16" wheels on highboy

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Nov 29, 2004 | 05:40 PM

jnyreb69

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16" wheels on highboy

Has anyone ran 16" wheels on their 3/4 ton fords? I've tried 15"s but they wouldn't clear the front brake calipers. If 16"'s will work the tires would be much cheaper!!

Nov 29, 2004 | 05:53 PM

marcs724

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I'm 90% sure they will. A few years ago I bought a 77 highboy and I'm almost positive it had 235/something/16 tires on it. They were dinky.

Nov 29, 2004 | 06:08 PM

Torque1st

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16's will work fine.

Nov 29, 2004 | 06:28 PM

highboy1975

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i have 16s on my 75 f250. tourque probably knows from experience too, but im just gonna say that i know theyll work from direct experience with a truck i currently own.

Nov 29, 2004 | 10:37 PM

rakent

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Ditto the above. 16"x7" mid-'90's OEM style steels on my '74 F250 4wd fit perfectly. I'm currently running a 245/75-16E all-terrain.

Nov 30, 2004 | 08:26 AM

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.............The dividing line for 16" wheel compatability is the 99 model year I believe . The 99 16" wheels are NOT compatable with those of prior model years as the 99's and forward are a metric dimension from what I've been told . So , from the 60's up thru the 98 model year 16" , 8 hole wheels should fit any truck is my understanding , sk

Nov 30, 2004 | 09:20 AM

rakent

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Originally Posted by skuteman

Right - you'll need the 8 hole on 6.5" diameter bolt circle wheels. The "SuperDuty" trucks that came out for the '98 model year (the new body style) use a metric sizing - I think its 8 on 105mm or something like that. Just remember that the wheels for a late model superduty won't fit, but the wheels off of a 3/4 ton from '97 or earlier should w/o problems.