:14 AM
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I’ve never used spacers but I do have friends that have and they haven’t had any problems with the cheep eBay ones.

if you are after OEM newer wheels then I’d go find wheels first. After that then buy what ever spacer/adapters you need. Wheels will be harder to find than spacers.

Have you verified that they make 5x5.5 to 6x135 adapters? 5 to 6 lug conversions usually has one or two holes that overlap.
 
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