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For our 74 f100 I've just got a rear differential and front end from a crown vic. It occurs to me that my current stock rims will no longer fit so I'm looking at rim tire combinations. I know this is super subjective, but I value everyone's input. I've attached a pic of the look we're going for. I'm just curious if anyone has any suggestions for these rims and tires? The rims look the same size (could be wrong) but the tires look bigger in rear.
For our 74 f100 I've just got a rear differential and front end from a crown vic. It occurs to me that my current stock rims will no longer fit so I'm looking at rim tire combinations. I know this is super subjective, but I value everyone's input. I've attached a pic of the look we're going for. I'm just curious if anyone has any suggestions for these rims and tires? The rims look the same size (could be wrong) but the tires look bigger in rear.
Any thoughts welcomed!
It would be better if the picture showed the front and back tires touching the ground. The very bottom is hidden by the crown of the road, or something.
To know what size would give you a similar look, we would need to know the distance from the center of your front spindle / rear axle, up to the bottom of the fender lip. From there, we could start giving recommendations of tire sizes based on overall diameter. For the offset of the wheel, you will need to take some measurements to determine the back spacing of the wheel, to enable the tire to tuck up in the fender-well.
Personally, I like this look for a 2-wheel drive and definitely like the staggered size, with them both tucking up a little.
Not on a truck, but these are on our Mustang, 17"x8" American Racing Touque Thrust M with 235/55-17 tires. As best as I recall, these are 30 mm offset, but they have them in deeper looking 00 mm offset too I think.
Hey thanks for your thoughts everyone! I really like the tucked in look as well and am pretty convinced that larger series rear/smaller front is the look too. It's difficult as without wheels to roll the truck around it's hard to get an idea of what size and offset etc I'd like BUT once the new front and rear ends are in I can't roll it around at all. Part of me thinks maybe looking for 4 cheap steel rims and junk tires just to get started is the way to go... gonna have to think about this a bit more.
I would check the for sale section on this site, or peruse FaceSpace Marketplace for some cheap Crown Vic, Explorer, Mountaineer, or even some Jeep wheels. If they have junk tires on them that at least hold air, even better.
If they have tires, I would target something in the 26"-28" outside diameter range.
Depending on the year of parts you are getting, some of the Crown Vic's had a 225/60R16 tire and that one is about 26.5" tall.
I think this would be a good start, would be easy to find and could be inexpensive as well.
The cv's from '03 and newer are the ones with the aluminum cradle and the positive offset wheels. That's what you'll need to get your wheels from. There should be plenty of old cop car wheels or other cheap steelies to use as rollers at most junk yards.
yes the CV I got the cradle from was an 03. It didn't have a rack and pinion (someone beat me to the pick and pull) but I got a rebuild one from my autoparts store for $315 including outer tie rod ends. Kinda feel like that's good money spent as and 03 likely would need seals and some work
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