Re: Wheels/Backspacing?

From: Vanderburg (vanderbu@silk.net)
Date: Mon Aug 24 1998 - 20:09:19 EDT


Finding wheels that look real good (newer modern styles) are extremely hard
to find for the Dakota 6 by 4.5" . I tried most of the summer with little
luck. Maybe next year someone will make something nice?

-----Original Message-----
From: brian duffey <brian.duffey@intelsat.int>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Monday, August 24, 1998 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: DML: Wheels/Backspacing?

>Robert,
>
>I've been looking into a wheel/tire upgrade on my '95 CC(4x4), and as you
>know, haven't found too many options. I've e-mail/talked to American Racing
>a few times. Following are the options they said would work for the 6 in
>4&1/2 pattern...
>" They are the AR-36, AR-136, Kong, Shadow, Atlas and Atlas 360.
> All of these are one piece cast wheels which are ideal for off-road use."
>(these can be viewed on their web-page - americanracing.com)
>
>I actually use my truck for 4x4 (work & hunting) so if I do the wheel
>upgrade
>I'll probably go with the one piece wheels. I noticed in the catalog that
Am
>Racing
>does have other wheels in our bolt pattern for 4x2 applications.
>
>I wanted to do the wheels with Mickey Thompson Baja HP's before this
winter.
>Wheels are a pretty pricey upgrade, so I may just go with the tires (very
>much needed).
>
>Keep us updated on what you find - I'd love to find some decent/reasonably
>priced wheels.
>
>Duff
>'95 SLT 4x4 CC 318 4spd/OD - 3.55 LSD
>MSD 6AL - MSD Blaster Coil - MSD 8.5 wires
>K&N FIPK
>-------------
>Original Text
>From ROTROTTM@SMTPGATE (Robert Trottmann) {rotrottmann@davidson.edu}, on
>23/8/98 23:56:
>To: DAKOTA-T@SMTPGATE {dakota-truck@buffnet.net}
>
>Well, probably not EVERY wheel. Just those from the big guys like American
>racing, Boyds, Ultra, etc. So far I've got a list of the wheels that Ultra
>and American Racing make, that fit the Dakota bolt pattern. I have to
>figure
>out how I'm going to organize everything, so it'll take a while. Mainly,
>I'm
>doing this for myself, 'cause I'm going to get new wheels, and wanted an
>organized way to look at what is out there, and choose.
>Later,
>Robert
>
>Jon Steiger wrote:
>
>> At 10:07 PM 8/23/98 -0500, you wrote:
>> >What size backspacing can a 95 Dakota take?
>> >Also, what (in lay terms) is offset?
>> >My plan (assuming my page works eventually) is to have a page with every
>> >wheel offered to fit Dakota's, with each size offered, and price
>> >estimates. So far, I've figured out which Ultra Wheels fit, and sizes
>> >offered, price estimates aren't going to be easy though.
>>
>> Wow! Could be quite an undertaking, but it would definitely be a
>> valuable resource! A while back, someone posted all of the wheels made
by
>> ARE which fit the Dakota. You might be able to find it in the archives.
>> (Assuming they haven't crashed again.) ;-)
>>
>> -Jon-
>>
>> .--- stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu ------------------------------------.
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>> | '96 Dodge Dakota v8 SLT CC (14.85@90.72), '96 Kolb FireFly 447 |
>> `----------------------- http://www.cs.fredonia.edu/~stei0302/ ---'
>
>
>
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>95 Sport 318 Auto 2WD
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