Anyone know what size 15" wheels I can install on the 04 truck? Im thinking a 28-30" slick would help the situation out

 

Non ... without griding the **** out of the rear caliber. I think they might fit on the front without much grinding if any at all. If the 05's have bigger brakes then previous year modeals, scratch that whole thing.

 

One thing I was thinking of doing was to put adapters on the front and run a draglite. But I'm not sure it would handle the wieght of a truck. The rears like flyer said, break out the grinder or convert to an F-body hub and brakes if that's possible (gonna loose the e-brake).Bogart talked about making us some wheels, but where the hell are they now. I know several people including myself that talked with them on it. But they just didn't seem to care enough about following through.

 

Were any of the 99+ trucks offered with Drum brakes? I'm not sure if the 8.6" axle tube end will accept the 'old' 8.5" brake hardware as those did have rear drum brakes.

 

Just the 05's. All the 99-04's have discs.

 

Jason - Talk to Grey Silver. He has fit 15" wheels on his truck. Took some modification to the caliper bracket and the brake disc. Plus I think the caliper still had to be ground.

Maybe wholesale direct could get some disc blanks and turn the outer diameter down a bit. They might also be able to drill them for a 5 lug pattern. 15" 5 lug wheels are a dime a dozen. Then just get some upgraded axles with a 5 lug pattern. The mounting holes in the caliper bracket would still need to be modified though.

I smell another conversion kit coming on for someone....or maybe that is the burrito I had for lunch.

 

Throw these on the back with 15" rims.

I've seen this size BFGoodrich drag radial in person and it's HUGE. Looks nice.

http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...72&rd=15&ar=65

 

He said that the fronts don't need anything. Th rear's he ground the **** out of them with a belt sander, and slotted the mounted holes in the caliper to move them closer to the rotor. If I remember right, it was only a little bit. It seems like I remember him saying he took the bevel off the caliper and slotted the calipers the rest.

I don't remember who it was, but they someone said they ground the rears enough to put 15's on without slotting the rotors.

John (Grey Silver) didn't do anything to the caliper.

 

Just do a narrowed 9" with F body brakes, get wheel adapters that convert it to 6 lug so you can still run your street tires and with the adapter it will put them back at the right spot so that they are not too far in. Its a win win situation. You have a strong rear end. You can fit 15s on the rear, and you can still run your street tires for daily driving. Thats what Im doing.

 

I was under the impression that you could fit 15's on the back, but they had to be steel. Some one said that they will fit, but aluminum ones won't, because they need to be thicker, which reduces the inside diameter. I have a **** ton of 15" steels lying around here, I'm gonna measure and check it out tomorrow.