Hakhazar
Junior Member
I'm a complete newb as far as wheels & suspension stuff is concerned, and I'm running into questions about replacing the wheels.
I have a 2004 1500 4x4 ST. I've never been in love with the wheel appearance, and now that I'm having leaking issues because of some corrosion around the rim I figured that was a good excuse for some wheels I like better. I've found that the original wheels could be either 17x7 or 17x8j (the original tires and the current ones are 245/70R17 instead of 265/17, so I'm guessing 17x7 on mine), with +24.4mm offset and backspace of either 5" or 5.5". Here's the problem - most of the places online I've found wheels that I like don't list the backspace, and some don't list either backspace or offset. I also haven't found any 17x7 wheels, just 17x8 and 17x9.
I don't want to do anything weird to the suspension geometry, or end up with the tires sticking out too far. If I go for 17x8 wheels, what should the offset and backspacing be? How about for 17x9? Will 245/70R17 tires even work correctly on wheels 2" wider than the original?
Thank you!
HK
I have a 2004 1500 4x4 ST. I've never been in love with the wheel appearance, and now that I'm having leaking issues because of some corrosion around the rim I figured that was a good excuse for some wheels I like better. I've found that the original wheels could be either 17x7 or 17x8j (the original tires and the current ones are 245/70R17 instead of 265/17, so I'm guessing 17x7 on mine), with +24.4mm offset and backspace of either 5" or 5.5". Here's the problem - most of the places online I've found wheels that I like don't list the backspace, and some don't list either backspace or offset. I also haven't found any 17x7 wheels, just 17x8 and 17x9.
I don't want to do anything weird to the suspension geometry, or end up with the tires sticking out too far. If I go for 17x8 wheels, what should the offset and backspacing be? How about for 17x9? Will 245/70R17 tires even work correctly on wheels 2" wider than the original?
Thank you!
HK
