I have a 95 cougar that i am trying to turn into an asphalt circle track car and need a set of 5 x 4 1/4 steel wheels for, can anyone help?
your best bet is going to be your local junk yard. everything you would find here will most likely be 4 lug since this is a fox forum and not MN-12.
I believe the Taurus used the same bolt pattern.
And so did the Windstar, Lincoln Continental, and probably a coupla others.
You should be able to find a steel wheel in that size pretty easily.
Keep an eye on the offset. Wheels from the Lincoln LS will fit, but you need spacers to clear the front spindle. This may be true for several wheels, such as the Continental, Jaguar and Volvo wheels with 5 x 4.25".
I seem to recall Taurus/Sable wheels fitting without spacers.
I ran Continental alloy wheels on my ex-wife's '89 Tbird for a coupla years, no noticeable offset differences or spacer issues, I think the Conti was a '91, or '92 though.
I only did it because the Conti had lost it's second second headgasket, and the tires were were almost new. That, and I preferrred the alloys over the Tbird's stock steel wheels :hick:
They fit like they were made for it.
The reason front wheel drive wheels work on mn12s is due to the MN having a 44mm offset as most front drive cars do.
I a set of t-bird 7 spoke alloys - 4 for $200.00 + ups
I have a nice set of alloy wheels that came on the car but due to the track rules I have to run steel wheels.I have been to every junk yard around with no luck.Thanks for all your posts.
I have 50 new black steel snow wheels in stock $49.00 ea
let me know if that helps - tire baron