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17x8
8 on 6.5 Inch bolt pattern.
45.72 mm offset
8 on 6.5 Inch bolt pattern.
45.72 mm offset
Front anti-sway bars are now factory options on all RAMs. Their suspension engineering group read on this forum that they were not really needed and agreed that they has all been wrong.
It seems like your primary consideration is looks so I am not able to help you there.
On the other hand, if you are even remotely concerned with how your vehicle handles while turning and under braking then your primary consideration should be slightly negative scrub radius. Or you could just purchase the only rims ever designed specifically for a lifted ram with larger tires. No...not Thuren...not Carli
American Expedition Vehicles
Truck is not lifted. Tires are only slightly larger than stock.It seems like your primary consideration is looks so I am not able to help you there.
On the other hand, if you are even remotely concerned with how your vehicle handles while turning and under braking then your primary consideration should be slightly negative scrub radius. Or you could just purchase the only rims ever designed specifically for a lifted ram with larger tires. No...not Thuren...not Carli
American Expedition Vehicles
Chet is smarter than us. We still love him, though.Truck is not lifted. Tires are only slightly larger than stock.
Dude is just thinking about changing his wheels.
A little offset either way isn’t going to kill anyone.
Here is a slightly more technical video - this guy does a nice job of compressing a bunch of information into a short time period:
And for those of you who wish to avoid manual calculations, here is your digital assistant:
Rim & Tire Size Calculator. Custom Offsets
Tire Tech Information - The Wheel Fitment, Tyre Stretch, Rolling Radius and Speedometer Error Calculator. Play with specs, try different settings, compare resultswww.wheel-size.com
So in doing all my research, I've come to the following conclusions.
the only size they make for my truck in the rim I want is this.
17x9
8 on 170mm bolt pattern.
5.5 inch back spacing.
So running the numbers and comparing them to the stock rims, the rim will stick out almost 1 inch more than what I currently have.
I hate the look of tires sticking out from under the truck, but if I want to change rims, looks like I have no choice. At least it's only 1 inch.
All the other rims I looked at that I like will stick out even more.
My biggest concern is looks. I dont like tires sticking a mile out from under the fender. Even an inch is going to be pushing it for me. With the stock rim and 12.50 wide tire, it's on the edge.
On a side note. Buddy took his pony wars mustang to thunder valley track on Sunday, car #530.
Said it still had more in it. I told him he's knocking on full cage territory.
Thought you might like it.
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Not sure what all he has done.
Procharger
aftermarket heads
cam
maybe some nitrous, but not sure on that.
That a mod motor or coyote you are building?
Buddy told me today the are opening/or reopened a track in LA. I haven't seen anything. Maybe Fontana opened back up.