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Chino Soria

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Seven Springs, North Carolina
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2003 Sport Trac XLT
I've been looking for 20" inch wheels for my 03 ST for a while and i really fell in love with the MOTO METAL MO962 but i can't seem to find them for the stock 5x4.5 lug patter. I've seen other STs with them but didn't know if it's because they might have done a straight axle swap and changed the lug pattern. Someone please help me!
 



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If you really want to fit a wheel with a different lug pattern you can always look at wheel adapter spacers.
 






If you really want to fit a wheel with a different lug pattern you can always look at wheel adapter spacers.

Only bad thing is that they stress out your control arms and ball joint
 












Only bad thing is that they stress out your control arms and ball joint

I wouldn't suggest running them up front for that reason. I run adapters in the back to match my 6x5.5 patter of my front Dana 44 but never on the front. These trucks are too weak imo.

I'm not seeing them either. Smallest 5 lug pattern I'm seeing is 127.xx
 












Its really no different than adding wheels with different backspacing that push the wheel out further.

Wheels are better balanced since they get balanced on a machine. No one thinks about how spacers and adapters could affect that. Even hub-centric once which are the best aren't perfect.

If you get adapters to change the lug pattern, you're looking at at least 1.5" thick which is about a -40 offset which is huge.

I see guys run them on HD trucks but those suspension components are much larger and made for much heavier loads than the suspension of half tons and midsize trucks.
 






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