I'm in digest mode, so I'm just catching up(lots of thermo homework..).
Anyhow, yup, I have the 15x8s on my 93(2wd) - but it shouldn't be that
different from the 4by.... There's two ways to do this (as far as I know) -
1. Trim the A-arms 2. Spacers
1. You can trim the A-arms. The wheels will clear the ball joints,
etc.(might hit the frame full lock, though..) It's not that much that
needs to be trimed, either - maybe 1/8" off the top of them at most. The
wheel weights(clamp on type) hit the A-arm - just barely.
2. Spacers - this is the way I went. Sometime in the future I will do
this, just haven't gotten around to it. Basically, to be on the safe side,
I had them built 1/2" out of billet aluminum. The factory wheel studs
aren't long enough, so I bought some MP ones. To use these, you have to
have the rotors drilled, because they are bigger diameter at the unthreaded
end. I had them cut so I could use stock type closed lugs. That's pretty
much it. Cost for all this? I dunno - all I paid for was the studs..it's
good to know the right people sometimes...=)
It looks GOOD, and you can't hardly tell it has spacers(the track is just a
little wider in the front than the back). Tires don't hit anything, even
at full lock(running 255/60s, btw).
Hope that helped..
Brian
waiting impatiently for the Houston meet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 12:57:35 -0700
From: "Mark Pryer" <mark_pryer@hotmail.com>
Subject: DML: Re: Wanting gen III wheels for gen II ????? help
They will fit but you need a spacer for the front. If Brian Lee is reading
this he can tell you all the specifics since he has them on his 93.
Mark
- ----- Original Message -----
From: <Dakota31852@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2000 9:39 PM
Subject: DML: Wanting gen III wheels for gen II ????? help
> Ive got a 1992 V8 4x4 dakota that Im wanting to put wheels on, I really
want
> the 15x8, and the R/T wheels would be very nice. Ive seen a picture of a
red
> Dakota with the RT wheels on it, but cant find it anywhere now, anyone
know
> where its at on the web???? What isseues am I going to run into with the
> 15x7, 15x8, or the RT wheels?? And one last question, how is wheel
> backspacing measured??????
>
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