6 lug rim conversion

[GeneralDisorder]

Or ya could just buy brand new rims - my 15" white wagon wheels were $27 each from Tire Factory.... I would imagine they can get 14's too. New rims hold the bead better and almost never leak - very smooth bead surface and powder coated too. Plus they look.... well... new.

 

GD

[TheSubaruJunkie]

Thats cheaper than what I paid for my rims... and mine were 20yrs old. But, they arent generic 8 spoke rims. I cant stand those things

 

Mine almost look new, now that I painted them.

 

-Brian

[Uberoo]

junkyard.I picked up 4 chevy 6 lugs 15X7 for $100.they are nice chrome ones.I think they have speedholes or something,but there not spokes...

[El Toro]

the rims i scored were of a d-50 pick-up before it headed to the jy.the brand of rim is American racing or AR. at my local yard these rims run $10 a piece, why so cheap you ask well a ton of trucks ran on these rims and there seems to be a ample supply of them. if you go looking for a set in a jy look for white rims with a thin blue and red stripe on the outer edge. cleaned them up and shot some paint and BLAM sweet rims!!!

[Sarge]

I was at a friend's house last night and we were talking about the trailer he built out of an old Nissan p/u frame. I looked down and Behold! he had a set of outlaw 2s on it. I think they are 15" rims and 6 lug. What I don't know is how wide they are, I am assuming they are 7" after checking out the summit page. Anyway, he said I could get all 4 for $75 or if I could find a set of steely rims, he would trade for them. This is great and definately gets a...... and a.....

[esh]

I don't know if tou guys have somthing like recycling centers in the states but in Austraila there is. you can get there almost anything for almost nothing. that's where I found my 14" rims and I paid AU$22 for the lot. (about us$16). http://subaruesh.spaces.msn.com/photos

[Sarge]

I don't know if tou guys have somthing like recycling centers in the states but in Austraila there is. you can get there almost anything for almost nothing. that's where I found my 14" rims and I paid AU$22 for the lot. (about us$16). http://subaruesh.spaces.msn.com/photos

 

I don't think we have any recycling centers around here that would have rims laying around.... I'd say the closest thing to that would be the junk yards.

[Uberoo]

what happens if you drilled your rims then countersunk them at 82*? instead of 60* will it still seat or....?

[Roundeye]

I used 15" rims from a early 90'2 Toyota Tacoma. I got a set of 5 for $75 from a junk yard. Don't look for the truck, look for the rims. I found mine in a pile of rims. Alot of people with 'yotas get aluminum rims and scrap the steelies. Very common and cheap.

 

I chose to drill the rims and not the hubs because the 'yota rims are thicker than the Subaru hubs. A little margin of safety IMO. Also, if the drilling weakens the part and it fails, I'd rather change a busted rim than a busted hub. Odds are neither will break under "normal" use, but I'm crazy like that.

 

Consider too that 15 inch rims give you a far bigger choice in off-road tires than 14s.

 

Here is what the 'yota rims look like.......