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Dec 28, 2008 | 06:48 AM

C Holmes

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Help with wheels

Anyone know of a 16" wheel with a 5x5.5 bolt pattern off a more modern vehicle that will fit an 88 F 150? I can't find a wheel that size to fit my truck from that vintage.

Dec 28, 2008 | 11:24 AM

Conanski

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There are none, all the new vehicles use a metric bolt pattern and have the wrong offset for your truck.

Dec 28, 2008 | 11:36 AM

mstngmikegt

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Have been looking for this option for awhile and can't find anything either. Some Dodge stuff is the right pattern but wrong offset and all 5 bolt Ford trucks went to metric (bites) '97 through '03 I believe (after that went to 6). Have heard of redrilling bolt pattern in some later model Ford wheels and using different lugnuts but I don't particularly like that idea (let alone not so sure about offset). Am paranoid enough about aluminum wheels and lugs loosening let alone doing that and will never consider wheel spacers or adapters! Looks like aftermarket is the best bet. Would love to hear of another idea too if someone should come up with one.

Last edited by mstngmikegt; Dec 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM. Reason: typo fix