Found some Ricksons on Craigslist...
Rickson Forged Aluminum Wheels on a 1989 D250 with Michelin XZT 245/70R19.5 tires...

4500LB Weight rating wheels
stock backspacing
Load range "G" 110 PSI 4800 LB Weight rating tires 33.6" tall.
Daystar Coil Spring Spacers
1992 D250 Upper and lower Control Arms (courtesy of Locomotive1)

Photos need to be resized and will be pending, so to see the pics just go to my Picasa album http://picasaweb.google.com/papecat/...31345333252066

 

Very cool, do they handle any differetly then your old setup?

 

Looking good! I love the look of 19.5's and the load range is awesome. Ahh brings back memories of working on those

 

The Ricksons ride good, the forged 19.5 wheels are much lighter than the steel 19.5 wheels. They handle corners on a dime as well.. The truck is much higher up in the front now, it looks pretty cool, like a saggy 4x4 on the bumpstops lol. low rolling resistance + taller overall diameter has given me 550 miles with still an 1/8 of a tank left. I only started using the ricksons at about 200 miles into this tank too...

 

1700 rpm @ 80mph on the freeway?

 

I wish I had a tach, and gps to see how fast I was really going.
I have 33.6" tires 3.07s and 5th gear getrag what is that.86?

 

http://www.grimmjeeper.com/gears.html

 

Just thought I would share another 1st gen of my buddys w/ Ricksons. I like mine so far......What kind and size tires you running? Yours look great man.....


http://benzysdieselperformance.com/*...g&locale=en_US

 

Michelin XZT 245/70R19.5 Load range G

:-)

 

I just got 6 new ones. They are Goodyear G124, 265/70/19.5......So far I like them....

 

How well did the shop mount/balance/round them?

 

Wont the odometer be off by a little bit though? Just wondering

 

They Did A Good Job Mouting And Balancing Them. I Did Not Have Them Rounded? I Have Never Heard Of It On These Size Tires. Knock On Wood I Have No Issues W/ Steering Problems Going Down The Road. Smooth As Stock...

 

Well I have to check it against a highway side speedo test or GPS still. I know that with larger diameter tires you are traveling further than indicated, or in other words getting more MPG than indicated.

More pics coming tomorrow, I replaced the front lugs with new stockers and got new lugnuts all the way around. A thousand THX goes to Dan and Crew at Rickson for helping me source wheel hardware for these wheels even though I bought them used. I found some great chrome lugnuts that take more of the thread than standard acorns. There is a threaded cylindrical shank at the tip of them that threads the studs deeper than the wheel face... I now have full thread engagement

 

So how is the traction with those 19.5" on wet grass? I have a P30 van with that size and it has to be a very dry day before I can back up hill on dry grass.