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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 11:30 AM
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Hi Guys, do anyone of you know of any after market wheels with 6.25" backspacing preferably 8" wide wheels
 
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 11:32 AM
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You are going to have some serious issues running that kind of backspacing. You will get rub long before you get to full steering lock, in both directions.

Why would you want that much backspacing in any event?
 
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 11:57 AM
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the factory chrome wheels has 6.25" backspacing, and i dont want the next set of wheels & tires to stick outside the fenders
 
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 12:03 PM
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Erm, what are you driving? So far as I am aware, all the second gen trucks ran 4.25 (or thereabouts) backspacing.
 
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 12:13 PM
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2nd gen 12v, what i found on some forum was that 4,25 for the steel 6(1/2?) " and for the chrome(8" wide) 6.25", but i'm propably wrong.
 
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I thought they were all around 5"
 
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Old Aug 8, 2014 | 12:35 PM
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What year?? 12V indicates pre-98..... in which case, if you have steel wheels, backspacing was 4.75", can't find info for aluminum wheels? Where they even an option?

Newer (2000-2002) forged aluminum wheels were 6.25" backspacing..... (or, 6.20, depending on where you look....)

Which wheels ya got?
 
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the chrome ones, which is on the truck on the pic for 2nd gen ram tech and yes pre 98, a 95 2500 to be exact
 

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Steel wheels? Should be 4. 3/4 backspacing then.
 
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