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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 08:14 PM
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Exclamation Hey guys! Quick question!

Hi,

Im getting some new wheels for my truck soon, and the company I'm buying the wheels from needs to know the original wheel measurements for my truck.

The truck is a 1977 Ford F-150 4x4, Ranger XLT

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Backspacing:
Offset:
Bolt Pattern:

Thank you very much!
 
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 08:16 PM
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Topic in Title please

Pattern : 5 on 5.5"

Backspacing and off-set are the same thing aren't they ?
 
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Mil1ion

Backspacing and off-set are the same thing aren't they ?
The offset changes in relation to the width of the rim.

We briefly try to discuss this topic in this thread:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/6...ml#post5200480
 
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 10:44 PM
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Anyone? I need this within 20 minutes
 
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Old Oct 11, 2007 | 11:03 PM
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click the link in the post above yours
 
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 08:05 AM
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I'm probably beyond your 20 minute time limit, but you might want to see if a custom offset will make your wheels 'tuck in' nicely. Here is how you measure:
https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html
 
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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Can I ever get a strait awnser around here? Seriously
 
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 07:28 PM
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A Strait answer is a body of water between two land masses.. Like Georgian Strait near Vancouver BC


A straight answer for one of your 3 questions was given without a thank you from you.

Off set is 5"

The link posted in post #3 takes you to more in-depth info
 
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 08:36 PM
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We show you how you can measure your own... Sorry if we don't keep this info at the tops of our heads day-in, day out.
Sheesh man, relax... Intolerance will not be tolerated!
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Alpineer
Can I ever get a strait awnser around here? Seriously
If you need an answer that badly, go to a tire shop and pay them for their time. If you want free answers, expect to wait, and sometimes get bad advice. Learn to search. Hell, I found out alot about rim sizing after 30 seconds of SEARCHING on google. Measure your junk, that you have now. Use that information to figure out what will fit. The answer is on your truck, and the tools to get the answer is in your toolbox, they are called a tape measure, a straight edge, and a calculator.

Is that straight enough of an answer for you? If that isn't straight enough try this one, After 30+ years of things being changed around, the chances of finding somebody with factory rims, who are willing to take a rim off of their truck and measure it for someone are slim especially in a forum with a handfull regulars, the rest newbs,and a smaller handfulls of the regulars willing to do anything resembling work. Getting pissy because you cant find somebody to do your homework for you aint gunna help you, but will ensure that your thread gets hijacked, or turned off topic.
 
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Old Oct 12, 2007 | 10:30 PM
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Man what an a$$............ It makes the rest of us newbs look bad.
 
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