Rims to clear Disc brakes.

Anyways, if I did this would there be much intrest in me having these wheels built. I have been talking with a company (not stockton wheel). If I did them my best estimate right now is that they will be arund $130+shipping per wheel. Thats powder coated black or white and will also be available in bare steel at $100. They can be either stock width or wider for off road applications. I also want to look in to having a 16 inch wheel made the would except the stock cap. All these are based around the gold and orange baby moon.

 

I called Stockton wheel last week or so, and they can ship a set of 16" steelies (pick your width) to my door for $542.50 and I'm in pa. Or $107 each + shipping. I don't know how close to stock they look though. I would ideally like to find some one closer that could mod. my stock 16"'s to fit.

 

I contacted Stockton Wheel about doing a set of 16 in. wheels with the hub cap retaining bumps, for my 71 Commando, about 6 months ago. They told me, they could do wheels with the 5 1/2 in. bolt pattern, but could not get them with the required 2 1/4 in. center hole.

 

im using 77 jeep cj5 steel wheel's. they look just like the factory ones that early 5's came with but are an inch or 2 wider.

 

I have my eye on 2 scouts with stock 16's on. In a wrecking yard.

I tried to read everything but still not sure would these fit over d30 disc's??

 

....if they are from the sixties I have found these basically the same as 16" Jeep wheels 4 1/2 - 5 " wide I had a st from a '63 scout that I used on a flatty and worked well. Oh yeah they had rivets also.hth....

 

I just bought these wheels today. They supposedly came off of an '83 CJ7. Are these the elusive stock steel wheels that'll fit discs? Would like to know for sure before I pay a bunch of money to ship them.

 

I guess I'd better clarify my question to include "Do you think they'll fit the Chevy caliper conversion?"

 

Bolt pattern is the same but the CJ lock out is to large for the the hole in the rim. You might want to look into some stock Scout rims that had disk brakes(73-80 I think). They had the same style lock out as the CJ.

 

The Ford rims (Bronco or F-100) can be cut out to clear the hubs, but that leaves the web between the stud hole and the center rather thin. I have seen wide Jeep wheels made with cut-out Ford centers crack between a stud hole and the center hole. The Jeep rims will have a stamped radius around the center hole to reinforce the stud holes.

 

Well, they fit. Confirmation for the tech section. Here are a couple pics of the wheels loosely mounted over a D30 with 2-bolt calipers:




Hard to see in this pic, but along the inner center section where the early wheels are riveted, these are spot welded and don't have as much flange stamped into them. On the outer portion of the rim there is also more of a "dished" section where the early wheel sort of rolls uniformly from the center out to the bead:


For comparison purposes: