New (different) Wheels!

[MountaineerGreen]

I replaced my stock 01 Mountaineer wheels with some from an 02 4x4 ranger:
Before

After:

I tried to find similar pictures, to truly reflect the difference between the wheels.

Please let me know what you think. Good or bad let me hear it-

 

[section525]

I like them! The first ones looked more like Ranger wheels than Explorer too. Weird.

 

[TarHeel085]

i like it! ive actually thought about doin the same thing on mine. just never had the ambition to go find the rims.

 

[MountaineerGreen]

I like them! The first ones looked more like Ranger wheels than Explorer too. Weird.

Well in the last years of the gen II explorer/mountaineer, some shared the wheels. Mine were identical to ranger wheels with the exception of the center caps.

 

[ExplorerDMB]

I like it a lot. Makes the whole truck look new. Take a picture to see how far the wheels stick in/out. I'd like to see

-Drew

 

[SkanlaxJMO]

 

[buckshotmudder]

looks good- i like em

 

[MountaineerGreen]

Im ready to see how they look with the lift- but I guess that will be another before and after thread.

Update: I have bought some mercury wheel centers to complete my somewhat factory wheel look. Ill post pictures when I get some good ones.

 

[Explorer#2]

looks much better

 

[HappyGilmore]

definately like it.

 

[kert0307]

Looks good, are you gunna sell any of the original wheels?

 

[MountaineerGreen]

Looks good, are you gunna sell any of the original wheels?

Already sold em.

 

[MountaineerGreen]

New pics:

 

['97 V8]

thats nice..i like em a lot.

 

[chrisj626]

where did u get those? are they 16s or 17s like the 3rd gen explorer ones?

 

[Mbrooks420]

Looks 100% better. Some 3rd gens still came with 16's.

 

[MountaineerGreen]

I replaced my stock 01 Mountaineer wheels with some from an 02 4x4 ranger:

They are 16" wheels.

Wheels from a 3rd gen will not work, the offset is wrong. These wheels are hard to find in salvage yards, and very expensive on ebay. There is a guy on the forum selling a wheel and tire combo for $575.

 

[SilverBullet]

So is the backspacing on the Ranger wheels a little different, so that they stick out of the wheel well further?

Those look great!

 

[MountaineerGreen]

So is the backspacing on the Ranger wheels a little different, so that they stick out of the wheel well further?

Those look great!

Nope, the Ranger wheels backspacing is exactly the same as the stock wheels. I wish they stuck out more, but they don't. I am now looking for some different wheels that do.

 

[gluvsave35]

looks good!