hello i have a 96 dakota 3.9 4x4 can i put 16 inc rims on my truck it has no lift kits in it and do i need one to do this thx bobby

 

Yes you can. Rims don't matter... tires do. You could put 26 inch rims on a factory dakota as long as you had extremely low profile tires on them!

 

what size tires can i run with 16 ich rims on would 235-75 -16 be too big

 

I wrote this up a while ago in faq2...
So a 235/75/16 is a 29.88 x 9.25 inch tire, which would fit just fine under a stock 4x4.

 

make sure the wheel offset is close to factory, my new rims were 0 offset, and i originally put 235/75/16 on them, and they rubbed. I would have had to get a lift, but i just went to 215/75/16 tires.

 

Actually, offset doesn't matter as much as backspacing! If you go with a wider than factory rim, you need to keep it around the same backspacing as factory, which means the offset will have to be different.

 

https://www.rsracing.com/tech-wheel.html

Offset and backspace are two sides of the same coin, scroll down to the offset to backspace conversion part...

 

To sum up that article, I'll tell you in a nutshell about width, backspacing, and offset....

First of all, wheel width is measured bead to bead, not flange to flange. The standard measurement of a wheel flange is a 1/2 inch, and each side has one, so add 1 inch to the advertised wheel width to get the flange to flange measurement.

Offset is a measurement from the centerline of the wheel to the mounting surface of the wheel. Positive is toward the outside, negative is toward the inside.

Backspacing is a measurement from the mounting surface of a wheel to the inner flange. (Remember that 1/2 inch is added to the wheel width.) So on an 8 inch wide wheel with 0 offset, backspacing is actually 4.5 inches.

If offset is not 0, convert offset from millimeters to inches (1 inch = 25.4 mm) and add or subtract that number from the neutral backspacing (backspacing at 0 offset) of the wheel. For example, an 8 inch wide wheel with a -12 offset (-12mm converts to ~1/2 inch).... The -12 offset would put the wheel mounting surface closer to inside flange, so backspacing would become less (which is why its negative), so 4.5 inch neutral backspacing minus 1/2 an inch offset gives a 4 inch backspace.

So to explain what I said back in post #4...
If you change rim width, you still need the same (or as close to the same as possible) backspacing to ensure you clear the inner fender wells, frame, and control arms. A higher backspacing will lead to tire rub pretty quick! So like I said, offset will end up being whatever it needs to be for you to use a given width rim and have the proper backspacing for clearance.

So yes, offset and backspacing go hand in hand, but its the backspacing that is the more important of the two numbers.

I copied this to FAQ2 for future reference.