GSP

Will stock Alloy rims of say a 2001 fit a '99 4x4 ctd with the rear drum brakes?

Im wondering if they will hit the rear brake drums and not fit with the negative offset. I have some eagle alloy 8x16 with the more positive offset that just barely clear the rear drums

GSP

Nobody Knows??

Tate

I remember reading that the OD of the drums need to be turned down to clear the 00+ alloys.

johnh

'99 and '01 are the same w/ drum brakes on the rear

nickg

I have an 01 with rear drums that came with alloys, cant see how the 01 is different than the 99 rear drums..
Just a point the alloys are nautorious for cracking in the bead seat, personally I will never use them again, at the time I found 2 that were cracked (still held air fine), I did not know they were known to break until I tried sourcing new rims, called every salvage yard and they knew about the cracking and still wanted over 200$ a rim if they had them, I called a rim repair shop, they said they can be repaired but its not a permenant repair, they will crack again, he said it was from the angle/height of the seat that was being constantly worn from tire movement, true enough when I inspected my broken ones the seat thickness was noticably thinnner than the uncracked rims...

good reason to go with 3rd gen alloys, they look better and are not known to break

Russ Roth

My buddy has a '98.5 that alloys would not clear the rear brake drums.

SIXSLUG

The 01.5's and 02's had rear discs and a thicker flanged wheel. They will not fit the earlier drum braked trucks. I read the bad ones were from 98-01 that had cracking issues.

Kurt

Purplezr2

I know a guy with a 99 v10 that has alloys, how does that work, did v10's have smaller brakes .

torquefan

Yep, this is true. 2000 and early 2001 had different rear brakes than the earlier trucks, and the drums were a different dimension. To use the 2000-02aluminum wheels on a 94-99 truck, some material must be removed from the outside of the drum.

SIXSLUG

They have had the alloys since 94 in the style you are talking about. They all look similar but you have to measure or look at the date of manufacture on the rear inner of the wheel where it is stamped, 00-02 probably won't fit a drum braked truck.

Kurt

gkainz

I have stocker '02 aluminum 17" rims on my '97 with no clearance issues. at least, I think they're from an 02 ... dang CRS ...

johnh

i think the secret iS STOCK...OEM....

Grider Pirate

My 00' has '08 wheels on it. No problem.

SIXSLUG

The 17" ers will fit fine. Its the 16" alloys from 01-02 that have a clearance issue. Chrysler probably addressed the cracking issue from past and thickened the flanges for the end run.

Kurt

Ahola

I have 16 inch alloys from -01 in my -99 Ram. I had to turn down the rear drums some like 1/8 inch to fit inside the wheel. I also had to make 1/4 inch spacers in front, they hit to the tie rod end at full lock turns.