Rank your favorite OEM wheels on a Maverick.

[Tom 71 Maverick 24]

I'm cheap.
Thought I wouldn't bother swapping my steelies until the factory tires were done - nope. In person, I hated the steelies. Made the truck look 'cheap', but in a bad way! Overcame my cheapness! But after selling them, it was only $500 to upgrade to 17" BS Big Bend and a more 'beefy' tire - but still lightweight.
Overall tire + wheel weight decreased 3+ lbs per corner. Why these are #1 OEMs, IMO.

Those steel wheels would look a LOT better if they were a glossy black. With a nice chrome center hub cap, of course. But on your otherwise-beautiful truck, they do look cheap as-is.

Might be useful in snowy areas if you actually run a second set of winter tires. It was common when I lived in northeast Ohio years ago, to have snow tires on separate rims for winter use. The steelies would be perfect for that, since they were less valuable and you wouldn't mind them being used in the road salt that was commonly used to clear roads in the winter.

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[John McClane]

These are from a Focus RS, right? Do they have a ‘name’? Or something that will help me search for them?

 

[Toddman45]

2

 

[TheMaverickLife]

@John McClane
@Toddman45

These 18x8 wheels are in the Ford Focus RS style. Yep, copies of the 19" RS wheel. Sure nice looking, plus easy to clean (nice openings). No "name" that i'm aware of ... and long long gone. Only a very short run was made ... .

I also have two sets of the OEM 19" (19x8) RS wheels ... if you look in the wheels & tires section.


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In each post, I listed the suggested tires for each (18" or 19") ... and the Rev/mile differences from the "lariat" wheel/tire size, as per Tire tack and the tire manufacturer data. Also in the Bay Area club section, I input the tires that fit, as i recall.


other Maverick owners have run similar wheels, and tires, no issues. For the larger tire sizes, I saw some added a few "mm" (5 mm) spacers for the "off-road" knobby tires.

I think these wheels are for a 'street truck' application.

These are "shippable" ... I noted at $150 for the set ... using a Maine zip-code, so should be good for any 48-state zip code, by UPS Ground. I can use a friends corporate rate at their company, so not sure how the insurance works ... . OR, if one works where they have a Corporate UPS account, then I can box and ship using THAT account ... any pricing should be similar. I will "double box" and then get any size and weight to calculate the final costs, if using your corporate account (that is how I understand it works for shipping). In a few days, one has the wheels ...

Yep, great looking wheels that are unique ... not 'run of the mill' ... or 'cheap' looking.



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added tire info:


FOR these wheels for sale ... my advise is as listed here. For each tire size, there are many brands and types of tires, sticky summer tires, all-season performance tires, and such. All these sizes are readily available ... for example from both Tire Rack and Costco.

Tires size for similar OEM revs/mile:

245/55-18 for the 18 x 8 wheels.
(same 727 revs/mile in most brands, a few at 726 ... sort of varies due to tread depth/type)

245/50-19 for the 19 x 8 wheels.
(this lower profile offers some summer tires, at 725 and 726 revs/mile, so essentially the same rolling radius/diameter as the OEM tire)

Tire sizes for a slightly wider than OEM width ... offering good tire-clearance are the 235's

For the 18" wheels

Acceptable Less revs/mile (i.e., a taller tire): 235/60-18. ... 714-716 revs/mile range (brand/type).

For the 19" wheels

Acceptable Less revs/mile (taller tire): 235/55-19. ... 712-720 revs/mile range (brand/type).

Acceptable More revs/mile (shorter tire): 235/50-19 ... 735-739 revs/mile range (brand/type).

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For the "street truck" ... look at the Michelin Pilot Sport 4 SUV tire.

 

[Toddman45]

I voted number two those wheels look great. Especially love them on my XLT.

 

[Pikey87]

I like my XL steelies

 

[Talk.to.me.Goose!]

Black steelie swap from XL originals. Liquid Metal Atom (17x7, 5x108, +38mm) same as OEM rims. $86 each at Discount Tire (best price I could find). Specify "glossy black". Really reminds me of a "mini truck" version my 2003 CVPI (RIP thanks to getting rear ended at a stop light...) 2025 XL.

 

[LSchicago]

My Favorite wheels are none of the factory wheels.

 

[Cancunbadlands]

#Tremor for the win!

 

[zen_]

Black steelie swap from XL originals. Liquid Metal Atom (17x7, 5x108, +38mm) same as OEM rims. $86 each at Discount Tire (best price I could find). Specify "glossy black". Really reminds me of a "mini truck" version my 2003 CVPI (RIP thanks to getting rear ended at a stop light...) 2025 XL.

I like that color with the steel wheels, they both look nice.

If I had a re-do, if I could have found an XL hybrid for a few thousand less than the XLT ($24-25K), maybe I should have driven further or tried harder. Lately I have been trying to be more frugal and not worry about bling, which is the essence of the humble steel wheel with holes that just works.

 

[CrammyHamilton]

There is something about these that make them look so good with the mav.
Gives it a really nice futuristic look without being too out there.

I can’t wait to pick up a set of these for my Oxford White XLT. What’s the biggest tire size we can put on these before we get rubbage?

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