Re: RE: Gen III wheels on a Gen II

From: greg conner (dodgeboy93@hotmail.com)
Date: Thu Jul 24 2003 - 11:45:07 EDT


they it..just takes a little custom grinding..lol

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Greg Conner
1996 RC
3.9 hybrid

>From: "Jeff Durling" <jdurling@bellsouth.net>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: RE: Gen III wheels on a Gen II
>Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:15:17 -0400
>
>
>They can work with a little work. You may or may not need 1/4" spacers
>(17" r/t wheel do if you want to use the center caps and not grind the
>a-arm (you should still do it a little). More than likely the little ram
>head in the center will have to be removed due to the fact that on Gen
>III truck the hub isn't near as deep as on the Gen II trucks. Because of
>this the grease cap will have to stick through where that rams head is.
>Out of all of the Gen III wheels I think the 16" ones would fit the
>best. I tried a set of the older 15: ones a while back (before the r/t
>wheels) and had a fit with them (Jon, hope you have better luck) because
>the back edge of the rim was in the exact same line as the end of the
>upper a-arm. The 16" shold be just the right offset and diameter to
>avoid that. The 17" just barely miss. If you use the wheels and need to
>use spacers let me know since I know where to get the bulge acorn lugs
>with the extra shank on the end to make up for the spacer and get a good
>grip on the threads.
>
>Jeff Durling
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Quintin
>Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 1:01 AM
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Gen III wheels on a Gen II
>
>
>I have been seeing alot of the 16" wheels from Gen III trucks for sale
>on
>e-bay and was wondering if anyone knows if they will fit on my GenII
>truck
>(1992). I know the bolt pattern is the same but my rims have holes for
>the
>hubs, are these other ones dished out on the back side to accommodate
>that?
>There is a sample of what I am looking at below.
>
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2424961451
>&cat
>egory=43957
>
>

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