My brother has 17" tires on his 2001 non-GMC/Chevy pick-up. He says the
tires are "very spendy"!!! Bob K in PHX, AZ
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From: <Ie61pah@aol.com>
To: <jbullmas@pacbell.net>; <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2002 5:01 PM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Rims Again...
> In a message dated 8/16/02 10:01:09 PM Central Daylight Time,
> jbullmas@pacbell.net writes:
>
>
> > Well I think the problem might be that I wanted 18" rims. The 15"
> > Centerlines that I have on the truck look too small.
> > 55 Chevy Second
> >
>
> I hope you have lots of money!! Those kind of custom rims are pretty
cashy.
> But still all you have to do is as stated before is figure out what offset
> you need for clearance of frame, springs, a-arms, and fenders. You know
your
> bolt pattern is 5X4.75, so go to a CUSTOM WHEEL SHOP and order away. A
larger
> shop might even have some in stock, or you can always go to that un-named
> auction web site.
> Your cheaper option is to just change your size of tires your running.
You
> can get 15" tires with bigger sidewalls that will "fill up your wheel
wells."
> The offset of 15" rims can give you a different look also. Beware that 18"
> wheels and tires ride a lot rougher because they have little flex to the
> sidewalls. Good luck.
> Pat Hollister 58 step
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