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Originally Posted by Old65C10
Remember the 6 lug pattern is the same pattern used on 2wd and 4x4 Japanese trucks from the 80's on up. I am sure you can find a 16in rim with the correct offset and everything easily. I think that the late 90's to the 2000's 1/2 ton trucks used the 6 lug with 16in tires. I bet there are stock Chevy wheels that will work too.
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No - no - no - no!
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once gm went ifs suspension the rims got a LOT more backspace = sucked up in more . and the center hub hole went smaller .
so you can not simply just use 88-up gm rims on the solid axle stuff .
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Yes! I found this out the hard way. The 1988++ wheels will
not work
even if you cut out the center hole, because the wheel sits too far in and hits the tie rod end. It actually won't even go far enough in on the front to seat on the lugs and rotor, although the bolt circle is exactly the same.
I believe the Toyotas are the same way. I offered to give my "ruined" wheels to the young neighbor for his old T100 but it turns out he already had a set 16" wheels for it that just needed new tires. I'm afraid to use them on my 1989 (which I didn't have back then) because all the weight would be on the lug bolts. The Toyota has a bigger hub.
So anyway I have five junkyard wheels that I can't use and couldn't take back because I had all of them cut out before testing one.
I wish to heck that my Suburban was a 3/4 ton. I would sure like to run LT235/85r16(E).