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Originally Posted by PICKMUP
8-lug Ford 16" wheels look even better and they will accept our dog dish hupcaps. They are wider and deeper.
75 series tires, like 265-75-16 are a wider tire, yet the same height as 235-85-16.
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I agree. Both my 72 3/4 tons have 16.5" wheels and there is little to no sizes for that size rim anymore. And the ones they do have are pricey. So I went to the junkyard and pulled 4 16" wheels off an eighties 3/4 or 1 ton ford van. They're pretty wide although now I forget how wide and the chevy hubcaps fit perfectly. The lug nuts were bigger so the factory lug wrench didn't fit, but luckily the van in the yard still had its factory lug wrench laying in the back. Much beefier than my original one. I have 265/70 16 mounted and I could definitely go wider thanks to the rim being wider. Nothing is out past the fenderwells either. If you don't mind using ford parts, it's a nice option.