Born Free Leap'n Lions RV Club

Here is the information on the wheel rims used on the Ford E350 & E450 chassis for the Born Free motorcoaches. If you want to get yourself a spare including rim and tire, below you will find the information needed to acquire a correct wheel rim.

My rims on my 2000 Ford E450 chassis were manufactured by Accuride and is the version with 8 vent/hand holes. The current Accuride P/N for that rim is P/N 29579 and the Ford P/N is F8UZ1015AA and is light gray in color.

Another similar rim that will fit but has 4 vent/hand holes is Accuride P/N 29580 and the Ford P/N is 8C2Z1015F and it also is light gray in color.

These two rims will work on Ford E350 & E450 chassis up thru model year 2007. For model year 2008 and later, the Ford P/N for the rim used is 8C2Z1015G, has 4 vent/hand holes, and is white in color rather than gray.

Check your current rims to see if they have 4 or 8 holes.

Costs for these three wheel rims as of July 15, 2010 I found by checking both with a local Ford dealer (List Price) and an online source (discounted Price). The online source I used was http://www.southwestfordparts.com. You may want to search online for other vendors.

Ford Part Number  List Price  Discounted Price
F8UZ1015AA         $246.27     $175.83
8C2Z1015F           $251.55     $179.61
8C2Z1015G          $251.92     $179.92

I was unsuccessful in trying to find any online vendors selling these wheel rims under the Accuride P/Ns.

You can download the complete 6-page Accuride Light Truck Tire catalog as a pdf file by clicking on the blue Accuride Light Truck Wheels.pdf button below and just to the right of the paper clip symbol to view and/or printout this catalog in pdf file format.

With this information you can check rim prices online or with your favorite tire or Ford dealer.

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Bill Hemme - Spencer, Iowa
E-mail: whemme@earthlink.net
2002 Born Free (Ford E-450 V10) 26' RSB
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