The 80 series land cruisers were six but now the 100 and 200 are five while the 4Runners are still six. Conor Where are you located. A friend of mine bought a Suburban 1500 and when we had the wheels off to do the brakes I noticed that they were rated for only 1250lbs ea. The Metro is incredible on gas. This was rejected for cost considerations. It 8 lug but im not sure exactly what.
One of the great problems was that it was very difficult to tell the difference between a 16 and 16. Many lost fingers, hands and some were killed. I thought maybe it had to do with engine torque. I worked at a used car lot one summer and we had one of those in. I have one of those 1997 Ford F-250 Light Duty pickups that uses a 7 lug rim. If you upgraded, you went right into the Super Duty series of pickups. I bet there were some Ford owners upset because their options were limited if they wanted to swap-in aftermarket wheels.
I am looking to convert my truck to a duallie for better payload but need help with this issue before I buy wheels that wont fit my truck. Wheel bolt patterns for passenger cars and light trucks have been pretty consistent over the past sixty years or so. This F150 has to be one of the better ones! Logistics is another reason: militaries deliberately lie about certain artillery bores to keep soldiers from confusing incompatible rounds of the same diameter. Suburban Wheel Cover prices can't be beat! A++++ awesome paint job on Mustang Quarter Panel Scoops. I have found that buying many parts of this truck is a challenge due to the model year transition. The cooking models had 3, the sportier versions ran 4.
During this same time period, the choice of wheel lug patterns between manufacturers was all over the place. He quickly replaced them with some factory rally wheels. Conor I have one of those 1997 Ford F-250 Light Duty pickups that uses a 7 lug rim. The heavy duty F-250 came with 8 lugs, along with a full floating rear axle and was available with the Power Stroke diesel. Nissan and Toyota were also running 6 on their small pickups.
It 8 lug but im not sure exactly what. I found exactly what I needed at a good price. This could make a difference in the Fog of War. Also keep a couple of 3 cylinder, 5 speed, 2 door Chevy Metros. People would inflate the 16 on a 16.
Wonder if the wheels had speed ratings? My parents had a contractor who had a 97 F-250 with the seven bolt pattern, and he replaced it with an 04 or so F-150 with the seven lug pattern. Many conspicuously marked 'Clunkers' were available to pick for parts in big area Self Serve junkyards. My 3 cyl Metro also gets like triple the mileage of my F250. Not a terrible idea, but less than convenient. It would fit on a seventy something Nissan Datsun then the Nissan hub became too big. It would not be impossible for some marketing departments to insist on a 7 bump hubcap over a 6 lug wheel….
Due to the taper in the 16. With the release of their new F-150, Ford began the process of creating two separate platforms for their light duty trucks. One of the original suggestions for avoiding this was to have a different lug pattern for 16s and 16. I never saw a point to it. Ive seen ads for wheels sayi9ng 8x170mm and etc.
Yeah, I would say that the 7 lug wheels are pretty hard to find. By the time these trucks came out, the 16. The rear rims were 16. This may be the only 3 bolt wheel car in prodcution at the moment. Those were airtight and tubeless tires were the intended use. My Toyota Corolla looks good again.
Unnecessary over-engineering in my opinion. Since the design was not airtight, tubeless tires could not be mounted. The clamping force is called preload. I remember worrying if four lugs was enough the first time I saw that configuration. Either way, many perfectly good cars were destroyed. And this is where things get a little strange.
The difference in the wheels between tube and tubeless were in the slope of the rim at the bead seats. This is the truck that Ford always quotes for the high F-150 payload in there ads. With the Super Duty trucks a couple of years away, the ¾ ton and 1 ton models were still based on the age old platform that was first produced for the 1980 model year. I didn't spend that much money and I love the way my Terrain looks! They are good little cars to have around and remain desirable even though they are getting up there in years. What is really happening is that the wheel and hub are clamped together sufficiently to act as one piece.