Rims

[professor229]

Hey.... Need some help with rims for my 2004 Ranger.... I refinished the four I have and they turned out excellent, but now I want to buy two more rims for it and install snow tires on the rims for... well.. winter (DUH). The local U PULL IT PARTS yard has several Rangers... the newest of the seven are a 2000 Ranger and they have three of them.... Did a 2000 Ranger have disk brakes? In other words, I want to go buy a couple rims to fix up and from a previous post I know I have to be careful about disk brakes and back spacing etc..... Then again.... I am not even sure but do I even need to be concerned if these are for the rear wheel drive and I bet I don't have disk brakes in the back of my Ranger.... so would any year Ranger rim fit for a set of snow tires on the back? Just brainstorming a bit and thinking out loud and asking if anyone has been there/ done that or learned the hard way.... As always, any help suggestions/ideas are all appreciated.... .

 

[sgtsandman]

I’ve run junk yard rims on my 2011 with no problem. No idea what year Ranger they came from.

 

[RobbieD]

I can't answer your question, but I do have to say that your wheel rehab turned out great.

 

[pjtoledo]

my Rwd 2005 came with those rims. 15 x 6 (6.5?)
they fit 2wd Rangers 98+ with coil springs up front. those have 11.25" front rotors.
2000 Rangers have 11.25" front disk brakes, both 2wd and 4wd.

they do not fit on the front of 4WD Rangers with 12" front rotors, they do fit the back of anything.

 

[alwaysFlOoReD]

I run 4 winter tires....
I like to be able to steer too.

 

[sgtsandman]

The ones I use are 15X7, steel (7 spoke). They fit my 2011 4X4 just fine.

 

[Snoranger]

I run 4 winter tires....
I like to be able to steer too.

Where’s your sense of adventure?!


Be sure to inspect the back side of the used rims good... they like to rot where the 2 pieces are welded together. I’ve seen quite a few steel wheels rot bad enough to leak air.

 

[19Walt93]

I'm not big on black wheels but those look good with the center cap, the Frenchman in me wants to add trim rings, too. Every Ranger had front disc brakes, the later ones had larger rotors but my 2011 4x4 had 15" wheels from the factory. I assume I'll get slammed but the parts being discussed are wheels, the rim is only the outer section that holds the tire, when the center section is integral, the unit is a wheel.

 

[Snoranger]

I'm not big on black wheels but those look good with the center cap, the Frenchman in me wants to add trim rings, too. Every Ranger had front disc brakes, the later ones had larger rotors but my 2011 4x4 had 15" wheels from the factory. I assume I'll get slammed but the parts being discussed are wheels, the rim is only the outer section that holds the tire, when the center section is integral, the unit is a wheel.

While you may technically be correct, the words are pretty much used interchangeably nowadays.

 

[sgtsandman]

Be sure to inspect the back side of the used rims good... they like to rot where the 2 pieces are welded together. I’ve seen quite a few steel wheels rot bad enough to leak air.

This is why I'm not running those rims now. 3 of the 5 are so rusted on the inside, I don't think they are safe to use anymore. Since the ATs performed so well at the Badlands, I'm going to just get some more JY steel rims and install some more winter tires. The ATs have been pretty good but I rather have the cheap steel rims take the brine bath than my nice aluminum ones.

 

[19Walt93]

[QUOTE="snoranger, post: 1891757, member: 339
While you may technically be correct, the words are pretty much used interchangeably nowadays.
[/QUOTE]
Not by me, I think that started with the lowered-Civic-fart-muffler-crowd. they also think a "performance" engine should sound like a weed whacker and that 4 degrees negative camber and no suspension travel are a good idea. The drive in a starter is not a bendix, either. Starters with Bendix drives are spinning when they hit the flywheel teeth and starters with modern( modern being 62 or newer) drives engage the flywheel teeth and then start spinning. Model T's had wooden spokes and steel rims, bicycles had metal spokes and steel rims. I've owned 80+ vehicles that had wheels and zero with rims.
OBD II mandated calling alternators generators, that isn't right either, but being a government rule, a certain amount of stupidity has to be expected. They just pas laws to regulate things, they aren't required to understand how things function.

 

[sgtsandman]

It depends on who you ask about wooden wheels having steel rims.

A wheel wright will tell you those metal bands are called tires. Then again, they have all kinds of different weird names for the parts on a horse drawn cart or wagon...

 

[mikkelstuff]

Try EveryRim.com if you want to match your original 2004 Ranger rims. Very reasonably priced.

 

[Snoranger]

Not by me, I think that started with the lowered-Civic-fart-muffler-crowd. they also think a "performance" engine should sound like a weed whacker and that 4 degrees negative camber and no suspension travel are a good idea. The drive in a starter is not a bendix, either. Starters with Bendix drives are spinning when they hit the flywheel teeth and starters with modern( modern being 62 or newer) drives engage the flywheel teeth and then start spinning. Model T's had wooden spokes and steel rims, bicycles had metal spokes and steel rims. I've owned 80+ vehicles that had wheels and zero with rims.
OBD II mandated calling alternators generators, that isn't right either, but being a government rule, a certain amount of stupidity has to be expected. They just pas laws to regulate things, they aren't required to understand how things function.

Might as well throw engine vs motor debate in there too.

 

[19Walt93]

Might as well throw engine vs motor debate in there too.

That one is a can of worms but shouldn't be, engines use fuel to make power, motors use power to make rpms. But we have Ford Motor Company, General Motors, BMW(Bavarian Motor Works), motor oil for engines and motor bearing oil for actual motors, motor mounts, motorists who drive vehicles with engines. I give up on that one.