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Old 11-24-2009, 11:44 AM
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I want to go bigger tire and I have been seeing so many deals around my area for 36's or bigger, the problem is everything is on a 16" rim. No i know the 2nd gen rams have 16" rim clearance and new dodge can only go as low as 17". And i know the odler dodges still had 5 bolt, so i was basically wondering how hard would it be and can you even swap over all the brake components from a 2nd gen ram onto a 04 ram that way i could clear 16" rim? Cause i have 33" super swampers on 20's right now but want bigger and found some 38" swampers but 16" rim but really cheap so i jsut wanted to know if anyone knows if this is possible or not.

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Old 11-24-2009, 12:58 PM
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i'm sure it's possible, but you are probably going to have more money stuck into the brake swap than you would in tires for a larger wheel....
and IMO its not a good idea to go to a smaller size wheel, especially when you are going to be running bigger, heavier tires
 
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Old 11-24-2009, 01:12 PM
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Thats true i guess its jsut its so easy to find 16" tires and rims haha there like a million and i found a guy that would possible swap me a set of 35" tsl boggers on 16" american racing rims for my 20" rim and 33" irok super swampers, plus i like the looks of more tire then rim haha, my 33's you dont see much tread from far even though they are deep jsut cause the tire doesnt have a side wall. I was thinking of downsizing to an 17-18" rim at least but i was jsut interested in if this swap was possible thats all because like i said tons of 38's and such for a 16" rim, cause i can get all the parts from a buddy for it, just didnt feel like ripping things apart if it wasnt possible.

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Old 11-24-2009, 01:36 PM
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not worth the trouble imo, id just get a set of 17s or 18s
 
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agree of just getting 17s or 18s and be done with it
 



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