will they fit with out mods?? thanks guys, scott

 

I don't think they will fit. the older trucks had the drum brakes and the newer one had disc brakes. the disc brakes were biger than the drum brakes.<br>DM01

 

[quote author=dodgeman01 link=board=7;threadid=12908;start=0#122034 date=1049003501]<br>I don't think they will fit. the older trucks had the drum brakes and the newer one had disc brakes. the disc brakes were biger than the drum brakes.<br>DM01<br>[/quote]<br><br>Musta been early in the night cause Aaron nailed that one! <br><br>The 01.5 and up wheels won't fit stock on 00's and older. They just won't clear the drum. I've been told that people have been able to grind the drums enough to make the rims clear, but when I ended up in that position because I got taken advantage of by a tire guy I ended up just selling the wheels/tires for $50 less than I paid. :

 

The forged aluminum wheels were standard on SLT and SLT+ Ram 2500's in model year's 2000, 2001, and 2002. They are Mopar P/N 52106367AA described as WHEEL, Aluminum, WDZ, 16x8, Forged Aluminum. Front and rear brakes for model year 2000 (still rear drums) as well as steering geometry were changed from that of previous years.

Scroll down to &quot;2000-2002 2500 2WD/4WD Forged Aluminum Wheels:&quot; if you want to read about the install of this wheel on a model year 1999 Ram 2500.

 

Well guys it can be done, I just finished putting '02s on my '99 this past tuesday and they look bada$$. Not toooo bad a job, I did it the hard way but it you can afford some down time with the truck (a day) then you can do it.

What I did (this is the hard way) was put the rear of the truck up on 2 jackstands and take the old wheels off. CHOCK THE FRONT WHEELS. Then start the truck and put it into gear, second or third works best, and grab some safety glasses, gloves, a milk crate (to sit on), and your 4 or 4.5 angle grinder and go to town. With the truck in gear and the angle grinder you kind-of turn into a shadetree lathe. Each side took about 45 mins to an hour, stopping frequently to check fitiment. All you have to grind on is the very back part of the drum. If you look under your truck with the old 6.5&quot; wheels you only have to grind on what you can see sticking out of the back of the old wheels.

NOTE: do not perform the above mentioned procedure if it is drizzling or misting in your area, unless you have lots of spare time and good skills with a clay bar system to remove nasty rusty stains on white paint from cast iron dust on wet truck.

What I SHOULD have done, if I had the time and the place, I would have taken the drums off and one new wheel to a machine shop and had them just turn them down, 1 hour tops.

From what I have heard from other people is that the earlier, '97 down, requres little or no work to the front end to fit. But on the '98-'00 it will requre some grinding to the steering knuckle and tie-rod. Nothing that will sacrafice safety or longevity of the front end. 20-30mins a side for the front. Also check brake line for rubbing and full-lock pinching, zip-tie will remedy either.

Other then all that, it wasn't to bad and I believe that the upgrade was worth the trouble.

my $.0000002 ;D

 

Whats the point of putting the newer rims on the older trucks? Are they wider or something. I would get aftermarket rims before I would go through all that trouble. I'm thinking about right now sending my stock rims off to a shop and have them widend 2 or 3 inches.<br>DM01<br>P/S and yes it was early in the night. ;D

 

Yes they are wider... the early wheels are 16 X 6.5 inches while the new aluminum wheels are 16 X 8.. hince the clearance issues... the extra 1.5&quot; all goes to the back of the rim where as if you go with aftermarket rims they will have the same backspacing as the 6.5 wide rims and then the extra width all goes to the outside of the rim... throwing stones and mud all over your paint [undecided] <br><br>Personally I'm not a big fan of wheels and tires sticking out of the wheelwells and I prefer the neat and tucked look but a little taller is all ;D