The Stovebolt Site Forums The Parking Lot Big Bolts Five Lugs in a Ten Hole Rim

This is a question for Grigg, or anybody that might have seen rims like these. As Grigg knows, I'm a Ford guy and lurk here sometimes because I share you guys' interest in wheels. This thread from the Ford Truck Enthusiasts site has pics of a F-500 that on first glance is wearing Big Bolt 10 lug rims. But looking at them I think they are custom, but don't know of anybody that's made custom rims like these. What do you think? Stu

http://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/853847-five-lug-buds-with-a-ten-bolt-wheel.html

After sleeping on it I'm thinking these are just Accurides and the guy had a set machined to work on his truck. Not a multi-vehicle custom application from one of the wheel shops. Stu

My guess is same as yours.
They appear to be 19.5" Accuride GM 10 lug wheels in all details I can see in the pictures.
Who knows what he did to get them to fit, be it bore the holes out for larger studs, and or countersink them to make them stud piloted? Whatever he did I don't think it's a great idea, the centers are not very thick at the bolt holes, as part of the GM system they used clamp plates to spread the load farther away from the nuts.
The ford superduty wheels that use washer nuts have about twice the thickness at the bolt holes.. I'd be concerned that the wheels may crack or pull apart around the studs eventually.

Grigg

Thanks Grigg. Like you say, it'd have made more sense for him to go ahead and used the outer plate to give it more support. He could have even had plates made to disguise the extra bolt holes. If the guy was himself a machinist it wouldn't have cost him much but you'd think he'd have engineered it better. To have all that done, on top of the cost of the rims, doesn't seem logical. Take care. Stu