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**'68OrangeSunshine** · 03-31-2023, 05:13 PM

A friend gave me 4 aftermarket aluminum 8x16 rims off his '99 Suburban. The 6-lug at 5.5'' spacing was the same, but the setback was too shallow. The wheel bore accepted the Dana 44 hubs on my 4x4 K/1500 GMC Jimmy [K/5 type], but I had to buy 1.25'' wheel spacers to mount the new-to-me rims with 235/75/R16 tires.
A weird noise on the freeway, got me to pull those wheels and spacers -- thinking something internal was coming loose. Even though Discount Tire had used 3 different sized lugnuts to mount the tires -- that wasn't the real problem.
My front prop shaft was disintegrating. I had given them 25 all new gold anodized lugnuts, but they were too fat for the recessed holes in the fancy aluminum rims.
So now my fancy lugnuts are holding my old 33x12.50x15 meat tires on at a proper 90 foot pounds.

03-31-2023, 05:13 PM	#3
'68OrangeSunshine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Posts: 7,104	Re: 6 Lug Wheel Question A friend gave me 4 aftermarket aluminum 8x16 rims off his '99 Suburban. The 6-lug at 5.5'' spacing was the same, but the setback was too shallow. The wheel bore accepted the Dana 44 hubs on my 4x4 K/1500 GMC Jimmy [K/5 type], but I had to buy 1.25'' wheel spacers to mount the new-to-me rims with 235/75/R16 tires. A weird noise on the freeway, got me to pull those wheels and spacers -- thinking something internal was coming loose. Even though Discount Tire had used 3 different sized lugnuts to mount the tires -- that wasn't the real problem. My front prop shaft was disintegrating. I had given them 25 all new gold anodized lugnuts, but they were too fat for the recessed holes in the fancy aluminum rims. So now my fancy lugnuts are holding my old 33x12.50x15 meat tires on at a proper 90 foot pounds. __________________ Every 25 years I like to rebuild that 292, whether it needs it or not. Last edited by '68OrangeSunshine; 04-15-2023 at 12:48 PM.