Added some 2014 OEM rims with 275/55/20 tires. Used 2” spacers. Looks better, not super excited.

Also, couldn’t figure out why my wife’s ‘78 grill looked better/cleaner than my ‘79’s. Then I realize my ‘79 light buckets are black! Going to swap them out for un-painted.

Olds rims and 31 11.5 x 15

Went with blue loctite




Metal headlight “buckets”

Black (eyeliner) headlight buckets.

 

Looks great.

What truck are they from originally?


Do you have this truck and also a 7 series?

 

JMO but looks like the spacer may have pushed tire out a little to far. If you got the chrome rims you need the chrome grill and chrome light buckets. Nice looking truck.

 

Huge Upgrade. Great Looking Truck.
l kind of like the raccoon eyes; they give the dark paint job some attitude.

 

I like the old school chrome spoke, but I am old so no matter.You might try a all black grill insert and black headlight bezels for a different look. But I do have a year question on those rims. Are you sure those new rims came off a 2014 Ford? Any chance your spacer is a standard 5 on 5 .5 lug pattern to a 5 on whatever possibly metric pattern Ford went to, if they ever did?

As I understand it Ford (F150's) went to a 6 lug in 2004-2014 and then even to a 7 lug later on than that. Yes 6 and then 7, I hear it has to do with a towing capacity? I found a statement saying "The 2014 Ford F-150 has a 6x135 mm bolt pattern". Just want to know incase I should go start scouring the JY for new Ford truck rims that are back to 5 on 5 1/2 some how.
Found this also:
97-03 F150 5 LUG WHEELS
97-03 F150 7700 GVWR 7 STUD WHEELS
04 HAD A HERRITAGE MODEL WHICH WAS A 04 WITH THE 97-03 BODY 5 STUD WHEELS
04+ ALL 6 STUD
ALSO THE LIGHT DUTY F250 WITH 7 STUD FROM 97-03

Grill and headlight bezel ideas.

 

@77&79F250 lol, no, I was being vague on purpose. These are Dodge Ram wheels. I like the dodge wheels and both their 1500 and 2500/3500 fit old Fords. And the Dodge boys are always selling their oe wheels.

Some people here have real heartburn over the competition.

 

There is no reason to be vague on here, who cares if those are Dodge or even chebby rims. You found some nice ones, they are 20's and fit. You just opened up your tire options by like 1000%. Did you have to use a standard lug to metric lug adapter? So are they 2014 Dodge 1500 (2wd or 4wd?), pass the word, better for the community.

They make medicine for heartburn....its called "tryactin".......like a man or...wait for it.... "quitactin" like a beoootch AKA her sister "beschonwheels".

I know older steel/chrome 2500 Dodge rims fit our old 3/4 fords. I even know that 2004 H2 rims are 8 on 6/5 and almost fit a Dodge 2500 (4wd). You have to work over the center hub hole a bit to get them to fit a old 99 Dodge. If they fit my 79 f250 I have some new rims and brand new BFG AT 315/77/16's. Rolling rolling.

 

So Dodge runs 9/16 nuts vs 1/2”. This causes an issue with the conical part of the oe nut being too small, for a Dodge spacer at least. I picked up a set of 20 nuts from NAPA, #721704 as they have an outer diameter that matches the Dodge ones.

I’m cheap, so I pick up used parts and the Dodge guys are usually selling it all. You could buy 2” spacers meant for a Ford, but you may have the same problem on the wheel. My spacers came with the 9/16 chrome nuts so they went with the Dodge wheels fine.
Any 1500 5 lug Dodge wheel should work, from what I’ve seen. Same with Dodges 8x6.5 that they ran for ever. Different now?

So a lot more options. And the OE Dodge wheels just looks better than most gaudy aftermarket ones.

This is what the wheels came off, that I put on the ‘78. I never asked if it was 2 vs. 4wd.





I posted my F250 Scab here some time ago and some people gave me crap. Not that I cared, still, unhelpful comments.

Here’s my ‘79 F250 with way too big tires and typical after market wheels:



Here is a 2010 Dodge 2500 17” wheel, which is what’s on it now. Bolted right on without spacers, but rubs on hard turns, like pulling into the drive. I purchased 2” spacers but haven’t put them on.


I picked these up, probably my fav rim aside from the chrome version. These are 20’s and will look better, though I’m concerned about the black on black.

 

Those crap slinging people were just jealous that you had bling rims and they probably had stocker steelies and hubcaps. Lol Good to know info on lug nuts. I have a set of those Dodge 17's, but I am putting them ON my 99 Dodge 2500 diesel tow rig to ditch the steel chromies mix up I have going on. I trashed a front rim with a loose lug nut event. Never even thought about putting them on one of my Fords. Wheels a turning now (pun intended).


Yes I am posting a pic of a Dodge, but it also has a cool Ford in the pic. So I am good right?

 

Dodge has some pretty good looking wheels. I remember thinking walking through parking lot, those would look perfect on a dent. Wish I'd trip over a set of early Lightning wheels.