| OE Hub caps on 16in wheels? [message #342895] |
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Matt Colie
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A local lady owner that is doing a major rework of her (late huband's) coach want to go to 6x16 wheels, but wants to keep the OE hubcaps. I never had this issue (I never had hubcaps) so I told here I would ask.
Can the 16.5 OE hubcaps be made to fit and stay on a 16" wheel? She did not say where she planned to get the new wheels.
Thanks
Matt
Matt & Mary Colie - Chaumière -'73 Glacier 23 - Members GMCMI, GMCGL, GMCES
Electronically Controlled Quiet Engine Cooling Fan with OE Rear Drum Brakes with Applied Control Arms
SE Michigan - Near DTW - Twixt A2 and Detroit
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| Re: OE Hub caps on 16in wheels? [message #342898 is a reply to message #342895] |
Sat, 27 April 2019 21:29  |
lqqkatjon
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Nope. They just do not fit. I tried.
If anybody knows the secret, let me know.
Jon Roche
75 palm beach
EBL EFI, manny headers, Micro Level, rebuilt most of coach now.
St. Cloud, MN
http://lqqkatjon.blogspot.com/
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| Re: OE Hub caps on 16in wheels? [message #342899 is a reply to message #342895] |
Sat, 27 April 2019 21:46 |
C Boyd
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Hi Matt.. 73-75 GMC one ton truck was available with 16 or 16.5 wheels. The hubcaps look the same. I dont know where you could find 7 of them but I have been looking.
https://www.hubcaps.org/gmctrucks.html
# 3990 & # 3984
Matt Colie wrote on Sat, 27 April 2019 19:38A local lady owner that is doing a major rework of her (late huband's) coach want to go to 6x16 wheels, but wants to keep the OE hubcaps. I never had this issue (I never had hubcaps) so I told here I would ask.
Can the 16.5 OE hubcaps be made to fit and stay on a 16" wheel? She did not say where she planned to get the new wheels.
Thanks
Matt
C. Boyd
76 Crestmont
East Tennessee
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| Re: [GMCnet] OE Hub caps on 16in wheels? [message #342909 is a reply to message #342899] |
Sun, 28 April 2019 11:07 |
powerjon
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Hi all,
It is not likely that the original GMC Coach 16.5” hubcaps would fit the Newer 16” rims as they have a different OD. The hubcaps for the 1ton and lighter trucks using the 16” wheel are center mounted and that area does not change.
J.R. Wright
GMC Great Laker MHC
GMCGL Tech Editor
GMC Eastern States Charter Member
GMCMI
78 GMC Buskirk 30’ Stretch
75 GMC Avion (Under Reconstruction)
Michigan
> On Apr 27, 2019, at 10:46 PM, Charles Boyd via Gmclist wrote:
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> Hi Matt.. 73-75 GMC one ton truck was available with 16 or 16.5 wheels. The hubcaps look the same. I dont know where you could find 7 of them but
> I have been looking.
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> https://www.hubcaps.org/gmctrucks.html
> # 3990 & # 3984
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> Matt Colie wrote on Sat, 27 April 2019 19:38
>> A local lady owner that is doing a major rework of her (late huband's) coach want to go to 6x16 wheels, but wants to keep the OE hubcaps. I never
>> had this issue (I never had hubcaps) so I told here I would ask.
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>> Can the 16.5 OE hubcaps be made to fit and stay on a 16" wheel? She did not say where she planned to get the new wheels.
>>
>> Thanks
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>> Matt
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> C. Boyd
> 76 Crestmont
> East Tennessee
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