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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 01:41 PM
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Hey guys I have a 2009 Dodge Ram Slt 4x4. I am trying to find out what the offset is on these trucks I am going to putting Kelly FIERCE ATTITUDE M/T 35x12.50 R17 on it and I would like to get new rims. The truck is lifted 5 inches so dont need to worry about that. I did searchs and cant find anything on it. I have 20's on the truck right now (dont know if you need to know that). Any help would be great I thinks the bolt pattern on these trucks is 5x139.7. I also wanted tto make sure I understand that the more negitive you go the more it comes out of the fender right? Thanks again...
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 01:51 PM
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Yeah the more negative offset the more your tires will stick OUT. Im not sure what the stock offset. I myself got some XD monsters 20x9 with +18 offset on some nitto's 35s and it did rub a bit on the control arm, had to get spacers. Hope this helps you, i think an -12 offset would be sticking out 1 to 1 1/2" my guess. Heres a picture of mine to give you an idea.
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 02:09 PM
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Alright so I will try and find something around 0 to -10 that should work then I believe and your truck is sweet man I wanted Black but went with silver is to kept clean lol
 
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Old Feb 14, 2011 | 02:40 PM
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Yeah your better off that way, i wish i would of went with/known better and go with a negative offset. Either way i like it and thanks i love my truck also, white was my second option for color. Like you said black is nice but sure hard to keep clean, especially when they use so much god damn salt up here. Good luck
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 04:18 AM
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Don't quote me on this, but I think the stock offset is 0.
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 12:40 PM
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oh ok well I found a couple rims I like and there -10 and -12 so I think I shouldnt rub with these thanks alot guys... does anyone know if you can get the mkw m82 in a 17x 10??? all I see is 17x9
 
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Old Feb 15, 2011 | 01:27 PM
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Stock is 0 but you will want a negative offset on your tires. I am running 18x9 -12 on mine and my tires stick out about an inch outside of my fender flares. Not sure if they make a 17x10 but a 9 wide is fine for a 12.50 tire
 
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 08:25 AM
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I couldn't find rims with a negative offset that had the required backspacing. Supposedly I need a 5.5" backspacing for my 4" lift and for a 6" lift it says I would need a BS of 5". Is this not true? I ended up ordering a set of wheels that were 5.8" BS but they had a possitive offset of 20. Kinda confused me, but I didn't see any wheels with a negative offset I could use. What am I missing something here? Are those wheels even going to work?
 
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 12:09 PM
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Actually I believe stock is +18 or 20 with 4-1/2" of backspacing. -12 would stick out appx 1-3/16" compared stock.
 
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Old Feb 16, 2011 | 12:30 PM
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oh ok yah that BS is confusing I am just making sure that the off set is around a -10 and I think they should be fine. I wish dodge would come out and just say what the stock offset is some ppl say 0 or +10 +18 it would just be nice that they would come out and say this is what it is for guys like us that plan on changing are wheels and tires...
 
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