third gen wheels fit first gen?

[KSommer]

i have found some wheels from a third gen realativly close to me for a decent price, before i go get them will they fit? i don't want to mess the backspacing or have troubles with the rear drums, and i can't find anything in the search engine, so if anyone has some experience, i'd like to hear it...

thanks, kent

 

[1stgen4evr]

wheels

They are not interchangable.



James

 

[steveinaz]

I put 03 steel wheels on my 93 with some custom 1" spacers/adapters with 9/16 studs in them for the new wheels. You need them for the center cap clips. If I was to do it again I would build a 2" adapter. The new wheels have alot of offset. SteveinAZ

 

[Greenleaf]

I too would like a set of wheels for my D model trucks. All I find are the 8" wide aftermarket or Ford wheels. Is there a 6" wide wheel out there that is polished aluminum???????!!!!!!!??????? I have no interst in installing big mudders on my rear wheel drive trucks... ... although I will have a need for some wide slicks for the rear of the "Silver B".



S

 

[KSommer]

Steve, where did you get the adapters? or did you make them? for the right price would you be able to make 4 more?

kent

 

[TKingsbury]

Hey Scott, you shouldn't have any trouble finding aftermarket wheels that are 16x6. Check in the catalogs at your local tire store. If you are looking for used wheels, well then your on your own .

Travis. .

 

[dan brooks]

I had a hard time finding wheels for my truck. There are a lot of options available in 16x7, both steel and aluminum, but little or nothing in 16x6 unless you want stock replacements. I ended up with aluminum wheels since none of the aftermarket steel ones had a high enough weight rating, and stock replacement wheels weren't much less than what I ended up with.

 

[steveinaz]

Steve, where did you get the adapters? or did you make them? for the right price would you be able to make 4 more?

kent

I got them from these guys. they're local for me...

http://www.dmiracing.com/dmi2.0/index.htm

call them and tell him you need a 2" spacer/adapter. both patterns will be 8 on 6. 5 and the studs will need to be 9/16. I got mine over a year ago and I don't remember what I paid for them. I had them off for inspection a few times and can't ever find anything wrong with them. I do use loctite on the inner threads. They have never come loose. I feel that they have a real good product. SteveinAZ

 

[WKries]

Wheels

On My 1993 W250, I Put 1996 7x16 Factory Chrome Wheels On With Lt265x75rx16 Tires To Keep The Speedo Correct. You Need To Use Dodge Dakota Lug Nuts That Have To Be Purchased From The Dealer. They Have A Special Shoulder To Hold On The Center Caps. On The Front I Used A Die Grinder To Cut The Center Of The Center Caps Out To Access The Wheel Locks.

 

[mysteryman]

Are we speaking of dual or single wheels??? You are better off getting the proper wheel for the truck... ... There is a lot more to a wheel than what meets the eye... I could write a book on wheel design.....

New steel wheels are cheap ! don't buy them at the dealer buy them from a wheel warehouse. There is a big one in every city... . There are basicly 2 us manufactures of wheel ***. for dodge trucks. Kelsey,Hays

and Motor wheel (part of goodyear) Many of the first gen dually trucks had wheels that were made in Brazil . I can't remember their name but hays does still make every wheel that dodge ever used on the deisel trucks... ...



One thing everyone needs take note to is that the dual wheel trucks used smaller tires than the single wheel trucks. . If you want to use the larger

235 X 85-16 on your dual wheel trucks you need to get the Hays wheel that is for that tire!!!!!! If you use your stock dual wheels that it was shipped from the factory with. The 235 tires will rub together when you get a load on it. The tire could and most likely will blow out if you use the 215 rim! the 2 rims look exactly the same but have a different offset.....

i have found some wheels from a third gen realativly close to me for a decent price, before i go get them will they fit? i don't want to mess the backspacing or have troubles with the rear drums, and i can't find anything in the search engine, so if anyone has some experience, i'd like to hear it...

thanks, kent

 

[pepecat]

Does anyone have the part number for the HAYS or KELSEY dual wheels with the . 7" different offset that will fit 235s without rubbing at GVW?!

 

[RSchwarzli]

Man there is a lot of names in this thread I had forgotten about.....



Sorry pep, I dont have a number for you.

 

[TFaucette]

i'm running my stock third gen wheels on my 90 w250 and also took the 2" spacers off my third gen and put them on the 90 with the third gen wheels and they fit and look great

 

[roachcoach]

Is this thing a dually or a single wheel, if it's a single wheel they'll bolt right up. They do set farther in, but they'll work, you can get a 2in. spacer if you want to bring them back out. If it's a dually then you have to do something about your front spacer, I fit third gen. dually wheels on my W350 only because I have custom front spacers that are machined to be hub centric. On the back you have to space them out so they don't hit your springs, or get a CC dana 80 out of a second gen. (It's wider than the factory first gen. 70)