Got my new rim/tires for the old girl

[adaml23]

Just a little Friday wheel porn for you guys. Just got the new wheels on the other day. They're used 285/75/16 tires on f*rd steel rims I had powder coated black. Put beauty rings on them and have three chrome 90's center caps (still need to find one more then cut a hole in the front ones for the hubs to stick thru). Only have the back ones on currently.

First couple pics is the current setup, second-to-last is what I was using (wheels I had laying around until I found some tires) and the last pic is what I started with with this project... it's came along way even though the body doesn't look like I've done much haha!!

 

[Old77]

Keep up the progress

 

[donnieray]

Good progress. Safety and mechanical improvements first, then worry about how she looks.

 

[adaml23]

Agreed. That's been the plan. About to the point where the looks are what's next.

 

[theblindchicken]

Looks like big progress... you went from bedless to a nice solid bed!

Dig the wheels!

 

[CSFJ]

I like it. kinda has the rally wheel look, except with 8 lugs

 

[adaml23]

Thanks guys.


Got one front cap hole cut out yesterday. Will hopefully get the other side done soon too.

 

[Craig 85]

Clean look.

 

[74 Shortbed]

Looks good..

 

[adaml23]

I like it. kinda has the rally wheel look, except with 8 lugs

That's what I was going for. This was a 6 lug truck but I decided to just do 8 lug axles since the rear had blown twice...gov-bomb. I like the rally wheels but obviously can't do them in 8 lug. Actually, I was thinking about putting those 90s Dodge 8 lug rims on that kind of also look like rally wheels but I wanted the wheels to have some offset so I decided to go with some ford rims I already had.