Does anyone have any info about Eagle wheels?

[WaltM]

I was surfin' and found this car with Eagle wheels. Does anyone have any info on them? They look like a Steeda piece. The article is: http://www.musclemustangfastfords.co...0405mm_gillis/

I think the manufacturer is:

http://www.americaneaglewheel.com/wheels_detail.cfm?id=57

[Mustang Matt]

I have a set on my Explorer. Thy came from an 89 Gt with the SVO brakes on them so they should fit like all the other 5- lug sn-95 pieces. I have a friend that does polishing for a living and he keeps begging me to repolish them, they are on the "truck" so I dont worry about it. He is very big in the custom wheel industry and said that Eagle had to have lost money on every set that they sold. According to him they are a very quality piece.

I could not fit the center caps on my car due to the hubs and they will not fit on an SVO well either (they may be able t be trimmed). I just cut out a 3 inch piece of aluminum and sealed it onto the opening and put a Ford sticker over it, they look pretty good that way and the aluminum polished up just like the wheels.

[WaltM]

That bums me out. I was hoping that these would fit w/o any grinding. I spoke with the distributor and he claimed that they would fit. Coupled with the fact that the SVO article said that "no suspension mods were made", all made me pretty hopeful.

Are there any other alternatives?

[Mustang Matt]

Switch to an sn-95 front suspension. The different hubs allow the centers to fit. Otherwise pretty much everything with a tight hub area will provide challenges. If you stick with a wheel with a larger center cap (ala waffle star pony wheels) then you wont run into this issue.

[WaltM]

If you stick with a wheel with a larger center cap (ala waffle star pony wheels) then you wont run into this issue.

In order for an aftermarket wheel to fit, what size should the center cap area be ?

[indiana dave]

Discount Tire sells Eagle wheels. I had a set on my other Bronco. They were an economical wheel compared to the big names.

[Mustang Matt]

They just have to be deep enough to allow the center cap to fit over the dust caps on the hub outer bearings. The sn-95 has a sealed hub with less interference.