99 F-250 wheels will they fit a 93 F-250 - Diesel Forum

paintedreams93 · 10-11-2006, 08:24 PM

I have found a set of 99 F-250 wheels and was wondering if they would fit my 93?

Dave Haven · 10-11-2006, 08:56 PM

No. The '99 and newer wheels have a different hole pattern. 170mm circle vs. 6.5" for our earlier trucks.

paintedreams93 · 10-11-2006, 09:06 PM

I thought they wouldn't work but wasn't sure, I found a set for $300 oh well thats how it goes. Thanks for the reply.

Mr_Roboto · 10-11-2006, 11:06 PM

No, 99+ trucks are metric. However Econoline wheels are still 8 on 6.5".

crossent · 10-12-2006, 03:01 AM

With a little machining yes! Look at some pics at my webshots. http://rides.webshots.com/album/382658603PHOBGZ
Mike

paintedreams93 · 10-12-2006, 07:14 AM

What did you do? It looks like you milled the inside lip off.

Zrob · 10-12-2006, 12:29 PM

I dunno, I'd be wary hauling valuble cargo, like your horses. The wheels are stud centered. Any machining to the bolt pattern would have to alter something. Adding stress to area's that prolly can't handle it.

Heck, even Alcoa had a problem with the early wheels. And they cast and machined them to fit our trucks.

crossent · 10-12-2006, 01:30 PM

Actually 99-up wheels are centered off the hub(hubcentric)and use those lugs like the old mags used to [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/vomit.gif[/img]. Ours our concentric(centered off the lugs).A buddy of mine has a tire shop in town and one of his friends owns a machine shop. He has a program all set up in one of his cnc machines and bores out the holes and presses in the knurled conical inserts. He machines a step on the back side so you can use a traditional cap. He has done a lot of these wheels and has many buisness owners using them on there work rigs and no problems what so ever. These wheels are everywhere and almost free if they don't have tires. The cost was around $200-250 to have them done i don't remember excactly. If there is interest i can confirm price and turn around time. I like the oem look and fit and with 35's w/no lift.
Mike

Mr_Roboto · 10-12-2006, 02:59 PM

If the center holes were machines to fit the pilots on our trucks and you used flat washer lugnuts, there would be no additional stresses. That is the same way that dually wheels have been mounted since 1985 or earlier.

There's really no need to use cone lugnuts as long as you have a way to center the wheels. My dually has an older axle and the pilot does not fit tight in the wheels. I just center the wheels with sleeves over 4 of the studs, tighten the other 4 nuts then remove the sleeves and tighten the remaining 4 nuts. Never had a problem.

Zrob · 10-13-2006, 08:13 AM

So what centers the wheel on a 2WD front application?

Mr_Roboto · 10-13-2006, 06:21 PM

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So what centers the wheel on a 2WD front application?

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Some front rotors have hub flanges the same as a full float axle do. I know my old E250 had them, I had to grind out the center of a pair of wheels to get them to fit the front.

I guess it depends on how your truck was set up if you could use hub pilot or not.