Steel Wheel Tech (2 Viewers)

[timskiizz]

Hip hip hooray I finally got my steelies mounted! A flat in Death Valley was good fuel for the fire in convincing my financial manager (wife) to go ahead with the new shoes. This was the last trip for them anyways. Went with another set of Coopers, ST Maxx this time.

Amazing how an 80 can make 33s look small...

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Looks fantastic! Those tyres look aggressive too, should keep you out of trouble.

I got mine sorted a few months back; the wheels arrived from 1800everyrim here in Australia.

 

[Tennessee80]

I got a set of smooth Vintiques from Summit. This is a better option than my eTrailer as mentioned earlier because the center bore is 4”. No machine needed.

I painted them darker this time since this truck came with the darker color

Rustoleum Charcoal Gray

Tires are 285/75-16 which measured out

32.25” tall and 10.5” wide.

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Those wheels look awesome with the Yokos. I just got those tires, and that color is tempting for my fj cruiser steelies I am running

 

[J Mack]

I’ve been posting this in my build thread but thought I would also post here if it will help someone else looking for wheel options.

I’ve been wanting to go to steel wheels and tall skinny tires since I built my pig but unfortunately something else kept getting in the way and I’ve had to wait until recently to make the switch.

I had originally planned to go to a 16” wheel but all of the 35”X10” tires I was finding where 17” and 17” wheel options are limited to just a few. Not sure how any of this was going to look I pick up a set of US wheel Rat Rod in 17”X7” with a 3.5” back space and planned to add some type of clip for the Toyota hubcaps once I got the wheels here. After ordering several types of clips and none of them working out I just chucked up my wheels in my rotary table on my mill and drilled them so I could attach the caps with screws. The screws are less than ideal but it was quick and easy got me on the road.

To order these wheels I had to call Summit Racing and give them the specs I wanted, the part number was 69-8712-spec. These wheels can be ordered in 15"-16"-17" in various width and back spacing.

U.S. Wheel 69-8712-SPEC U.S. Wheel Custom Order Dropship Only Wheels | Summit Racing

Free Shipping - U.S. Wheel Custom Order Dropship Only Wheels with qualifying orders of $109. Shop Custom Order Wheels at Summit Racing.

www.summitracing.com

 

[wngrog]

What size are the tires? Looks awesome

 

[J Mack]

What size are the tires? Looks awesome

Kenda Klever R/T KR601 35x10.50R17​

 

[J Mack]

So after I got my wheel dilemma sorted a friend of mine @fj55-100 had mentioned he was thinking about going to 17” wheels and I said that if I had to do it over I would have ordered the wheels with the hubcap clips that US Wheel installs and figured out how to modify the Toyota caps to fit. He took me up on that offer and this is what I came up with as an easy inexpensive way with basic hand tools to fit the Toyota hubcaps to the US Wheels.

US Wheel hubcaps have about 10” ID and Toyota is 8” +/- so modifying the Toyota cap wasn’t going to work.

This photo shows the factory clip on the wheel.

My original thought was to redrill and tap the clip holes but the wheel starts the depression for the lug nuts in that area and was going to complicate this, so to keep this easy and move the clip inboard 1” a plate is needed. #80 chain has a 1” pitch and the links are reasonably stiff alloy steel so instead of making a bunch of little brackets I just ordered some chain links and used them for the spacer plates.

You’ll need to knock the pins out of one side of the links, pretty easy deal with a vise, hammer and punch.

Toyota caps fit perfectly and sit tight against the wheel.

 

[J Mack]

Parts used from Amazon,



TRITAN 80-1C CL Precision ANSI Cottered Pin Roller Chain Connecting Link, 1" Pitch $2.00 EA

Flange Button Socket Head Cap Screw, 10-32 UNF Thread, 3/8" Long, Fully Threaded, Alloy Steel, Unbrako, Black Oxide (Pack of 100) $5.00



Fullerkreg 10-32 Stainless Hex Nut, 304 Stainless Steel, Bright Finish (100 pcs) $8.00

These wheels are 17X8" 3.5 back space.
This is the order with the part numbers.

 

[wngrog]

How do they measure out height/width wise once mounted and on the Pig?

 

[J Mack]

How do they measure out height/width wise once mounted and on the Pig?

I’ve been running the 35”X12.5”X15” BFG mud terrain tire for a few years now on a 15”X8” 3.5 back space wheel with the same lift you are running on your pig, I like the fact that this wheel tire combo pulled to tire back under the fender lip, no issues with rubbing even though these new tires are slightly taller.

 

[wngrog]

Let’s see the tape measure ......

 

[J Mack]

Let’s see the tape measure ......

34.5" ish

In-between the BFG 35X12.5 tires.

 

[Honger]

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In-between the BFG 35X12.5 tires.
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Now @wngrog is gonna ask for these measurements... on the truck.

 

[J Mack]

@wngrog can grab a bottle of decent whiskey and head to my place and measure, mount on his pig go for test drives pretty much whatever.
I suck at this internet thing and taking pictures and typing on my phone is reminding why I'm no good at it

 

[Honger]

@wngrog can grab a bottle of decent whiskey and head to my place and measure, mount on his pig go for test drives pretty much whatever.
I suck at this internet thing and taking pictures and typing on my phone is reminding why I'm no good at it

Ha!

In any case, the pics above with your Pig in the rat rod rims and the painted hub caps looks amazing. Suits the track very well.

 

[fj55-100]

perfect ,, i guess i should be ordering tires now . thanks J mac for the time and effort ..first round is on me at pp2021

 

[wngrog]

Love the size for sure.

 

[JasonH]

I have the same US Wheels and opted not to get the clips. I'm curious how hard it is to get the caps off on the wheels with the modified clips. The stock wheels raise the caps up so you can pull them off and I thought they'd sit too flush with these wheels. I may just screw some caps on like yours.

 

[wngrog]

I have the same US Wheels and opted not to get the clips. I'm curious how hard it is to get the caps off on the wheels with the modified clips. The stock wheels raise the caps up so you can pull them off and I thought they'd sit too flush with these wheels. I may just screw some caps on like yours.

Let’s see a picture of the wheels without caps.....

 

[JasonH]

 

[FJBen]

I’ve been eyeing those tires for a little bit now.
those rims look pretty sweet...photoshop time.