2nd Gen Non-Engine/Transmission Wheel lug pattern

[LSchulz]

Does anyone know if the stock 16" wheels off a superduty (like these) will fit on my truck? I'd like to find a second set of rims for my snow tires, and I'm pretty sure I can get a good deal on a full set of wheels like these around here.

 

[TJarecke]

No they won't fit.

Ford went to a metric bolt pattern in 99 when the superduty trucks came out. I think it is 8x170mm or something like that.

It would be nice if they did because there are some nice ford wheels and sometimes they go pretty cheap.

 

[Nate]

Yup the new Ford crap is 8x170mm. Ours are 8x6. 5, as well as GM. I believe that is 8x165mm, though I'm not positive.

 

[SS]

Nate,



6. 5" = 165. 1



I still don't understand WHY the idiots at FoMoCo could have possibly thought it was a good idea to change the bolt pattern by 5 lousy millimeters. I would have been really upset if I planned on swapping wheels from one truck to the next to find that out. Now if they had changed it to 10 lugs or to a much larger bolt circle for strength I would understand, but 5 millimeters??? I guess nobody cares if anything is standard anymore...