ive got a 2004 dakota with 265/70/r16 i was looking for some cragar soft 8s but before i could buy them one of my tires blew and i had to get new tires, my plan was to get 15s with tires at the same time but now that i alredy got the tires i was wondering what dimensions i would need to get the rims in to fit my tires now if anyone can help that would be awesome thanks

 

This may help you I had stock steel rims 15X5 with 235/75/r15 tires and grabbed a set of used rims at a steal $60 for all 4 and the tire shop said no problem swapping them out to the 15X8 rims.

They were correct worked great even though the old tires had been on the old rims for 4 years.

These are the new rims

 

so the width of the rim doesnt matter?

 

not with my change I was worried but the tire shop said it should work and it did.

I think it depends on how worn your tires are

 

i have brand new general grabber at2s do you know how wide the stock rims are?

 

Look here these are good copies of the stock rims in there OEM sizes

http://www.wheelsandcaps.com/ymm_search.asp?make=Dodge&model=Dakota&year=2004

 

What should I look for in backspaceing and offset?

 

others will answer that im not a 4X4 person

 

anyone else wanna help?

 

the stock 10 spoke wheels are 8 wide the harder to find 6 spoke sort of like a mini dodge 20 are 7 wide but on off sets i dont remember off hand whats the minimum and maximums are