At 02:59 PM 3/20/98 -0800, you wrote:
>} From: Robert Trottmann <rotrottmann@davidson.edu>
>} Subject: DML: American Racing Wheels
>}
>} I e-mailed AR a while ago, and got the following list of wheels of
>} theirs that fit the '95 Dakota. If that means they fit the 97+'s, good.
>}
>} From: Michael Clark <mike@snakebite.com>
>} Subject: DML: second gen rim question
>}
>} Can't remember if this has been discused yet but will rims from a second
>} generation ('97+) fit a first gen Dakota? I'm wondering if offset and
>} backspacing are the same or if they changed that. I assume the bolt
>} pattern is still the same oddball 6 on 4/12?
>
>Pre-97s use 5" backspacing with 6" wide rims.
>'97, '98 use 5.5" backspacing with 7" or 8" rims.
>
>Bolt patterns are the same 6 bolts 4.5" circle (the same as the Viper).
>
[...]
> Unless I found some take
>offs of the new 8" rims CHEAP I'd buy rims with 5" of backspacing.
>Grinding some metal off the upper control arm is an option also.
>
Just wondering; what is backspacing?
Thanks!
-Jon-
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