has anybody ever put 16"wheels on a newer dodge? i have a buddy that did it on a chevy by grindin down a couple ridges on the calipers. just wonderin if that could be done on a dodge or not? the reason i guess is obvious... cheaper wheels and tires! i like the big wheels and all but i can't spend $200 on a wheel and above that for tires. any info appreciated.


Thanx

 

I think 17" is the smallest you can put on them because of the exact problem you described or else you would have seen Chrysler put 16's on for your same reason as described

 

You might run into issues with your sidewalls flexing when you run rims that small. I notice mine "giving" and I'm only running 17's. Just passing on that info as food for thought, in case you didn't already think of that.

I don't know if I've seen anyone running 16's, but I definitely see where you're coming from. $200+ a tire is ridiculous!

 

thanx guys... ya'lls info was kinda what i thought as well. i think im still gonna look into it just to see what i can come up with. i'll just have to get underneath the truck and do some measurein and just see what happens....

 

ok this may be just me but,why would you want to grind your caliper down to fit smaller rims?.I understand the cheaper tire factor.but you also have to realise that when your grinding your calipers down that you might gind them down to far.Then you'd have to replace the calipers.or lets say that you did grind them down,and you need brake work done like replacing the calpiers.Unless you do it yourself some kid that works at theese automotive shops isn't going to be able to figure out why your tires don't fit with the new calipers on.and i highley doubt that the shop which ever one you'd take it to would grind down your calipers so your tires would fit.and if they did,i wouldn't want to take any of my vehicles to them.........so the smallest rim i'd put on is stock 17"

 

RaiderJ said he had a friend that put 16" wheels on by grinding the caliper a little. It can be done, you just need to be careful.

 

the only part of the caliper that i was talkin bout grindin down was just a couple of ridges on the top. it's not really a vital part... just extra ribs stickin up. i wouldnt expect an auto shop to grind down my calipers anyways. if that kind of thing needed to be replaced i would be replacing it anyway...

 

I've actually seen a tire store around here grind the ridges on a customer's caliper just to get the rims that they wanted to fit. And as long as that is all you are doing, just smoothing and evening out the casting marks, you won't have any problems grinding a caliper.

Good luck!

 

thanx osufans!! im hopein to make it work... dont kno if ya'll are aware or not but 17" wheels are bout $150-$250 where as a 16" wheel is bout $100-@200... may not be to ya'll but thats a big difference to me!!

 

If you think that's bad for tires, the ones that I'm looking at are around $448, and some over $300. I'd love to find the ones that I want for $200.
I wish that we could fit 16" rims on our trucks, so that we could get cheaper tires.