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I am having a hard time finding any worthwhile used rims/tires for my 1978 Ford F100. Does anyone have the hot tip on sites that are best to find something at? Looking for something a little different than slots or the usual..Like Welds or torque thrust etc.
Attached is a pic of what we have on the truck now. Having a hard time getting them fully polished and just looking for options before I buy some 295/50's for them
31/10.5's is what is on the truck now but they were dry rotted when I first got them 5-6 years ago. lol... If the truck was 4wd I'd actually go with 33/12.5s, but I am wanting to try a more street roddish look this go round.
Used to be a guy here used a Dent 4x4 as his work truck with 15x10s and some really low profile fat street treads on it, It did look pretty distinctive, you knew when you met him on the road. Looked like a steam roller. He said was like running in a lower gear all the time, but it pulled his boat trailer to the lake good.
I thought yours was 4wd, but now I see ... "no hubs" up front, but it looks a bit high for a 2wd? Those deep 10s up front, hard on wheel bearings too. I'd maybe even drop back to a 7 up front in that case, just maybe, but for certain no more than 8. To set so high, wonder if the I-beams are OEM. Truck looks great.
I've had two Chevys, a '70 CST-10 long bed I ran 8" white spokes on G70-15 on front and L60-15 on back, but it set level as the 402 was swapped out for a 350 before I bought it. It drove well, but it did eat up upper ball joints and front wheel bearings. A later '72 C-10 short step side, I ran 6s ... or 7s maybe ... on front, with H or L78-15 tires ... and some 32/11.5-15s on 8s on back. It drove really sweet, in time I let it get away from me. For a step side, had AC, power disc & steering too. Ended up with 350 LT-1 from a '70 Z-28 and loose converter in a built Turbo 350.
Even with my 4wd, after a friend offered me a Dana 60 from a F250 being scrapped ...with 4.10s, I considered running 29/9.5s up front on 8s and 33/12.5s out back on 10s to keep the 3.54s in front. I got over it.
Used to be a guy here used a Dent 4x4 as his work truck with 15x10s and some really low profile fat street treads on it, It did look pretty distinctive, you knew when you met him on the road. Looked like a steam roller. He said was like running in a lower gear all the time, but it pulled his boat trailer to the lake good.
I thought yours was 4wd, but now I see ... "no hubs" up front, but it looks a bit high for a 2wd? Those deep 10s up front, hard on wheel bearings too. I'd maybe even drop back to a 7 up front in that case, just maybe, but for certain no more than 8. To set so high, wonder if the I-beams are OEM. Truck looks great.
I've had two Chevys, a '70 CST-10 long bed I ran 8" white spokes on G70-15 on front and L60-15 on back, but it set level as the 402 was swapped out for a 350 before I bought it. It drove well, but it did eat up upper ball joints and front wheel bearings. A later '72 C-10 short step side, I ran 6s ... or 7s maybe ... on front, with H or L78-15 tires ... and some 32/11.5-15s on 8s on back. It drove really sweet, in time I let it get away from me. For a step side, had AC, power disc & steering too. Ended up with 350 LT-1 from a '70 Z-28 and loose converter in a built Turbo 350.
Even with my 4wd, after a friend offered me a Dana 60 from a F250 being scrapped ...with 4.10s, I considered running 29/9.5s up front on 8s and 33/12.5s out back on 10s to keep the 3.54s in front. I got over it.
I haven't noticed any bearing issues really, but there is something odd now that you mention it. When we originally got this truck long ago it had the smaller (maybe 14's) skinny bullet hole rims on it. Then we slapped these suckers on it. Since we recently bought the truck back me and a mechanic friend were looking under the truck because it really "slams" hard on the right side on bumps and noticed the right spring is rubbing on the frame bumper and looks to not be correctly in it's lower perch. Can that have anything to do with the larger wheels/tires? Pictures below of both sides.
Aside from that could it being a Ranger "Explorer" have anything to do with maybe a slightly higher ride height?
Well, the right side coil bottom does look to be off center of the spring seat, and looks close to the bump stop mount bracket. Spring coils would be hitting the mount. That left side I-beam looks to have a curve in it ... more than the right side anyway ... so maybe it was bent in an alignment to kill some excessive camber I would expect to see if lifted. I think I do see Ford script in oval and item number on one I-beam, they made those I-beams to be tweaked for camber adjustments. They used chains on a rack and a big jack. I forget if heat is used.
I'd look at king pin wear too.
It may be that someone lifted the front with stronger or 4wd coils and didn't get the spring seated or didn't have a lower retainer and the spring jump out of it's seat, the right side takes a beating living on the right edge of a roadway with it's chug holes and broken pavement.
I don't have a 2wd to compare to, it just looked high in the overall picture.
Looks like either forango's springs lost the pigtail ... or they were cut off ... or they never had them because they are from another vehicle (I think likeliest they were swapped in as the truck doesn't look to be sagging)? Maybe they are 4wd springs?
Looks like either forango's springs lost the pigtail ... or they were cut off ... or they never had them because they are from another vehicle (I think likeliest they were swapped in as the truck doesn't look to be sagging)? Maybe they are 4wd springs?
I am definitely gonna look closer to see if they have the pigtails when I can(having back problems today). But i wouldn't be surprised if they are swapped. The guy I originally bought the truck from had a good amount of trucks and was a F-series "expert".
I wish I had a picture from when I first bought the truck on the smaller wheels. I have noticed in looking at pics for rim ideas that our truck does not seem to have as much "rake" or is more "leveled"
As an update on this thread...I installed a new rim/tire combo...275/60 back and 255/60 rear and as you can see in the attached picture, the front does not look like it came down at all even with the smaller tires(only went smaller up front because I intend to lower)
Just understand that when /if you lower the front, unless you change to drop I-beams or bend the stock I-beams, you are gonna really have a huge camber issue that's gonna really make for rapid tire wear, bad driving, and wheel bearing wear. You can do it but doing it right is a bit more involved than just springs.
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. That is a great looking truck by the way!
