Steelies to fit over Cobra brakes

My caps fit perfect on the Vintiques wheels John. 10 1/8 factory.

 

I wonder if any of the SUVs or trucks out there have 17' factory steelies that would fit our cats. I don't suppose it's very likely that they would have the bumps on them for poverty / dog-dish caps?

 

Ford Explorers and Rangers have been using wheels where the center cap grabs onto three lug nuts since the 90s ... no contact with the wheel. The wheels are typically stylized, the spare is plainer, but it even has triangular directional holes. Finally, they are all 15s.

You don't get into bigger rims until about 8-10 years ago, and those tend to not have the same offsets as an old school rim.

You might want to peek at Crown Vic police rims. You will get the bigger diameter, but poverty caps will be a problem, as will the offsets.

 

I did some more research on Crown Vic wheels, and one site says that the 1997 Police Interceptor models had 17" wheels with the nubs for dog-dish caps. Any chance someone can confirm or dispute this claim?
By the way CaptainComet, what is the offset problem that you refer to please?Thanks.
John B

 

re: offset ... old school wheels will have the centers roughly in the middle of the wheel, or a "deep offset" wheel may have it place more inboard, moving the wheel further out of the vehicle.

Newer wheels tend to have a more shallow offset, with the center toward the outboard side of the vehicle. This moves more of the wheel in under the car. Newer cars are engineered with more of the brakes/suspension inside the wheel. It gives the suspension arms more leverage, and there are handling benefits. But, mounting newer shallow offset wheels on an older car is almost always problematic. On Mavs, the brake drum face is not very far from the leaf springs. I imagine all kinds of issues on the front end of the car too.

On top of everything else ... shallow offset wheels would tuck the tires very far under an old car .... making it look goofy. Lots of open space to the fender lips. I tend to like as much rubber stuffed under there, within the fenders, as possible.

 

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Jim P.