|
|
|
|
| Author |
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,351
|
Looking for the right wheel on my F150....
This is a crazy thought, but I’ve been looking for a different set of wheels for my 2014 F150 and the wheels I really like are on the 2014 GMC Sierra. The GMC Sierra was my second choice when I bought my Ford. It’s not the size but the style and I just haven't found it anywhere.
Would it be crazy to buy wheel adapters to install the GMC wheels on my Ford? The center cap would be blank. Of course, I want it to look similar in size to my original wheel, but maybe with some outside offset. My current wheel. 18x7.5 44mm offset  The wheel I'm looking for. 20x9. 27mm offset. 
|
||
08-21-2018, 04:33 PM
|
|
|
Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,341
|
I like the original. It does seem a little crazy to introduce adapters into the mix. I would peruse some of the aftermarkets to see if I could find something similar that fit natively.
__________________
Steve '08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960 - never named a car before, but this is Charlotte. '88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
|
||
|
08-21-2018, 04:37 PM
|
|
|
Did you get the memo?
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Wichita, KS
Posts: 32,733
|
Really easy to introduce vibration via adapters. Why not just find a similar aftermarket option? There are hundreds of options available for the F150.
|
||
|
08-21-2018, 05:37 PM
|
|
|
Registered
|
?? It’s a truck.
__________________
. |
||
|
08-21-2018, 05:39 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,351
|
The adapter is the part I don't like. Especially if it isn't hub centric.
I've found a lot of wheels in black for the Ford, which seems to be the color to use now-a-days. I've just always liked this wheel pattern. It's similar to the one I had on my 930 with BBS wheels. I haven't found any used yet, except online and they're way too much money. That alone will probably keep me from getting them. |
||
|
08-21-2018, 05:49 PM
|
|
|
Unregistered
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: a wretched hive of scum and villainy
Posts: 55,652
|
I'm thinking if you do it, you should change all four. Not just the right one.
Reminds me of the guy who got caught in a conveyor at work and it ripped his left arm and left leg off. He's all right now. Sorry, long day. |
||
|
08-21-2018, 05:50 PM
|
|
|
|
FUSHIGI
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: somewhere between here and there
Posts: 10,768
|
Just buy the GMC.
|
||
|
08-21-2018, 07:35 PM
|
|
|
Make Bruins Great Again
|
My first thought was a wheel on the right side fell off.
GMC wheel on a Ford? No. Adapters? Not no but HECK NO (for several reasons).
__________________
-------------------------------------- Joe See Porsche run. Run, Porsche, Run: `87 911 Carrera |
||
|
08-21-2018, 07:39 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,351
|
Hehe... that was good. 😆
Quote:
|
||
|
08-21-2018, 07:44 PM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Posts: 14,351
|
If I wanted the GMC, I would’ve bought in 2014. I like the wheels from the GMC only. Besides, my truck is almost paid off
Quote:
|
||
|
08-21-2018, 07:46 PM
|
|
|
Control Group
|
Seems the obvious answer would be an aftermarket wheel
__________________
She was the kindest person I ever met |
||
|
08-21-2018, 08:25 PM
|
|
|
D idn't E arn I t
|
These look good.
 
__________________
AOC/Hogg 2028 |
||
|
08-21-2018, 09:11 PM
|
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: bottom left corner of the world
Posts: 22,819
|
Quote:
He was brother of the guy who died in the High Gloss French Polish factory. He accidently fell into a vat of the stuff and drowned. Sad, but he did have a beautiful finish. |
||
|
08-21-2018, 09:43 PM
|
|
|
A Man of Wealth and Taste
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Out there somewhere beyond the doors of perception
Posts: 51,063
|
Leave it alone
|
||
|
08-21-2018, 10:56 PM
|
|
|
?
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 30,644
|
Quote:
|
||
|
08-22-2018, 02:43 AM
|
|
|
?
Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 30,644
|
Quote:
|
||
|
08-22-2018, 02:45 AM
|
|
|
Registered
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Louisville Ky
Posts: 2,791
|
OMG !!!! It's just a truck.
__________________
Edgar 1984 Porsche 944 bone stock 1995 Mercedes E320 wagon 1970 Honda CB350 mint!!! |
||
|
08-22-2018, 08:13 AM
|
|
|
(the shotguns)
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Maryland
Posts: 21,854
|
OP those Sierra wheels are one of the best looking designs in the history of American trucks IMHO. But they work in part because of the shape of the GM trucks of that era. GM was on a roll for a while there with designs.
But Ford also ha some fantastic wheel designs. What you are liking in part is the deeper dish of the lower offset wheels. you're just not gonna get that in a factory wheel.
__________________
***************************************** Well i had #6 adjusted perfectly but then just before i tightened it a butterfly in Zimbabwe farted and now i have to start all over again! I believe we all make mistakes but I will not validate your poor choices and/or perversions and subsidize the results your actions. |
||
|
08-22-2018, 09:27 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
Quote:
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain |
||
|
08-22-2018, 09:35 AM
|
|
|
Registered
|
These are the stock wheels on my truck with BFG KO2's 275/70/18..
__________________
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- "There is nothing to be learned from the second kick of a mule" - Mark Twain |
||
|
08-22-2018, 09:42 AM
|
|
Max
2004 Mazda Miata
Boxer engine, 6 gears, big wing: it's a GT3!
1981 ?! A Red one... 3.0
Balla special
P car
OK, a girl that identifies as a car. Good enough?
Porsche Z06
P truck orsche
1983 Porsche 911sc Cabriolet 3.0
