Cheap 4-lug Rim Suggestions?

CtCarl · Sep 15, 2014

The clearcoat is shot on my '87 LX 10-hole rims, and they look really awful. I'd like to pop some other rims on there just to clean up the appearance a bit, but there's no money in the budget for anything fancy.

Any suggestions for a cheap 4-lug 15" or 16" alloy rim that I can find in decent shape in the average boneyard? (Other than the Pony or Turbine rims)

TIA! Carl

stykthyn · Sep 15, 2014

Why not strip and polish those 10 holes. They look sharp when they are shiny.

CtCarl · Sep 15, 2014

Yeah, I don't trust those wheel refinishing places. Too many bad reviews. Plus, here in Connecticut there are only a couple of them, and they take weeks...don't want the car sitting on jackstands for that long.

I'll def save the 10 hole rims and maybe refinish them someday, but not now.

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stykthyn · Sep 15, 2014

Four lug cobra r's are pretty cheap these days

Micheal Nadeau · Sep 15, 2014

I grabbed a cheap set, stripped them down and painted the argent silver then cleared them.

Gearbanger 101 · Sep 15, 2014

Turbines? Had a set on my '87 LX for a while and they didn't look horrible?

barnett468 · Sep 16, 2014

ConnCarl said:
The clearcoat is shot on my '87 LX 10-hole rims, and they look really awful. I'd like to pop some other rims on there just to clean up the appearance a bit, but there's no money in the budget for anything fancy.

Any suggestions for a cheap 4-lug 15" or 16" alloy rim that I can find in decent shape in the average boneyard? (Other than the Pony or Turbine rims)

TIA! Carl

i think any 87 thru 93 4 lug rim will fit which includes mercury's. below is a 90 mustang rim.

http://www.originalwheels.com/ford-wheels/images/ford-mustang-wheels-1310.jpg

CtCarl · Sep 16, 2014

The Cobra Rs look good, but so far as I know, they're all 17 x 8.

Those '90 rims are 14" polycast. I need 15" or 16" alloys. Turbines will work, there's plenty of them around, but what I'm trying to find out is if there's a different center cap that will fit. Those four-hole caps are just nasty.

87-88 T-Bird rims will fit, and they look pretty good too, but they're not quite plentiful enough to have clean cheap examples still sitting around. So far it's looking like I'll end up with pony rims, which at least are really easy to keep clean.

Micheal Nadeau · Sep 16, 2014

There are replica Cobra R's that are 16" (that's what mine are) that's I picked up for $80

needstlc · Sep 16, 2014

go on Craigslist I picked up my American racing wheels with good tires for $120

deathb4dismount · Sep 17, 2014

Stick with the 10 holes. I love 1o holes on a car with a black molding. Red coupe + black molding + 10 holes =

CtCarl · Sep 18, 2014

I like the 10 holes, even if they're not really easy to clean.

But I'm leaning towards the five-spoke pony rims. I like the idea of 16" tires, and the ponys are easier to keep clean.

The other problem with the 10 holes is that most of them are more than 25 years old now and it's really hard to find decent ones.

Gearbanger 101 · Sep 18, 2014

No love for the turbines on the LX, huh?

CtCarl · Sep 19, 2014

Turbines are plentiful and cheap, but that bolted-on center cap is a deal-killer.

Gearbanger 101 · Sep 19, 2014

ConnCarl said:
Turbines are plentiful and cheap, but that bolted-on center cap is a deal-killer.

Why is that.....you have rusty bolts?

CtCarl · Sep 19, 2014

No, my bolts are okay, but my nuts are rusty as hell and in generally poor condition.

I think it's because of a curse this old Moldavian woman who used to run a roadside hubcap stand put on me in the 80s.

At the time I thought she'd mistaken me for Yuri Andropov's brother, who was the Mayor of Chelyabinsk back then.

But decades later, judging by the condition of my nuts, when she pointed at me and screamed, "Mayor Nutsrust Andropov!", she probably meant something else entirely.

stykthyn · Sep 19, 2014

I'm not sure what just happened here but I like it

90lxwhite · Sep 20, 2014

ConnCarl said:
No, my bolts are okay, but my nuts are rusty as hell and in generally poor condition.

HA! @Gearbanger 101 I think you know what to do w this.
Ps: he must be married.

CtCarl · Sep 20, 2014

In related news, anyone have any clue what this stuff is, or how to get it off without damaging the clearcoat?

Tried non-acid OTC wheel cleaners, WD-40, and vinegar. Haven't tried anything abrasive like Wenol, Magic Eraser, toothpaste, etc.

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