Re: Got some new wheels/tires

From: Terrible Tom (silvereightynine@aol.com)
Date: Sun Jul 26 2009 - 21:35:13 EDT


Matt Beazer wrote:

>
>
> Bought some new tires and rims for my 1995 Dakota 4x4. Got them off a
> guy who sold his '92 Dakota soon after buying them, and bought a 2004
> Dakota thinking they'd fit. Of course by 2004 they had 12" discs on the
> front so 15" rims wouldn't fit:
>
> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires01.jpg
> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires02.jpg
> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires03.jpg
> http://www.moparhowto.com/pictures/1995-Dakota/tiresrims/tires04.jpg
>
> Not bad for $450 considering they only have 100 miles on them and still
> have the rubber nubs and colored writing on them. He originally offered
> $300 when I ran into him in a local Dodge dealership parking lot, then
> had offers off Craigslist for $600, but we worked it down to $450.
> The wheels alone are $120 each new with center caps (Eagle Alloys), and
> the tires are running $135-$140 each online, so I don't think I did too
> bad. I'm thinking of buying a tire grooving/siping knife and siping the
> inside tread blocks to give it more bite on water and ice, though
> considering they're M/T tires.
>
> On a side note, does anyone know if a 30x9.5x15" tire/rim will fit in
> the spare tire location on a 2nd gen Dakota?
>
> Thanks,
>
> MattB
>

Awesome score man! Wheels are flawless!! I wish my American Racing Outlaw II's looked that sweet.

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