What do you guys think?
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What do you guys think?
I have an '01 Ford Ranger, with the stock 15x6 steel wheels. A friend of mine just pulled off new five spoke (15x7) aluminum wheels, off his new Jeep Wrangler. I can get the wheels/tires cheap. Thing is, do you think Jeep wheels would look stupid on my truck? Would you take them?
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I actually went to buy some of these same rims on my truck a while back...looked quite nice when held up to the truck, very sporty.
It will require you to bore out the center hole though.
They do look very nice, IMHO.
It will require you to bore out the center hole though.
They do look very nice, IMHO.
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Nope...the hole in the center of the wheels for the Jeep axle is smaller than our Ranger's axle (which actually suprised me with how big it was).
If you have one of the decorative covers over the center of your wheel, pop it off, you'll see in the middle what I'm talking about. Looking at the Jeep wheels, you'll see the problem.
I'm sure a shop could safely do this for you, I bet you could even do it alone...but I didn't have the time or skills to do it when I saw the Jeep wheels (and brand new tires...32 miles on them...dealership to the guy's house), so I passed on them and bought new tires instead.
Boy...do I regret that.
If you have one of the decorative covers over the center of your wheel, pop it off, you'll see in the middle what I'm talking about. Looking at the Jeep wheels, you'll see the problem.
I'm sure a shop could safely do this for you, I bet you could even do it alone...but I didn't have the time or skills to do it when I saw the Jeep wheels (and brand new tires...32 miles on them...dealership to the guy's house), so I passed on them and bought new tires instead.
Boy...do I regret that.
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Thanks all, for your time-saving help!
After weighing it out, it's probably a better idea to get the uplevel Ford wheels for this truck (you're talking to a guy who doesn't even like to go aftermarket on things like radio's
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Again, many thanks, for your replies helped me when making my decision
After weighing it out, it's probably a better idea to get the uplevel Ford wheels for this truck (you're talking to a guy who doesn't even like to go aftermarket on things like radio's
).Again, many thanks, for your replies helped me when making my decision
