So my truck came with some el-cheapo aftermarket chromed steelies, which look fine, but I question their quality and ability to hold the loads I sometimes pull...but my main beef with them is that 3 out of 4 of them are bent...like the tire machine askes for 14oz of weight bent! At any rate, I just ate through a set of decent quality 235-85's in 15k, and enough is enough...sooo, I ran into a set of stock steelies off a 95 f-250 for next to nothing. They're nice and true and bolt right up front and back...the only problem is they're grey and just look hideous...but I'm poor and I need round more than I need pretty. So, will dodge hubcaps snap on these things if I can find a set? I'm gonna have to go ahead and refuse to run Ford hubcaps...well, just because. Oh, I'm gonna try some 265-75's this time too

 

If they're like the Ford rims that I have (not sure of the year), they only have 3 lugs to hold the hubcap - my stock Dodge rims have 4 lugs. I couldn't keep the stock Dodge hubcaps on the Ford rims. They weren't rigid enough to stay on w/o that 4th lug.

Edit - The hub caps would fit but would fall off when hitting a good bump or pot-hole.

 

I think you'll have to use FORD hubcaps.

 

I'll go without, thank you very much Couldn't turn down the price (basically free) and I guess the only real drawback is I'll be out of the running for TOM any time soon

 

I'll try to talk the TOM comittee into having an ugly truck contest.

I say paint the whole mess (rim, hub, lugnuts) black. I think that'd be the best look.

 

I think the ford steelies are made by accuride. Those are great rims. I prefer my ford aluminum rims from a '95 f250 made by alcoa, however

 

I agree, these rims are quite a bit beefier that what I took off. Guess I'll just run 'em for now. I'll get some pics when I get the tires on early next week.

 

Ditto here, they are sweet wheels. Do you have center cap? I would love to have some Dodge center caps but don't know if any fit.

 

I do have the center caps from the 2nd gens with ram head that I used with my steel chrome rims
but they won't fit on the alu's without a little machining to mill them down a bit. I have all 32 shouldered lug nuts new from dodge that fit the 1/2" studs.

 

Here is an old poor-boy trick that I have seen used numerous times.

Take four pieces of 1/8 x 1 steel, or aluminum.

Drill holes in each end, such that they will go over two opposing lug/studs.

Drill a 1/4" hole dead-center, between the two stud holes.

Insert a length of all-thread, with nuts on front and back, through this hole.

Put this steel bar over the two studs, on top of the lug-nuts.

Use two plain nuts to hold it on.

Drill a 1/4" hole in the center of the Dodge hub-caps.

Install a hub-cap, such that the threaded rod pokes through the hole in the hub-cap.

Put a stainless flat-washer and wing-nut on the threaded rod to keep the hub-cap on.

Now give that man a cigar.