>
>I had a question about the bolt hole pattern -
>I asked around about the 5 lug pattern before I
>put my lift kit in because the wheels with the
>back set I needed were more plentiful in the 5 lug
>pattern - but to no avail. the question really is
>what about the front end - you can cut and slash
>almost any rear-end to fit it in a Dakota I've
>seen some pretty shabby work on other vehicles.
>But how do you change the front to match the back?
>Or can you just replace certain parts for say a
>newer Ram that some idiot totalled trying to beat a
>Dakota?
>That brings around another question - I was working
>for Chrysler designing some of the systems on the
>new Dakota and the Ram van and when I found out
>that they were going to keep the 6 lug bolt
>pattern - I thought I was gonna go through the roof
>especially when they have all those parts off the Ram
>they could use (front rotors and rear-end parts) and
>(my opinion) I think the wheels off the Ram look better
>than the Dakota's (al alloy) Tooling costs are less for
>a 5 lug too. I think Chrysler kinda screwed up on that
>one.
>
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