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Old 12-05-2022, 10:45 PM   #23
1976gmc20
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Re: 2WD '99 OBS - Wheels?

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Originally Posted by Just call me Sean View Post
4wd rims have 2" more backspacing than the 2wd rims. 2wd and 4wd use different rear ends, the 4wd being 4 inches wider. There are no 5 lug 4wd rims. I use a van rim as a spare on my 93 and 99. There is nothing wrong with the rim being supported by the lugs, it's called lug centric. My 93 has lug centric wheels as does my van, factory installed.
Okay - that really surprises me since GM tends to standardize parts as much as possible. So nothing I said applies to 5 hole rims. Sorry!

I've been scared to run the rims that I had the centers cut out of on my 89 K1500 that I bought later. One of them is a basket for tire chains, one is sitting out in my junkpile, and the others I hauled up on the hill and filled the back side with rocks and used them to support fence posts where the ground is too hard to dig or drive in a post.

So I suppose that I could mount an old tire on one of them and use it for an extra spare since we live way out of town...?
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