[garryk6]

My 2001 DRW F350 has the factory the factory aluminum rims on the front and the outside rears, with steel inside rims. My question, can I change the inner rims to aluminum without installing longer studs? My spare is on a stock style aluminum rim, and I have found another set of aluminum rims for reasonable that are in better shape than mine, so was thinking of putting the nice ones on the outside and the others on the inside.
Thanks in advance, Garry

 

[manioso]

No.

And stud length is not the root cause. These trucks are hub piloted, meaning the hub positions the wheel, and the lugs merely provide clamping force. If you use an aluminum inside, you will not have enough surface to safely engage the outside rim.

Not that you'd do it, but if you were to put alum inside and steel outside, even tough your studs would be OK, the outside (steel) wheel would not engage enough of the hub.

 

[FloridaEd]

Manioso:

I've thought about replacing the aluminum wheels on the front and outside rear on my 2001 dually with painted steel wheels. I would just prefer steel wheels to aluminum.

Do you know if this would be okay>

Tks

Florida Ed

 

[SmokeyWren]

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I've thought about replacing the aluminum wheels on the front and outside rear on my 2001 dually with painted steel wheels. I would just prefer steel wheels to aluminum.

Do you know if this would be okay

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Sure. That's the Ford stock way to do it. Those aluminum jobbies are expensive options.

The aluminum wheels are much thicker at the bolt circle than steel wheels, so you cannot mount two aluminum wheels on a rear hub - because the hub is not wide enough. So your choice is either one steel wheel on the inside plus one alloy wheel on the outside, or two steel wheels.