Steel wheels

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Here's the spare for the truck.   The tire is a temporary, but the wheel is what I'm looking for.  Sure looks okay to me.



The factory wheels will probably work - I've got a tab-mounting jig from Moon that'll confirm the possibility that Stainless is correct.  At least they've got a correct number of spokes.

[floydjer]

Excellent.....All you need is 3 more of those wheels and 4 tires. The spare wheel is 17"... Your tires are 18".

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Very observant, Jerry.  I'm going to buy a second set of tires anyway, and 18" skins cost more than their 17" bretheren, so that's fine.  I've also got a 16" steel spare from the old truck, so maybe I'll scare up a set of 16s.  No, I won't mix 'em.

[floydjer]

O.k.....And the tire pressure monitors will work with the temp. spare wheels?..And you might want to test fit that 16 inch wheel on the front axle, There WILL be a clearance issue. Carry on, J.B. out.

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Pressure monitors aren't a worry, and I use a 4-hose manifold to inflate 'em equally.

As for clearance - sure, I'll check, but everybody and his brother guaranteed similar fitment issues with 1" undersize wheels on my two previous pickups.  "They absolutely will not fit!", said many.  They fit just dandy, but I'll admit that was over only 300,000 miles.  Maybe I shoulda tested longer to find that misfit...

[jacksoni]

here's a cheap 16" if you can get shipping combined to reasonable: https://www.ebay.com/itm/265316568110

Or  17": https://www.ebay.com/itm/195151975950

[Speed Limit 1000]

Looks like you spare wheel is starting to rust

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Yeah, and it's never been to Bonneville.  Maybe I'll check the spare from my previous truck (I kept it) and see what it looks like after 4 trips to Bville.

[bearingburner]

On our lakester we made a jig so that any Moon fit any wheel.

[Rex Schimmer]

John, try this site, https://www.carid.com/spare-wheels.html, we bought some wheels from them when we needed a 17 x 4 inch rim.

Rex

[Seldom Seen Slim]

Close, Rex.  In fact - I can get what I want through them.  Thanks.  But I gotta say I'm surprised that I thought it'd be simple enough to find a junk yard and get the spares off wrecks.  Problem:  No junkyards anywhere near me.

[Stan Back]

Years ago I had Moons on a Camaro.  Had them on with tapped screws.  Pain in the ass to check inflation, plus the wheels flexed and the screws work thru the disc and they'd fly off.  Dzus fittings negate this problem.

Another option is to relocate the inflation plugs to the inside.  About half of them will be accessible half the time!   

[rockracer]

Are you still looking for wheels  ?

[Seldom Seen Slim]

I'd like some moon discs on my truck, and that takes steel wheels.  Whatcha got?

[fissionspeed]

When faced with this problem I found that there were no steel wheels available that wouldn't also require me replacing my 4 brand new tires. My solution was to machine 3 special lug nuts per wheel that came out to the face of the wheel, with tapped holes in them. Then I had some discs laser cut, added some felt tape, and done.

Now admittedly, it was several days of manual machining after work, has probably destroyed the finish on my factory wheels, and I need to carry a hex set with me everywhere, but hey it looks cool.