2004 Dakota RT wheels
From : leroy
Q: acquired a 2004 rt dakota few months back. my son-in-law has a nice 2004 dakota 4-door. the rt has widern hell 17inch wheels. tires are gonna cost me $250 each and they seem to wear really fast. the two trucks were sitting side-by-side other day and i noticed that the rt wheels with the bigassed tires added very little to the appearance of the vehice compared to the other dakota. im an old fart and i dont really need the extra traction of the wide tires. would rather be able to smoke the tires anyway can i put 15 wheels on the rt or am i going to get into trouble with brake clearance drivability caster camber etc anybody on here done this already. thanks in advance. leroy .
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From : nosey
leroy wrote acquired a 2004 rt dakota few months back. my son-in-law has a nice 2004 dakota 4-door. the rt has widern hell 17inch wheels. tires are gonna cost me $250 each and they seem to wear really fast. the two trucks were sitting side-by-side other day and i noticed that the rt wheels with the bigassed tires added very little to the appearance of the vehice compared to the other dakota. im an old fart and i dont really need the extra traction of the wide tires. would rather be able to smoke the tires anyway can i put 15 wheels on the rt or am i going to get into trouble with brake clearance drivability caster camber etc anybody on here done this already. thanks in advance. leroy i think 2004 dakotas had 16 wheels from the factory. look for the safety certification sticker probably on the drivers door jamb. it will show the stock wheel and tire size. -- ken .
From : joe
nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote in leroy wrote acquired a 2004 rt dakota few months back. my son-in-law has a nice 2004 dakota 4-door. the rt has widern hell 17inch wheels. tires are gonna cost me $250 each and they seem to wear really fast. the two trucks were sitting side-by-side other day and i noticed that the rt wheels with the bigassed tires added very little to the appearance of the vehice compared to the other dakota. im an old fart and i dont really need the extra traction of the wide tires. would rather be able to smoke the tires anyway can i put 15 wheels on the rt or am i going to get into trouble with brake clearance drivability caster camber etc anybody on here done this already. thanks in advance. leroy i think 2004 dakotas had 16 wheels from the factory. look for the safety certification sticker probably on the drivers door jamb. it will show the stock wheel and tire size. theres no such thing as a factory 04 dakota r/t. 03 was the last year. .
From : leroy
you are so right. man .. i must be getting old. substitute 2002 for 2004 in all instances. sorry bout that. on mon 14 jan 2008 234538 gmt joe party@yourhouse.net wrote nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote in leroy wrote acquired a 2004 rt dakota few months back. my son-in-law has a nice 2004 dakota 4-door. the rt has widern hell 17inch wheels. tires are gonna cost me $250 each and they seem to wear really fast. the two trucks were sitting side-by-side other day and i noticed that the rt wheels with the bigassed tires added very little to the appearance of the vehice compared to the other dakota. im an old fart and i dont really need the extra traction of the wide tires. would rather be able to smoke the tires anyway can i put 15 wheels on the rt or am i going to get into trouble with brake clearance drivability caster camber etc anybody on here done this already. thanks in advance. leroy i think 2004 dakotas had 16 wheels from the factory. look for the safety certification sticker probably on the drivers door jamb. it will show the stock wheel and tire size. theres no such thing as a factory 04 dakota r/t. 03 was the last year. leroy .
From : joe
no biggie - just wondering if someone slapped some r/t decals on a 4.7 or something.. at any rate all r/ts came with 17 rims fender flares and theyre lowered by about 1 or so. you might try borrowing your sons tires for a bit just to see if theyll fit ok and to see how you like them. personally id keep the 17s as theyre perfect for that truck. i replaced the baloney skin oems on my 03 r/t at around 35k miles with kumhos and theyre wearing pretty well so far. i expect hope to get at least 40k from them. got the kumhos at sears for around $100/tire including mounting and balancing but that was a couple years ago. leroy dodgemanfromhell@aol.com wrote in you are so right. man .. i must be getting old. substitute 2002 for 2004 in all instances. sorry bout that. on mon 14 jan 2008 234538 gmt joe party@yourhouse.net wrote nosey kfrei43@removethis.hotmail.com wrote in leroy wrote acquired a 2004 rt dakota few months back. my son-in-law has a nice 2004 dakota 4-door. the rt has widern hell 17inch wheels. tires are gonna cost me $250 each and they seem to wear really fast. the two trucks were sitting side-by-side other day and i noticed that the rt wheels with the bigassed tires added very little to the appearance of the vehice compared to the other dakota. im an old fart and i dont really need the extra traction of the wide tires. would rather be able to smoke the tires anyway can i put 15 wheels on the rt or am i going to get into trouble with brake clearance drivability caster camber etc anybody on here done this already. thanks in advance. leroy i think 2004 dakotas had 16 wheels from the factory. look for the safety certification sticker probably on the drivers door jamb. it will show the stock wheel and tire size. theres no such thing as a factory 04 dakota r/t. 03 was the last year. leroy .