Alcoa Wheels

[CSilkowski]

FYI - I just spoke to Alcoa regarding wheels for our 3rd gen trucks. They have two wheels AVAILABLE NOW made specifically for 3rd gens. 17x8 and 17x8. 5. Both wheels are HUBCENTRIC. The 17x8. 5 has a 5. 625" backspace and . 709" offset (not sure what such offset would translate to in mm's). P/N for the 17x8. 5 is #478681. Sorry, but I did not get P/N for the 17x8. Since they don't sell direct, he recommended that orders go through Haltec (800) 321-6471, a distributor, which I just called and got a price of $245 each. I was told that they come polished.



Disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with Haltec or Alcoa. Just desperately trying to find solutions for our trucks.

 

[Bertram65]

Cool, although on the SRW trucks it does not matter if the wheel is hubcentric as the stock wheels are lug centric. A true hubcentric wheel does not use conical lug nuts.

 

[nickleinonen]

Originally posted by CSilkowski

FYI - I just spoke to Alcoa regarding wheels for our 3rd gen trucks. They have two wheels AVAILABLE NOW made specifically for 3rd gens. 17x8 and 17x8. 5. Both wheels are HUBCENTRIC. The 17x8. 5 has a 5. 625" backspace and . 709" offset (not sure what such offset would translate to in mm's). P/N for the 17x8. 5 is #478681. Sorry, but I did not get P/N for the 17x8. Since they don't sell direct, he recommended that orders go through Haltec (800) 321-6471, a distributor, which I just called and got a price of $245 each. I was told that they come polished.



Disclaimer - I'm not affiliated with Haltec or Alcoa. Just desperately trying to find solutions for our trucks.

hmph, that 8. 5" wide wheel would be nice, but with that backspacing, it will require a fender flare

 

[CSilkowski]

Originally posted by Bertram65

Cool, although on the SRW trucks it does not matter if the wheel is hubcentric as the stock wheels are lug centric. A true hubcentric wheel does not use conical lug nuts.

If I'm not mistaken our wheels for SRW trucks are both hub and lugcentric. At least that is what I've been told.

 

[Scrappy]

wheels

what do they look like?

 

[CSilkowski]

Re: wheels

Originally posted by Scrappy

what do they look like?

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[XcumminsX]

M/T Classic II's Look 100x Better and there 100 dollars cheaper for each one. .

 

[CSilkowski]

Yes. But they're not made specifically for our trucks (i. e. , backspace and hubcentric) and they are most likely cast versus Alcoa's which are forged.

 

[dave176]

YUK. . $225$ WOULD RATHER KEEP THE STOCK ONES THEN PUT THOSE ON.

 

[XcumminsX]

my m/t classic II's stick out about 1"-1/2 inches... big deal.....

 

[AndyMan]

Originally posted by XcumminsX

my m/t classic II's stick out about 1"-1/2 inches... big deal.....

But if the Mickey's are cast (which they are according to the MT website). That is a big deal. Forged wheels are incredibly strong.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Originally posted by CSilkowski

The 17x8. 5 has a 5. 625" backspace and . 709" offset (not sure what such offset would translate to in mm's). P/N for the 17x8. 5 is #478681.

On a 8. 5" wide rim the backspace needs to be at least 6. 0" to keep the tire inside the plane of the wheelwell.



I think the challenge is clearance-related inside the wheelwell for people wanting to run large tires, so they offset the rim outward slightly for this. That's the only reason I can think of why Alcoa didn't try to match stock specs.



Vaughn

 

[geusterman]

When do we see 19. 5's for SRW? The stock aluminum wheels survived TREX testing for years including jumping. Good enough for me... George

 

[Bertram65]

Perhaps the 5. 625" backspaceing works on the GM trucks as well as they will sell many more to GM owners than Dodge owners.

 

[CSilkowski]

Wrong wheel style?

Hmmmm. . the part number given to me by Alcoa is actually this style, and not their classic style like I had assumed. Kinda looks like a Hummer wheel. Never seen this styling from Alcoa before.



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[Matt400]

With that kind of center cap you will get everyone saying... . are those Hummer wheels?

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[Bertram65]

Maybe they made them for the H2. The bolt pattern is the same, the offset may be the same as the H2 factory wheels.

 

[FDrake]

My biggest concern is the wheel ratings. I looked at many 17 inchers and found them lacking. The load range "E" tires I use are rated for 3025# at 80 PSI. The wheels I looked at were cast and the ratings were low: max PSI was 60#. So if I buy a cast wheel, it will take the load but the PSI will be 20# under what the tires need to take the same load. I think I will stick with the Dodge chrome on steel wheels.

Frank

Las Vegas, NV.

 

[ClintWilliams]

csilkowski, thanks for posting the information. I'm considering upgrading load capacity of my tires and wheels.



On another but related topic, does anyone know the weight rating of the factory aluminum wheels?

 

[EMD-Run8]

I'm not sure WHICH Alcoa you spoke with but the guy I spoke with said they didn't even have spec's for these wheels yet and that they wouldn't be available 'til 4th quarter. I called to ask about BS & offset and info I had gotten off of southwest wheel's site. He reiterated that the wheels would be OEM spec when they did become available. I think his name was Chuck at Alcoa.