16"jeep wheels

[camp9k]

does anyone know if these would work on a bronco...not have any luck finding factory 16"? http://www.summitracing.com/parts/omx-1672501

Thanks
John

 

[Broncobowsher]

Looks like it will. Have you looked for '04-'06 E150 wheels? That Jeep wheel looks over priced to me.
Note the comments, it is narrower than listed. Center bore not listed, but with comments it sounds like it is big enough.

 

[camp9k]

are the e150 5 lug? Im really looking to copy this!

 

[Broncobowsher]

Through '06 the E150 was standard 5-lug. '07 has it listed as both 5 and 8 lug depending on source. I thought there was a 16" version in the last of the 5-lugs.

 

[blubuckaroo]

I was thinking of going to painted 16" wheels too.
The specs say they are 5.75" wide.
What range of tire sizes would fit it?

Oops! Never mind that.
I just looked at the reviews and the wheels are really only 4.5" wide.

 

[jckkys]

The Jeep wheel will work but center hole is larger than Ford wheels and they are only 5" wide. I tried some of the M38 wheels I had on the Bronco and they do work. But I would only use them for a skinny spare. I already had a Ford 16" that was an option on Broncos until around '71. It's only 5" wide too. I have been looking at Dodge 4x4 truck wheels that are 16" after about '95. I know the earlier 15x8" Dodge wheels had a 5x5.5" bolt pattern. I use them on my '77 now.

 

[rguest3]

camp9k - Go back to Summit and look at Wheel Vintiques. They make the factory style steel wheel in a 15x7. The center hub holes are correct and no machining required. Just the wheel installed and it fits great, but the original hub cap will not fit correctly with a 4" back spacing wheel (66 Hub Cap Fits great though), so look for less back spacing.

They come in white, chrome and primed.

I was only looking for 15" at the time, but a 16" may be available as well.

Any Ford Bronco and Jeep CJ wheel will fit your early Bronco. The Dodge 1500 series wheels with the same 5x5.5" Bolt Pattern will fit as well, but you have to make sure the center Hub hole is big enough for your Broncos front Hub.

I ended up going with a 17x7" Dodge wheel for my 76 with Uncut Fenders. The center hole was machined to clear the front Hubs and holes were tapped for the Later Bronco center cap.

 

[Bluebolt]

Econoline

Here's the Econoline 5 lug 16" steel wheel. They never changed from the old pattern 5 1/2".

 

[jckkys]

If the wheels in post #3 are 16", they are Bronco/ F150 wheels. Vans didn't have unique wheels in the '60s-'80s. They just had Ford truck wheels that were more common on F150 pickups than other sources.

 

[fordfan]

If the wheels in post #3 are 16", they are Bronco/ F150 wheels. Vans didn't have unique wheels in the '60s-'80s. They just had Ford truck wheels that were more common on F150 pickups than other sources.

Yes. Those are the original 16" KH-Ford wheels that came on 60's and 70's Ford pickups and Broncos. (Not F150s though...Back then they were F100s.)

 

[77bronk]

Early Bronco OEM Wheels & Tires $50
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/pts/5021410975.html

 

[jckkys]

Good catch on the F150. Ford changed the name in '74. The skinny 16" wheels went away before that. They have been F150s so long I forgot. I guess Ford forgot the name came from F100 jet fighters and there were never F150 fighters. I need my old Ford 16x5" rim as a spare, but there were likely 100s of thousands made.

 

[bigjhoov]

Early Bronco OEM Wheels & Tires $50
http://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/pts/5021410975.html

Those are 15".

 

[77bronk]

Ah worth a shot for cheap wheels

 

[jckkys]

2 gets you 1/2 way there. Outside of the fact that 5" wide rims seem narrow they are OE Ford parts that work on any Bronco including the '76-'77s.

 

[surfer-b]

These are the closest I have found for a set of factory looking and spec 16" wheel. I looked at a set and the ones I saw only had the 5 lug holes and not the universal lug pattern like pictured.
http://www.summitracing.com/parts/wvi-14-6605334/overview/