petegossett
petegossett Dork
9/21/08 3:33 p.m.

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I found this odd pair of wheels at my wife's uncle's house today. He has them mounted on a trailer. I thought they looked cool & bent down to take a closer look - all the spoked area of the wheels(everything except the silver lip)is foam rubber!?!?! They aren't wheel covers either, as the foam is molded around the cast center part of the wheel. Anyone seen anything like these? The design looks vaguely familiar, but I'm not sure what these are!

EDIT: What's up with posting pics on here now? I linked to the URL, but it didn't show?

fiat22turbo
fiat22turbo SuperDork
9/21/08 3:49 p.m.

Stupid imageshack....

As to the wheels, bizarre is all I can say....

maroon92
maroon92 SuperDork
9/21/08 6:44 p.m.

Those are Mustang rims

my 1992 LX convertible has them.

stuart in mn
stuart in mn Dork
9/21/08 7:13 p.m.

I thought they looked like Mustang wheels...

Molded rubber applied to wheels is nothing new, Pontiac did it with the honeycomb wheels used on Trans Ams in the middle 1970s.

petegossett
petegossett Dork
9/21/08 7:56 p.m.

Thanks! I was thinking late-80's/early-90's vintage, but I was leaning toward Mopar instead of Ford. Good to know!

I had no idea the 70's T/A wheels were made that way. I'd always presumed they were cast metal.

Woody
Woody Dork
9/21/08 9:13 p.m.

I think 1987 four cylinder Mustangs were the first to use those wheels.

mtn
mtn Dork
9/22/08 12:52 a.m.

Wow. Just by looking at a picture of a fairly obscure rim (at least today), and we have an answer in just 3 hours.

Jax2A
Jax2A HalfDork
9/22/08 6:45 a.m.

I have a set of those off a 93 LX with decent tires if anyone is interested. I'm in Columbus, Ohio area. No shipping, they're heavy.

16vCorey
16vCorey Dork
9/22/08 12:03 p.m.
Woody wrote: I think 1987 four cylinder Mustangs were the first to use those wheels.

Actually, they were available on '83-'84 Cougars and '85-'93 Mustangs.

93gsxturbo
93gsxturbo New Reader
9/23/08 12:11 p.m.

1G DSMs used those Polycast wheels also.

HEAVY!!

audifan
audifan New Reader
9/23/08 10:18 p.m.

4 X 108 mm bolt pattern same as 4 bolt audi quattro's!

fiat22turbo
fiat22turbo SuperDork
9/23/08 11:37 p.m.

and Porsche 924's

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