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Old 05-25-2004, 10:05 AM   #1
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Found some rims

I was visiting a friend in Swan Hills, Alberta, over the weekend, and after testing the new Jeep in the thick stuff, I found out I needed hungrier tires to have any real fun. So he told me about these old Camaro 14"s he had laying around.

I took them home, and planned on drilling the Jeep bolt circle into the face, making it a 10-hole Chevy/Mopar universal. Turns out, Jeep needed the 15"s for a reason, and they little Camaro turbines will never clear the brakes.

I still want to use them on my Chevy though. So before I get myself too worked up, will these fit over stock Chevy C10 brakes? I'm going to try them when I get home tonight, but I'd still like to know in the mean time, if you can tell me. If they do fit, they won't be getting off-road tires. There's not much point with a 2-WD. Something meaty, but not knobby. Actually, probably an all-terain/all-season, since I only drive this thing in the winter.

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Old 05-25-2004, 10:43 AM   #2
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Bolt pattern is different 5 on 4 3/4" on cars trucks are 5 on 5".

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Old 05-25-2004, 10:51 AM   #3
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Would it still be worth drilling the 5" bolt circle? Seems a shame to let these rims go to waste.
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Old 05-25-2004, 12:21 PM   #4
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You need 15" rims to clear the brakes. 14" is a no go.
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Old 05-25-2004, 12:28 PM   #5
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****e! What am I going to do with these things? e-bay, I guess.
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Old 05-25-2004, 12:36 PM   #6
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Either way, I don't think you should ever "add" your own holes to a wheel engineered to only have 5 holes in it, unless you have access to finite element analysis software, especially for a 3,800 pound truck.
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Old 05-27-2004, 12:58 AM   #7
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Would the billet bolt pattern adapters work?
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