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Stock wheel question: How wide is the stock '78 16.5 rim, does it have 4" backspace?
Well, don't I feel like an idiot...... There it is, right from GM......6.75" rim. I'm just not used to older vehicles that have any of the factory data plates or stickers....didn't even occur to me to look. So there you have it, you there searching for this answer years after this post has... -
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Stock wheel question: How wide is the stock '78 16.5 rim, does it have 4" backspace?
I would definitely appreciate some measurements. After 45 years, its hard to say what has changed or settled vs the factory conditions - after this long, these trucks are almost all unique specimens! I'd really like to get the 285/75 in there if I can. I was thinking about buying at least one... -
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Stock wheel question: How wide is the stock '78 16.5 rim, does it have 4" backspace?
The 9.5s on 16.5 are what's called for in the glove-box RPO codes, so its original equipment spec. As far as what I want to run - ( and this is all for show - this is a 2WD and the only "terrain" its likely to see is either black top or the back field of my property) - but, ideally I'd like to... -
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Stock wheel question: How wide is the stock '78 16.5 rim, does it have 4" backspace?
Hello folks - I recently purchased a 1978 C20 Camper Special (2wD) with the 454, and she needs some things. One of those things, is new tires, and so perfect opportunity for new wheels. I've been "doing the math" and a lot of reading about what fits, but much of the calculation depends on...
