Are Factory Ford Lightweight Wheels Available?

[sva50233]

I come from a Mercedes background, and the company made 16x7.5 'bundt cake' wheels which were several pounds lighter than comparably-sized wheels, but also went through the rigors of factory crash-testing.

Is such a wheel available for Maverick? How about a factory Ford wheel of the same diameter, width, bolt pattern, center bore and offset, which is a pound or two lighter than factory wheels?

If it doesn't exist, I will look for a quality tire that's a bit lighter than the factory installed tire.

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[Ozarkbeard]

Check with local tire/wheel stores in your area, either online or in person. They can show you wheels & tires that are exact fits for your Maverick, and how much they weigh.

 

[surfstar]

Bronco Sport Big Bend 17" 21.2 lbs
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/bronco-sport-big-bend-wheels.33043/#post-646636

No-brainer upgrade for an XL with steelies.
You've got XLT, so not as dramatic an upgrade, but you can get more $ selling your XLT wheels to an XL owner. I had a hard time getting rid of my steelies with new factory tires!

 

[sva50233]

Bronco Sport Big Bend 17" 21.2 lbs
https://www.mavericktruckclub.com/forum/threads/bronco-sport-big-bend-wheels.33043/#post-646636

No-brainer upgrade for an XL with steelies.
You've got XLT, so not as dramatic an upgrade, but you can get more $ selling your XLT wheels to an XL owner. I had a hard time getting rid of my steelies with new factory tires!

Not really interested in selling my factory wheels.

Has anyone actually measured the following?
On average (sometimes each wheel of the same part number can be up to 2lbs weight difference, after comparing dozens of factory wheel weights of the same part number) how much of a weight savings are the Big Bend wheels over factory XLT wheels?

Are Big Bend wheels the same bolt pattern, offset, center bore as factory XLT wheels? Can the factory sized XLT tires be used on the BBs?

 

[OneHappyTremor]

Doesn’t answer your question, but when I had my ‘89 Mustang 5.0L LX, I replaced the 20++ lb factory 10-hole 15” rims with these super lightweight Centerline Pro Stock wheels which weighed either 11 or 13 lbs (can’t recall exactly, but it was one of those two)!

 

[sva50233]

Centerline seemed to make a quality product back in those days, but they don't crash test their wheels. I have seen too many aftermarket wheels at the junkyard torn to shreds. Wheels are a safety item, and should be subjected to crash testing

 

[surfstar]

Not really interested in selling my factory wheels.

Has anyone actually measured the following?
On average (sometimes each wheel of the same part number can be up to 2lbs weight difference, after comparing dozens of factory wheel weights of the same part number) how much of a weight savings are the Big Bend wheels over factory XLT wheels?

Are Big Bend wheels the same bolt pattern, offset, center bore as factory XLT wheels? Can the factory sized XLT tires be used on the BBs?

I had a note that OEM 18" wheels are ~26 lbs (just from reading various threads on here), not sure of all the weights of the various Maverick models, though.

Yes to all the rest - Bronco Sport and Maverick wheels should be fully interchangeable.

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