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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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ok so most of you know about me hitting the curb situation..., well ive tried 2 shops now and they both can not align my truck...... basically my American racing burn rims do not have a lip on them and they roll right into the tire, / the tire has a bead lock on it.... so now im like totally F***ED, theres one more shop ive got to try before i give up and buy some cheap stealies...
anyone have this type of problem before?
 
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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 05:53 PM
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yeah i got rid of the stockers back when i first got the wheels... sucks..\
now if i buy a set of 15 inch rims is that ok as long as there 5x5.5? whats the offset have to be worst case scenario
 

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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 06:57 PM
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damn, I kept mine for winter driving, but since I don't do winter driving anymore, it's a good thing to know this...

when I had my truck aligned the guy couldn't do 20 inch wheels on his machine, so I had to drive home and put the stockers back on....
 
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Old Dec 28, 2009 | 11:47 PM
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That sucks man. I have my stock 16s but they have drag slicks on them, lol. You could always hit up some local salvage yards and see what you can find.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 08:54 AM
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Any close friend to do a Wheel swap just for the alignment? Thats what i did and mine is now Just Fine.
 
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Old Dec 29, 2009 | 06:04 PM
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i wish i had a friend who had a dakota.... hahaha but no i found a shop today that said they can do any custom rim alignment so hopefully we are good to go!! ill find out tomorrow...
 
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Old Jan 3, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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had the alignment done by a well know shop that only does it, driver side tie rod was bent so they replaced both and did a full alignment which solved my crooked steering wheel problem! all in all everything is back to normal.. now to jump on some rancho shocks.. i want to do 2 at a time just to see the difference plus cash is tight, which would you guys do first front or back?
 
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Old Jan 3, 2010 | 11:00 AM
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thats good to hear everything is good as to which shocks to do first i dono i am still waiting for money to free up so i can add them my self
 
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