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I know there is drum and disc wheels but when did everything go metric?
What was the last year for 4.5 bolt patern and will they all bolt up and work on an a-body?
 
There isn't really a "drum" and "disc" wheel difference. Except that running larger 11.75" discs required 15" wheels minimum.

Dodge trucks were always standard, even today. 1500 Rams, Dakotas, Durangos, (up to 09, not sure of upcoming model) are 5 x 5.5". Jeeps go between 5x5.5 on the newer GCs, to the 5 x 4.5 for the older 95-98 version. I read somewhere that Wranglers were/are 5 x 4.5. A car mag used 16" steel Jeep wheels on a Dart....looked pretty good.
 
89 was the last year for the 4.5" bolt pattern wheel. These were on Diplomats and Gran furys.
 
dusterny said:
I know there is drum and disc wheels but when did everything go metric?
What was the last year for 4.5 bolt patern and will they all bolt up and work on an a-body?
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Ford was using 4.5 bolt pattern on Crown Vics
in the early 2000's.
 
5x4.5" is the same thing as 5x114.3mm. Yes, the latter is metric. And it is also EXACTLY 4.5". So don't worry about it. And quite a few new cars run the 5x114.3 bolt pattern (all the "new" Ford Mustangs, also Nissan 350 and 370z's). But, new Challengers run 5x115mm, which, you guessed it, is not 4.5" (or 114.3mm).

Also, for the SBP crowd, 5x4" is NOT the same as 5x100mm. 4"=101.6mm, and no, that's not close enough.
 
also the the only real difference between a drum or disc wheel is the hub flange on the wheel, notice that drum wheels are not a solid surface and the disc ones are?? helps with warping
 
805moparkid said:
also the the only real difference between a drum or disc wheel is the hub flange on the wheel, notice that drum wheels are not a solid surface and the disc ones are?? helps with warping
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So, the rims are different from front to rear, if the car came with disk/drum brakes. Anxiously waiting on the data to prove that...
 
superdart said:
There isn't really a "drum" and "disc" wheel difference. Except that running larger 11.75" discs required 15" wheels minimum.

Dodge trucks were always standard, even today. 1500 Rams, Dakotas, Durangos, (up to 09, not sure of upcoming model) are 5 x 5.5". Jeeps go between 5x5.5 on the newer GCs, to the 5 x 4.5 for the older 95-98 version. I read somewhere that Wranglers were/are 5 x 4.5. A car mag used 16" steel Jeep wheels on a Dart....looked pretty good.
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You're close, but not correct. Some 2WD Dodge trucks have used 5x4.5 wheels, and many years of Dakotas and Durangos had 6 lug wheels.

Didn't the 74-ish to 81-ish full time 4x4 Dodge 1/2 tons use 5x4.5" wheels, too?
 
green1 said:
So, the rims are different from front to rear, if the car came with disk/drum brakes. Anxiously waiting on the data to prove that...
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no they just changed the design in the early 70's i believe to having a full hub vs. "5 point" design...
 
Yep. Some older Dodge 2x4 pickups used 4.5, same as pass. car. 4x4's used larger Jeep/ Ford pickup 5.5. Not sure what all years, back in the '60's -70's?
 
For Jeeps:

CJ's to '86: 5x5.5
Wrangler YJ (87 - 95) and TJ (97 - 06): 5x4.5
ALL Xj Cherokees (84 - 02) are 5x4.5
Grand Cherokee up to about 2004 is also 5x4.5
Jeep Wrangler JK (07 - 11): 5x5

Also, the 5 lug Toyota truck pattern on small pickups is 5x4.5

Also, 5-lug Mustangs (from 93 to about 2004) and crown vics/lincoln town cars are 5x4.5

Coming from the Jeep world, the 5x4.5 pattern was very much something I cared about until I switched to Ford axles and left unit bearings behind...

For 5x5.5 - All Ford 1/2 ton trucks from the mid 60's to 1996
All Jeep 5-lug from the mid 40's to 1986
Dodge trucks through the mid 80's
Newer Dodge 1500 trucks (weird backspacing on the newer trucks, though)

5x4 is new to me. Thankfully, my new Dart is 5x4.5
 
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