marvo451
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Has anyone tried these 15 X 7 Jeep wheels on their duster? Also they are 4.5 bolt circle.
Jeep wheels on Duster
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Professor Fate
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Okay, the bolt circle is the same. That's about all you've got going for you.
The center hub hole is tapered on these wheels, so they will not clear the front hub unless you have it bored out to 2.75 or so. It is not an issue in the rear.
Those look like the 15x8 Wrangler "Canyon" rims, which have too much backspacing (around 5" or so IIRC) and contact the rear leaf springs on a stock A body rear end setup. If you have relocated your rear springs inboard, you might get away with them.
If they actually are the similarly styled 15x7 Grand Cherokee rims, you *may* get away with them in the rear (but I believe they may still contact the springs, I don't quite remember) but you will still have the same issue with the front hubs.
I have used them, but had to bore the front rims and had a wider B body rear in the car, so I had extra axle length than a factory A body rear... You could probably also use wheel spacers on an A body rear to make them work.
The center hub hole is tapered on these wheels, so they will not clear the front hub unless you have it bored out to 2.75 or so. It is not an issue in the rear.
Those look like the 15x8 Wrangler "Canyon" rims, which have too much backspacing (around 5" or so IIRC) and contact the rear leaf springs on a stock A body rear end setup. If you have relocated your rear springs inboard, you might get away with them.
If they actually are the similarly styled 15x7 Grand Cherokee rims, you *may* get away with them in the rear (but I believe they may still contact the springs, I don't quite remember) but you will still have the same issue with the front hubs.
I have used them, but had to bore the front rims and had a wider B body rear in the car, so I had extra axle length than a factory A body rear... You could probably also use wheel spacers on an A body rear to make them work.
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TheGrateRonzini
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Jeep rims on valiant there was a lip for the smaller hub, I used die grinder to remove the lip, and it’s the right size. The tires on front are still from the jeep, but needs to be smaller . The rears were backspaced perfect for a no-cut 8.8 swap. Just moved the perches
marvo451
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So, I take it nobody else has pictures…
Professor Fate
Push the button, Max...
Probably because they don't fit without work.
Got some on an early 5 lug Dakota right now, Grand Cherokee 15x7 in the front, Wrangler 15x8 in the rear:
Notice how the center had to get bored out from about 2" to 2.75" in order to clear the hub. Same issue on A bodies.
In addition, I was wrong about the backspace in my post above (old age memory)- the 15x8s have about 5.75 backspace, the 15x7s have just shy of 5.5. Both are a no go on a stock a body without spacers.
I had to run thin spacers on my Dart (many moons ago) to get the 15x7s to clear the upper A arm and ball joint to my satisfaction, and as said previously, had a B body rear which gave me more width for spring clearance in the rear with the 15x8s.
Jeep wheels just run a ton of backspace, and they're not designed for a spindle type hub... makes them difficult to use.
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