New Wheels

[gbaglo]

Product appears to be aimed at owners of high performance vehicles with thick wallets.

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by gbaglo

Product appears to be aimed at owners of high performance vehicles with thick wallets.

Lug-centric balancing simply means mounting the wheel (with tire) on the balancing machine with a suitable adapter so it is located by the lug bolt holes, not the centre bore. It should not cost significantly more than a standard balance, because it only take a couple more minutes to do the job properly, and the adapter is not an expensive tool.

No modern competently built high-performance vehicle would have lug-centric wheels. Cheap trailer hardware is nearly the only remaining application of lug-centric wheel mounting.

[James Gang]

I emailed Recstuff and they do lug centric balancing at $9.99 per tire with tire and wheel purchase.

[tannerls]

Originally Posted by rubicon327

These are what you want.
https://recstuff.com/trailer-tires-w...ailer-wheel-1/

Bummer!!! After nearing completion of backyard irrigation install (One of many items on growing HONEY DO list and necessary for a happy marriage), I finally went to recstuff.com to order a couple of wheels and it appears to have been removed. Did a search for Dexstar wheels but the only 15X6 5 lug on 4.5 offered is painted black.

[rubicon327]

Originally Posted by tannerls

Bummer!!! After nearing completion of backyard irrigation install (One of many items on growing HONEY DO list and necessary for a happy marriage), I finally went to recstuff.com to order a couple of wheels and it appears to have been removed. Did a search for Dexstar wheels but the only 15X6 5 lug on 4.5 offered is painted black.

How about these?
https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Tir...r/AM20551.html

[tannerls]

Originally Posted by rubicon327

How about these?
https://www.etrailer.com/Trailer-Tir...r/AM20551.html

I saw these earlier on etrailer.com. Wish they had the painted lines to match the other wheels although they would work. I like Dexstar because they are American made. Thanks rubican for the suggestion.

[rubicon327]

Originally Posted by tannerls

Wish they had the painted lines to match the other wheels although they would work. I like Dexstar because they are American made.

Yeah I saw that they didn't have the lines. Interesting because all of the Dexstar spoke models and even the same Mini Mod model in a different size (15x5 w/ 5 on 5 bolt pattern) have the stripes.

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by tannerls

... I finally went to recstuff.com to order a couple of wheels and it appears to have been removed. Did a search for Dexstar wheels but the only 15X6 5 lug on 4.5 offered is painted black.

According to the Dexstar product catalog the colour code for white with stripes is "12", so for instance a 15"X6" with 5-on-4.5" in the eight-spoke is Dexstar part 017-149-xx, so in white with stripes it's 017-149-12. It appears to be available, and cheap. White with stripes is not the same colour code as white without stripes.

[rubicon327]

Originally Posted by Brian B-P

According to the Dexstar product catalog the colour code for white with stripes is "12", so for instance a 15"X6" with 5-on-4.5" in the eight-spoke is Dexstar part 017-149-xx, so in white with stripes it's 017-149-12. It appears to be available, and cheap. White with stripes is not the same colour code as white without stripes.

Brian: He is trying to match the Escape originals which are the Mini-Mod in white not the Eight-Spoke model. 017-232-12?

[James Gang]

I just put these on my Escape, with black center caps of the same style and shape as the original white

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by rubicon327

Brian: He is trying to match the Escape originals which are the Mini-Mod in white not the Eight-Spoke model. 017-232-12?

Good catch - I should have used a more appropriate example, but yes, that's how the part numbering works.

[tannerls]

Well... I guess I'm not opposed to switching to a different style wheel (maybe a spoke type Dexstar) so all 4 wheels match if the price is right.
NOTHING IS EASY!!!

[tannerls]

Originally Posted by James Gang

I just put these on my Escape, with black center caps of the same style and shape as the original white

James Gang: Just curious... do you have a photo with these mounted on your Escape you could post?

[R.Best]

I put on custom wheels the day after I took delivery. I have the original stock wheels in my garage. I don't know what the delivery cost would be, but they are here if you are interested!

[tannerls]

Originally Posted by R.Best

I put on custom wheels the day after I took delivery. I have the original stock wheels in my garage. I don't know what the delivery cost would be, but they are here if you are interested!

Thanks... I would appreciate that. I think I will check out shipping cost from your location to SoCal. I can PM you later.
Take care

[cpaharley2008]

Originally Posted by tannerls

Thanks... I would appreciate that. I think I will check out shipping cost from your location to SoCal. I can PM you later.
Take care

Sounds like a road trip to me, perhaps once the border restrictions are relaxed.

[James Gang]

New wheels and tires

[James Gang]

I had bought some chrome center caps, but they were much bigger. They snapped on the wheels ok, but they stuck out at least 2 to 3 inches further. Did not look good at all.

[James Gang]

Another pic

[tannerls]

Originally Posted by James Gang

Another pic

NICE! Also I would think fading due to sun exposure would not be an issue. Where did you get your hub caps?