GODDAMN!!!!!!!!!!!
i just measured them and they r 6.5"
plus the little lip infront of where the tire seals to the rim.
i stuck a crowbar thru one of the holes in the rim to the other side and
pulled it out to measure it
6.5"on the nose
someone else should try it too to see if i did it wrong
that meand 255/60's will work out great on them.
on a 6" rim the max recommended is 235's but with the rim being .5" wider i
don't see why you can't put a tir that is .787" wider (20mm)
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> From: Frank Ball <frankb@cougar.sr.hp.com>
> To: dakota@ait.fredonia.edu
> Subject: wheels, tires, ABS, '97 vs old Dakotas
> Date: Thursday, February 20, 1997 4:31 PM
>
>
> I was looking at the Dunlop web site (http://www.dunloptire.com/). They
> have data on the G/T Qualifier tires people were recommending. Their
> data for the 245/60 and 255/60 sizes are with 7" rims (narrower than I
> expected), so I guess I'm not so amazed after all that people are using
> the stock rims with really wide tires. Unfortunately they don't give a
> minimum recommended rim size for this tire.
>
> A friend just got a '97. His door frame sticker also says the rims are
> 6" wide, and they are the 7" rims. So maybe the preditor wheels are
> 6.5" not 6"? Where did you get your info Kuk? Anybody measured one
> when the tires were off?
>
> Has anybody put different size tires on front and rear with 4 wheel ABS?
> Does Dodge have anything to say about this? The system is the stock
> rear wheel ABS with the front ABS unit added on, so I'm not sure if the
> information from the front vs. rear wheels is ever compared. Doing 100
> yard long powerslides in the rain doesn't seem to bother the ABS
> computer any, and it didn't get flustered when I was doing lots of
> donuts mixed with ABS testing in the rain either. Maybe I should try
> lightly applying the brakes while doing a powerslide?
>
> After looking at the '97 (I haven't driven one yet) I have mixed
> feelings, but overall I prefer my '95. The '97 has much less room under
> the hood, a few inches less front to back, and the fenders take up a
> bunch of room, and the new air cleaner takes up a bunch of room. I
> don't see how the Doug Thourly (MOPAR) headers could ever fit. Why did
> they put 215 tires on 7" rims? Why not 235s? It is almost silly
> looking with this combination. The new climate control finally has a
> defrost + foot heating position, but they took out the recirculation
> option and the AC button. The storage compartment in the doors and
> center armrest (with bench seats) is nice, but the center section
> doesn't slide back and forth with the passenger seat anymore. I'd
> have to drive it to decide if I like the new location for the cruise
> control switches. I would like the improved turning radius. The new
> grill is a but too much in the chrome version, but the painted version
> looks nice.
>
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