Ok so sometime this year I'd like to ditch the ugly stock rims that are on my truck. I've done some reading on here and I've come down to the following choices:

A) A set of 2nd gen aluminum rims. Its my understanding that I need wheel spacers to make these fit properly? What size of wheel spacer is needed and where would a good place be to get them? Will these clear the hubs on my front end ok?

B) 97'? Ford F250 Alcoa aluminum rims. I'm not totally sure on which years/models of truck these rims came on. I believe these are just a matter of swapping the tires and bolting them on with some different lugnuts?

Any help is appreciated

 

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got carried away sorry about that .

 

as far as I know, at least 94-97 ford alcoa rims will fit. The year spread might be bigger than that, I'm not sure.

 

Mty rims are from a 2nd gen truck. I did not need spacers but they are a tight fit. They arn't factory eather. So I can't tell ya if you need spacers or not.

Greg

 

I found some american racing rims 16x8 for like $80/piece that looked like the Ford Alcoa ones (can't remember model) so that might be an option to look at.

 

that american racing rim is an Outlaw II. That's what my truck has but I trashed one of them and never was able to find a replacement, so I am now looking for a set of Ford Alcoas.

 

97 and earlier ford wheels work, 99 is when ford went to the dam metric bolt pattern on the Super Dutys. The outlaw 2 style wheels are pretty easy to find on ebay and Peerless Tyre has them pretty cheap. The outlaw 2 wheels look nothing like the Ford Alcoas the Baja wheels and Eagle 589's look more like them.

 

I just picked up a set of H2 rims for $200 bucks. I had to grind 1/4 inch out of the middle but they went right on. They look pretty cool and they were cheaper than I could get steel rims .