8-Bolt rims: Ford/Chevy interchangeable?

**winemaker** · 02-20-2008, 18:33

Title says it all....I have a line on some factory Ford 1t 8-bolt alloys cheap and my stock steel wheel are starting to rust out. I also need new rubber very soon and I don't really want to put new skins on rusty wheels.
Will a Ford 8-bolt fir on my Chev? Thanks all. Cheers
Brett

**a5150nut** · 02-20-2008, 22:11

Used to be you could put furd on Chevy but not Chevy on furd. Centers were a slightly larger opening on the furds. Make sure they are 8 bolt. IIRC, furd had some 7 bolts for a while.

**Kick Ass Matt** · 02-22-2008, 08:07

Originally Posted by a5150nut

Used to be you could put furd on Chevy but not Chevy on furd. Centers were a slightly larger opening on the furds. Make sure they are 8 bolt. IIRC, furd had some 7 bolts for a while.

Ford change their bolt pattern 02 or was it 03 and up...they went to metric 8 bolt after that...

**winemaker** · 02-22-2008, 17:15

Thanks for the clues guys. I figured it must be too good to be true.

**93GMCSierra** · 02-22-2008, 17:47

As long as the ford rims are pre-03 they should work.

**1999GMC** · 02-24-2008, 20:14

I thought it was when Ford went to the new body style in 1999 they change to the metric bolt pattern.

**AJMBLAZER** · 03-01-2008, 12:18

Originally Posted by 1999GMC

I thought it was when Ford went to the new body style in 1999 they change to the metric bolt pattern.

Bingo, he's correct.
1997 and earlier Fords used the same 8 lug pattern as GM and Dodge. '99 and up (there was no '98) will have the metric pattern referenced earlier.

**Turbo Al** · 03-07-2008, 20:25

Clear as mud:

The 1993 ford rims I have will fit my 1993 Chev front and back
The 1993 chev rims I have will fit my 2001 chev front and back
The 1993 ford rims I have will fit my 2001 chev back but NOT the front they hit the calipers.

As mentioned in previous post the new furd rims dont fit anything but new furds.

**96ccdd** · 03-10-2008, 16:59

I also thought 99 was the change to metric for Ford. Pre-99 Ford should be 8 on 6.5 just like GM & Dodge.

**trbankii** · 07-20-2008, 06:32

Originally Posted by Turbo Al

The 1993 chev rims I have will fit my 2001 chev front and back

So, are GM 8-lug rims pretty much interchangeable throughout the years? I have a line on some nice 2001 rims that I'd like to consider for my '93.

**AJMBLAZER** · 07-20-2008, 07:27

Sorta. They pretty much stayed with very similar sizes and backspacing from the 80's on. 16x6.5 going up to 16x7 and backspacing was in the 4.25-5" range the whole time.

The 2001 rims should work fine on your '93. I've actually got some 2007 steel wheels from a GMC on my '86 and have a set of the newer style aluminum wheels that will eventually be on it.

**a5150nut** · 07-20-2008, 08:18

Originally Posted by trbankii

So, are GM 8-lug rims pretty much interchangeable throughout the years? I have a line on some nice 2001 rims that I'd like to consider for my '93.

IIRC, yes. The only difference was Chevy to Ford because ford was about 1/8 in larger diameter on the center (large ) hole.

**AJMBLAZER** · 07-20-2008, 11:16

Originally Posted by a5150nut

IIRC, yes. The only difference was Chevy to Ford because ford was about 1/8 in larger diameter on the center (large ) hole.

When Ford went to the current Super Duty design for the 1999 model year they changed their lug pattern a bit.

For the record I know that just about any pre-1999 Ford 8 lug wheel will work on a GM 8 lug truck into the 90's. Not sure on more modern GM's though.

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