Edit: Steelies Can Actually Look Good!

[JimParker256]

Steel wheels only way to go. Chunck into a pot hole with alluminum and there goes the rim.

Man, I can attest to the truth of that statement! I just had to replace all four wheels on my wife's Impala because we hit a huge pot hole that bend all four rims, cracking one so that it had a slow leak. Of course, we were 200 miles from nowhere in Texas, on a Sunday. Fortunately, I had a portable inflator, and the car has TPMS that displays the tire pressure. We'd drive until the pressure was -5 psi, then pull over and air it back up to +5 psi. Rinse and repeat every 1/2 hour for almost 2 hours. Got them replaced on Monday. It only cost us about $1600... Sigh.

I'll never purchase a car with oversized aluminum rims and low-profile tires again! We had already replaced one rim (OEM, so it was nearly $400 by itself) due to an earlier issue (curb strike while turning at fairly low speed).

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[DonkeyJohn]

Steelies look just fine on my Iconic Silver XL-might feel different if truck was different color, but I only have the one Mav. so far, so no worries. As XL implies, my preference tends to run to the basic, functional.

 

[olderbudwiser]

Edit… thanks for all the comments! This is the final product. Sherwin Williams Automotive ATX paint color matched to Ford Shadow Black, with texture ring around wheel vent holes of Dominator/Raptor Black Urethane 2-part Bedliner:

I’m looking to improve the look of my steelies… if at all possible! Here’s what I’ve tried so far. More to come…

Can you get the PoPo vehicle pop bottle center caps?

 

[Drew]

Can you get the PoPo vehicle pop bottle center caps?

I’ve seen others talk about those CrownVic center caps, but I haven’t tried looking for them.

 

[projectvortex]

Man, I can attest to the truth of that statement! I just had to replace all four wheels on my wife's Impala because we hit a huge pot hole that bend all four rims, cracking one so that it had a slow leak. Of course, we were 200 miles from nowhere in Texas, on a Sunday. Fortunately, I had a portable inflator, and the car has TPMS that displays the tire pressure. We'd drive until the pressure was -5 psi, then pull over and air it back up to +5 psi. Rinse and repeat every 1/2 hour for almost 2 hours. Got them replaced on Monday. It only cost us about $1600... Sigh.

I'll never purchase a car with oversized aluminum rims and low-profile tires again! We had already replaced one rim (OEM, so it was nearly $400 by itself) due to an earlier issue (curb strike while turning at fairly low speed).

What kind of pothole takes out all 4 wheels? Sinkhole? Wow.

 

[paneubert]

These wheels are 7.5 instead of 7...and I forget the offset, but the net is 21mm!

What year escape are the wheels from? Seems like they average about 50mm offset for stock rims. Which might be a problem since stock Maverick is 37.5. Yikes.

 

[Clock Doc]

Did you remove the center caps to put the wheel covers on?

The moon caps are either 3 tab or 5 tab the mav doesn't have those dents in the rim. Also the largest rims I've seen them made for is 15inch. I'll keep looking though. The do make racing moons that screw in place but I don't care for those.

 

[Clock Doc]

@JimParker256. I've been there myself. Low profile are the worst ride ever and no protection for that rim. You were lucky that crack didn't open up further on the way home.

 

[Halo9x]

Edit… thanks for all the comments! This is the final product. Sherwin Williams Automotive ATX paint color matched to Ford Shadow Black, with texture ring around wheel vent holes of Dominator/Raptor Black Urethane 2-part Bedliner:

I’m looking to improve the look of my steelies… if at all possible! Here’s what I’ve tried so far. More to come…

Personally, I think the all Black paint job looks the best. You might also try Red or Gold since they would look good against the Black color of the truck.

 

[RobbieAG]

I'm thinking of adding trim rings to the steelies. It would be nice to have a chrome center piece to complete the look. Anyone know where to source the trim rings and/or options for replacement center pieces?

 

[Valmo]

 

[Drew]

Nice! Color key the rims to your truck or painted black with the chrome rings & center caps would look smart.

 

[Steveyg]

What are those chome center caps and where did you get them VALMO?

 

[mfergel]

Not sure if it's been mentioned in the thread but wonder if you could find a company that makes the right size outer rim and you were to take the center out and put it in that. Might look cool to have the center mounted into a 8 1/2 or 9 with a different offset.

 

[Valmo]

Nice! Color key the rims to your truck or painted black with the chrome rings & center caps would look smart.

Yes the silver washes out the chrome in the sun

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