Good source for aluminum 8x165.1mm (aka 8x6.5) 116.7mm center bore dual wheels?

[CyberSniper]

My new to me motorhome (Express 4500) has steel 16x6.5 8 on 6.5" 116.7mm/4.6" center bore diameter wheels.

It needs new tires due to age (had their sixth birthday a while back).

I was thinking it'd be easier to buy a different set of wheels, get tires on those, then swap them on at my whim.

But it seems that 116.7mm center bore pilot wheels are rare. Seems like the only thing that got them was some 2001-2010 GM Dually trucks... and the vans. I really don't want to have to deal with rings.

I'd rather stick with 16" simply because I plan on putting 225/75R16 LRE BFG ATs on it. A ~29.5" tall tire seems to work well with 4.10 gears, the 6L90e, and the parachute aerodynamics.

Do you guys have any ideas?

 

[sweetk30]

i think they went flanged lug nut washer in the 99-up gmt400 body style . no more rings . And rear inner will be steel rim . the drw hubs do not have the correct length of hub centric to hole 2 aluminum wheels centered to the hub .

 

[CyberSniper]

So I gave up. I bought 4 new take off Chevy Express wheels to start my tire change misery.

 

[imiceman44]

So I gave up. I bought 4 new take off Chevy Express wheels to start my tire change misery.

I am having trouble finding even steel chevy dually 16" wheels used, I can find new for a lot of money.
I am trying to switch from 16.5 dually rims

 

[sweetk30]

I am having trouble finding even steel chevy dually 16" wheels used, I can find new for a lot of money.
I am trying to switch from 16.5 dually rims

I got 6 sitting out in my pile of parts stash here . . Only 3k miles away from you tho .

 

[CyberSniper]

I ordered from a local auto parts dismantler and they shipped me them for $140/each. I bought 3 from them and a 4th one is supposed to show up Monday I only paid $130 for from Texas. They are all new takeoffs.

 

[imiceman44]

I ordered from a local auto parts dismantler and they shipped me them for $140/each. I bought 3 from them and a 4th one is supposed to show up Monday I only paid $130 for from Texas. They are all new takeoffs.

Yeah for your newer rv it's not too bad.
For my homebuilt trailer I will stay with 16.5 rims till I find a better deal, $50 or less per wheel.
I scrapped a few 5 years ago thinking I will never need them, now I have 2 dually trailers and a bread van that came with 16.5" wheels

 

[CyberSniper]

Yeah, anytime I got below $100 it was rusty so I figured new takeoffs was the way to go. I would have been willing to put the time into aluminum ones but they were the price of buying new aftermarket ones.