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18" steel wheels #125775 09/24/08 06:03 PM 09/24/08 06:03 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 324 Northport, al. T tvt59 OP enthusiast
tvt59 OP enthusiast T Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 324 Northport, al.	Does anyone know who can make an 18" steel wheel that the dog dish hub caps will fit?

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: tvt59] #125776 09/24/08 07:25 PM 09/24/08 07:25 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,335 Oregon E earlymopar pro stock
earlymopar pro stock E Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 1,335 Oregon	I'm not certain who does but you might contact any of the following via the web: - Wheel Smith - Pete Paulson - Sacramento Wheel - Wheel Vintiques Its really a matter of using the correct steel wheel center from the wheel that fits with the dog-dish hubcap and putting it into the wheel outer you want to use. The question is, does anyone make an 18" OEM steel wheel"? I'm not sure myself. - EM

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: tvt59] #125777 09/24/08 07:33 PM 09/24/08 07:33 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga 3 36PLYM enthusiast
36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	I have 17" steel wheels from a Magnum on my 36 Plymouth and my 36 hubcaps fit the centers great. I had to make the spring clips. 36 Plymouth Coupe 318 w/360 heads 518 trans 8 3/4 rear Ga. Tech BCE'78

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: 36PLYM] #125778 09/25/08 10:39 PM 09/25/08 10:39 PM
Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 324 Northport, al. T tvt59 OP enthusiast
tvt59 OP enthusiast T Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 324 Northport, al.	Toyota Tundra had some 18" Dia. factory steel wheels.

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: 36PLYM] #125779 09/26/08 10:23 AM 09/26/08 10:23 AM
Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,392 Thayer, MO B bohmer2 pro stock
bohmer2 pro stock B Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 1,392 Thayer, MO	Quote: I have 17" steel wheels from a Magnum on my 36 Plymouth and my 36 hubcaps fit the centers great. I had to make the spring clips. 17" Steel wheels from a new magnum or an old magnum?

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: bohmer2] #125780 09/27/08 09:23 AM 09/27/08 09:23 AM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga 3 36PLYM enthusiast
36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	17" wheels from a new Magnum, these also came on some 300's and the new Charger. They have 4 1/2 inch bolt patterns, check the center opening. Good luck! 36 Plymouth Coupe 318 w/360 heads 518 trans 8 3/4 rear Ga. Tech BCE'78

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: 36PLYM] #125781 09/28/08 07:00 AM 09/28/08 07:00 AM
Joined: May 2007 Posts: 8 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada M mycreation68 member
mycreation68 member M Joined: May 2007 Posts: 8 Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada	Quote: 17" wheels from a new Magnum, these also came on some 300's and the new Charger. They have 4 1/2 inch bolt patterns, check the center opening. Good luck! They don't have a 5 on 4 1/2 inch pattern! They are a metric pattern and are off by about .060" on an inch. They are a 5 on 115mm pattern. the 5 on 4 1/2 pattern translates to 5 on 114.3mm now minor you ask? well that .7 of a mm could lead to stress cracking as your only grabbing on I believe only 20% of the hole. Now dangerous maybe not right now but a year or two down the road the wheels may break and cause extreme amounts of damage.

Re: 18" steel wheels [Re: mycreation68] #125782 09/28/08 07:26 PM 09/28/08 07:26 PM
Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga 3 36PLYM enthusiast
36PLYM enthusiast 3 Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 251 Lithonia, Ga	I have checked into this before I assumed these wheels would fit. The difference in 4.5 inches and 115mm(4.52755") is the .02755". When split in half the difference in the centers of the stud and the hole is only .013755", which is less than 1/64 of an inch. The combined tolerances of the stud, nut and wheel are well within this limit. After forty years of engineering, machinist, welding and building cars I am sure that this is a correct swap. Also Hollander list the 5x4.5, the 5x114.3 and the 5x115 as interchangeable.

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