Show off your Wheels

Before and after. Refinished the rims in graphite and swapped the centers caps. Moved up from stock 255-70-16 to Toyo 265-75-16...my son's vehicle

I've always liked these factory 16's.



Factory finish on the XLT. Silver slots with clearcoat.



Sport with all the factory finish removed and polished, and polished, and......

4rd Xplora said:

Man, I do like this look. Did you have to use spacers or was it a straight bolt on?

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Thx! No spacers, straight bolt on. Stock Explorer alloy wheels are 15x7 with +12 offset. The ones I have on are stock Crown Victoria 16x7 with +6 offset so they stick out a whole 6mm more lol

Gonna be on the look out for a set.

31x10.5x15 General Grabber AT2 on 15x7 ATX Slot wheels

On my 93

1996EB said:

Before and after. Refinished the rims in graphite and swapped the centers caps. Moved up from stock 255-70-16 to Toyo 265-75-16...my son's vehicle

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What kind of center caps? Have any more photos?

GoldenGoat said:

What kind of center caps? Have any more photos?

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I just have this photo on me right now. Let me know if you want me to post more later. The center caps are actually Windstar Sport 2001-2003 caps. They fit well with stock lug nuts. If you put locking nuts on, they won't fill quite as well as the back of the cap may touch the lock, but they still work fine.

GoldenGoat said:

What kind of center caps? Have any more photos?

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Just found a couple more...

I'm sure someone has already posted their version of my wheels, but they're just the stock rims painted black everywhere besides the center caps. Actually might look for a few new old stock ones since these have a little surface rust on them.

These came on the truck, they cleaned up well so I'm happy with them. Not sure if stock or an option

elevatorguy925 said:

These came on the truck, they cleaned up well so I'm happy with them. Not sure if stock or an option

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Your rims were factory on mid nineties Eddie Bauer. I had them on my '96 EB. Steel rims with plastic chrome cladding, but they always looked great!

Thanks 1996EB, I thought they may have been from a F150 but now I know!

1996EB said:

I just have this photo on me right now. Let me know if you want me to post more later. The center caps are actually Windstar Sport 2001-2003 caps. They fit well with stock lug nuts. If you put locking nuts on, they won't fill quite as well as the back of the cap may touch the lock, but they still work fine.

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That is something I never would have thought of but looks amazing! Gonna keep this in mind if I ever get a newer Sport/Sport Trac

elevatorguy925 said:

Thanks 1996EB, I thought they may have been from a F150 but now I know!

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No problem. They're great rims!

Varsity said:

That is something I never would have thought of but looks amazing! Gonna keep this in mind if I ever get a newer Sport/Sport Trac

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Thanks! Not sure how I even thought of it, but we're liking them!

1996EB said:

I just have this photo on me right now. Let me know if you want me to post more later. The center caps are actually Windstar Sport 2001-2003 caps. They fit well with stock lug nuts. If you put locking nuts on, they won't fill quite as well as the back of the cap may touch the lock, but they still work fine.

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I like the look. I was in the salvage yard today just to see what was there. I looked, but didn't find any of these caps. My '01 Sport Trac has those wheels and the finish is bad on them. They're good candidates for that treatment.

429CJ-3X2 said:

I like the look. I was in the salvage yard today just to see what was there. I looked, but didn't find any of these caps. My '01 Sport Trac has those wheels and the finish is bad on them. They're good candidates for that treatment.

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Yeah, just keep an eye on the wreckers for them. I've noticed a lot of Windstars being retired around my area. A smaller percentage were the Sport model, but they will show up eventually. We spent a long time sanding down the wheels and the paint bonded really nicely. I made sure that we got it done in the summer, to give the paint ample time to fully harden before being subjected to the winter weather (and salt).

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18" 07-10 Sport Trac Limited rims, with 255-70-18 tires. Rims refinished by me.

Some old rusty 15x7 white spokes