Ok, I know its been asked before and I did look through the search but couldnt find what I was looking for.

I know people on here have Alcoa's on thier duallies. I have seen them in pics. I also know that Alcoa has never made a wheel for our duallies. With that being said I found a set of Chevy Alcoa's from a 1994 Chevy dually. I have yet to seee them in person. My question goes to those who do have Alcoa's on thier trucks. What model #'s are on your trucks and what did the machine shop have to do to make them work. I know our trucks are hub centric where all Alcoa's are lug centric. (I believe this is true). I just want a heavy duty, nice looking wheel on my truck that wont brake the bank. Any help? Thanks

 

I thought Alcoa made a aluminum dually wheel in the 19.5" size in 8 lug X 16.5" bolt spacing.. but I can only find the 16 and 17" wheel on their site.

http://www.alcoa.com/alcoawheels/nor...ssicSeries.asp

 

Nick, you're thinking of American Force Wheels. They have the 19.5" direct bolt on set.

http://americanforcewheels.com/step-one.php?catid=NA==

 

^But they will not fit our trucks. 94 and up use a different hub and lug size. I also would like to stick with 16". I have an almost new set of BFG Mudders on. Thanks guys, keep the info coming.

 

Freightrain,

I don't have a direct answer to your question but, I hope this helps. I have a 92 W 250 that I had converted to a dually setup. I bought my wheels AND adapters from Arrowcraft in Michigan. The woman who took my phone order really knew what she was talking about; I believe her name may have been Carol. Anyhow, try contacting Arrowcraft as I feel they can help you with the answers you are looking for. For the record, my Alcoas ARE hub centric however, I have adapters in my configuration. She (Carol) knew about the different sizes in wheel studs on all the different trucks and exactly which Alcoa wheel would work for my conversion. Also, there are different offsets in the Alcoa dually wheels. Give them a call as I was pleased with their knowledge and help.

Aloha

 

ALL the 8-lug bolt patterns are 8X6.5 unless it is a newer ford.

 

Thank you Matt. I will google them and send an email.
Your dead on about the back spacing. I didnt even think about that. More than likely the adapters they sold you allowed you to use a newer wheel.

Randy, thanks for the bolt pattern but thats not whats different. The differences that pertain to which wheel to try and find so I could have a local machine shop turn for me are, what the hub and lug sizes are as well as the back spacing. I am not sure what the back spacing is on a factory steel wheel. Thanks for all the info. I guess I was hoping one of the few who have made Alcoa's work on their truck would come forward with the specific model #'s that they used. And if they are satisfied. Thanks

 

TLRMAN is using Rockstars on his dually and I asked him how he used his set up.

If I understood him right, he said the wheels were designed for 9/16" studs, but the 5/8" studs we have slipped through them just fine! Fronts went on and he centered them with the 2 conical nuts, then he used wheel spacer for the rears with the extra studs since he's running bigger tired. He used the normal 5/8" studs through the spacer, and just used the 9/16" studs on the outter dummy wheels that came with them. He told me there has been zero issues.

The rear tires go on so tight, I have to imagine they are almost hub centric. Mine peeled the paint on the hub just sliding the wheels on, and I had to repaint them after they were on. I have a junk 1/2" spacer between my duals and have no vibration issues even though the wheels are not "coined" together.

 

Rickson makes a aluminum wheel that fits. http://www.ricksontruckwheels.com/cu...x/Chad.jpg.php

 

lovely wheels, but they sure are proud of them

 

When I talked to Alcoa last year, they told me they no longer make the direct bolt-on wheels for our trucks. I don't know about adapting other wheels to fit. I do know Eagle makes bolt-on's for our trucks though, and are around a 3rd the price. Not quite the same, but hard to beat the pricing. Their Alcoa look-alike's are their 058 model. Southwest Wheel and Tire, (I think) have the best pricing I've come across, and they're an advertiser on this site.

 

KD, link to what you're talking about?

 

Mike, their ad is at the top of the page^^^, although it's probably a banner so you might have to wait for it to roll around. Southwest Wheel Company is what they're called, (I just saw the ad.) Do a Google search if you can't find their ad.

 

I like the rickson wheels but I want to keep 16" wheels. Unless I didnt see them I dont want larger wheels.

 

I didn't see them either. Not a fan of bigger size rims. Nice 1st gens though, but I don't like that paint that changes colour when you look at it from different angles. Too rice for my tastes. The white one is sweet!