- Location
- REDLANDS, CA. (SoCal)
This last weekend while on a local run, I hit a rock on the inside lip of my oem alum. wheel. I heard a "plink" accompanied by a small puff of dust. Well, to make a long story short. I lost about 5" off the inside. the local wrecking yards are wanting $75 for a matching wheel. I'm sure that if I invest enough time, I could pick one up cheaper. $75 will buy a couple of the black steel AR's.
My thinking was to buy one now to mount the spare on, and pick up the other in a couple of months. If I happen to break another of the oem's before then I would still have the much needed spare, and a good excuse to buy the rest of the set.
The question is is that the backspacing would be about 1" less. Might this cause a problem on the trip home at hwy. speeds? Also, the width would be 8" vs. the 7" at he other three corners. Would this be an issue on the trail w/ a 231 tc. would this create too much of a differance in dia. since the tire would be a little more squat on the rim. The tire for the spare is the same mfg. & model, but @ 1/2 the tread.
Best would be to just buy the five wheels now, but the day before the run i emptied the cookie jar on a K&N FIPK.
Good plan? Bad plan? I need to act before sat. morning, going back to see about that excuse.
ps. diffs open F & R
TIA,
Alum. won't BENT
My thinking was to buy one now to mount the spare on, and pick up the other in a couple of months. If I happen to break another of the oem's before then I would still have the much needed spare, and a good excuse to buy the rest of the set.
The question is is that the backspacing would be about 1" less. Might this cause a problem on the trip home at hwy. speeds? Also, the width would be 8" vs. the 7" at he other three corners. Would this be an issue on the trail w/ a 231 tc. would this create too much of a differance in dia. since the tire would be a little more squat on the rim. The tire for the spare is the same mfg. & model, but @ 1/2 the tread.
Best would be to just buy the five wheels now, but the day before the run i emptied the cookie jar on a K&N FIPK.
Good plan? Bad plan? I need to act before sat. morning, going back to see about that excuse.
ps. diffs open F & R
TIA,
Alum. won't BENT
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