| Re: [GMCnet] 2500 HD rims? [message #98855] |
Tue, 07 September 2010 13:46  |
Gary Casey
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Registered: September 2009
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Rob,
Right - what you said. Er... As far as I know there are no wheels that looks
just like Alcoa's, but with 2 inches less offset. And I've never seen dually
wheels styled like the GMC 2500's, but I admit I haven't looked. There are some
old (maybe 70's or early 80's??) Ford pickups with aluminum disk wheels with
holes. They are sort of the same style, and on the same vehicle might even look
like they were intended to go together. Any of the "new" Fords from sometime in
the 90's on have metric bolt patterns and won't fit. So I gave up getting
wheels that were a styling match and picked the GM wheels because of the cool
looking hubcaps and the conservative hole pattern. Dodge wheels also fit, I'm
told, but non have a simple pattern - they all have swirls and such. I found a
set of Chevy wheels, but they have a bow tie on the hubcap. Now I need to see
if I can buy a couple of GMC center pieces. For the spare I think either offset
could work, but I would probably stick with the high-offset wheel - after all
there are 4 wheels like that. Would I worry about putting two different offsets
on the front in case of a flat? Nope. Would probably get some torque steer and
a pull on braking, but to get to town I think I could live with it.
Using the GMC 2500 wheels probably isn't ideal. If I had 6 Alcoa's I would
probably just run them as is, or get spacers for the front. But I had a partial
set of Alcoa's and figured these wheels were relatively cheap and provided the
wider track and 16-inch rims besides. Compromise.
Gary
Sorry I was not clear in my email.
As I understand it to get a matching set of six wheels you need two wheels
for the front with an offset 2" less than the Alcoa's and four for the rear
with the same offset as the Alcoa's.
If this is correct are these wheels available with the same offset as the
Alcoa's as well as the offset 2" less? Does anyone know of any aluminum
wheels like that meet this criteria?
As far as the spare goes I would carry a wheel with the same offset as an
OEM wheel.
Regards,
Rob M.
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