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Old 05-04-2025, 03:36 PM   #17
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Default Re: !3" rims for a 1940 Ford PU

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Originally Posted by Lanny View Post
If you need to use a 5x5.5" lug pattern from a rivited F-150 wheel center,
then you have to use a rivited center F-150 wheel from 1996 and older.

Ford changed the bolt pattern on F-150's to 5x31" in 1997 and it's hard
to tell the difference by the naked eye, but they will NOT interchange
with the 5.5" bolt circle...




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And I've been noticing the latest F150s have gone to six lugs, while the new GM 1500s have gone to five lug. It's like the whole world has gone topsy-turvey ...I'm sure that they are all metric now as well. Sheesh.
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