I am buying rims!!!

[BNakamura]

I have an American Eagle 18x9 w/6"bs and 355/65R18 about 37x14 and it rubs the pass side trailing arms and I have to do some fender cutting, even w/6" lift. 2003 3500 SRW HO 4x

 

[Bertram65]

Yes, the lug nuts are tapered but the OD of the hub is 4. 75" and the ID of the wheel or centerbore is 4. 77". Our wheels are hub and lug - centric.

That is your opinion, I have mine, all it does is center the wheel, it does not hold the wheel on or in any way effect the strength of it. Being tapered lugs they are definetly lug centric, my buddy has a dually it is definetly hub centric as it does not have tappered lugs, the SRW trucks may be both but if you are using aftermarket wheels you either need them to be lug centric or get hub centric wheels and different lug nuts, you only need one. The wheels are held on by the lug nuts and the clamping force of eight lugs at 135 ft/lbs of torque.

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

I think the only thing that is of concern when buying non hub-centric wheels for our trucks is that the wheels are strong enough around the lug holes to support all the weight here instead sharing some with the hub. Since quite a few guys on TDR are running aftermarket wheels and we're not reading about cracking or any failures so I wouldn't be too worried about ones that aren't hub centric. If someone always loaded heavy or hotshotted then I'd be a little more concerned about it.



Vaughn

 

[nickleinonen]

I think the only thing that is of concern when buying non hub-centric wheels for our trucks is that the wheels are strong enough around the lug holes to support all the weight here instead sharing some with the hub.

and if you are someone who is so anal about the wheels hub/non hub centric, you can always have a machine shop make up some hub centric rings to fill the gap... some wheel manufactures have these for different wheels [mostly passenger car application]



but with it being just like 0. 020" from the above posts [4. 75 vs 4. 77] just take some 0. 010" shim stock and make your own spacer, wrap the bore with it and slide it in place...

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Back to the top. . . get your rims yet JARichard??

 

[JARichard]

They are in

Oo.



But I need to find some new rubber. They look awesome and are super light. Will post pics when i get rubber!

 

[Matt400]

Did you get the exposed or covered lug cap? I have not been able to find out what a covered lug cap would look like. The 295/70R17 Nitto Terra Grappler sure would go nice on this wheel.

Do thy look clear coated?

 

[EricBu12]

i bought these from ricksons. 6. 75" X 19. 5" Forged aluminum, uses the stock hub cap



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The tires are Michelin 245 70R -19. 5 "F" Rated 12 ply tires..... Rated at 4080# @ 95 psi.



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The off-set is out a tiny bit but because of the skinnier section width, they don't stick out...



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The tire on the left is the stock (2nd gen) 265 75-16 tire... . the 19. 5 tire on the truck is the diameter of a 285 tire but the same width as the 265 tire... .



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[GWBourne]

$250. 00 a wheel with shipping and center cap

hmm, due to a recent event with a firehydrant, i got luck and all i need is a center cap... how much for all 4 of yours?

Grant

 

[Ereynolds72]

That is your opinion, I have mine, all it does is center the wheel, it does not hold the wheel on or in any way effect the strength of it. Being tapered lugs they are definetly lug centric, my buddy has a dually it is definetly hub centric as it does not have tappered lugs, the SRW trucks may be both but if you are using aftermarket wheels you either need them to be lug centric or get hub centric wheels and different lug nuts, you only need one. The wheels are held on by the lug nuts and the clamping force of eight lugs at 135 ft/lbs of torque.

I wouldn't have responded if it was just "my opinion". Here's a great discussion on the wheel specs for our truck.



https://www.turbodieselregister.com/forums/showthread.php?t=106471&page=1&pp=15



I bought a set of centerline wheels with your standard off the shelf backspacing and centerbore sizing designed to fit several different trucks with 8 x 6. 5" bc. The center bore was 5. 15". I put brand new tires on them and the rode like crap. I could not get them to balance. I could get a little improvement by carefully centering the wheel and tightening the lug nuts but still, they rode horribly.



I put the same tires on my stock wheels and I have never had the least bit of vibration from the tires. They balanced perfectly. My own experience in addition to the research done by KORE and others lead my to post my previous response.