Dodge/Ram Question About Wheels

[OK Corgi Rancher]

We have a 1998 Dodge 1500 short bed 2WD with 16" wheels. Needs new tires. My DiL has a 2019 Ram 1500 with 17" wheels/tires. She's offered them to us for use on our old farm truck because we need new tires and don't want to spend a lot of money on tires for the beater truck.

My question is: Will the 17" wheels from her 2019 fit the old truck? I've tried to find an answer thru a web search but I've either missed it or just can't find it.

Appreciate an answer if any of you guys know.

 

[dlbleak]

As long as her tires are stock size I don’t see why they wouldn’t fit. You could mount one of the fronts and see if it clears while turning the wheel to see if it doesn’t rub

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

Well... The wheels from the new truck are 4.5 hrs away in TX. The old truck is in Ada. I'm hoping to know for sure before I drove down to pick them up.

I'm more concerned about the bolt pattern. I'm not worried about the size of the tires. The newer ones are stock...not over-size or anything. Pretty sure the clearance will be fin. Just wondering if the bolt pattern is the same.

 

[adamsredlines]

Yours should be 5x5.5, and I am pretty sure hers will be a six lug.

Also, I think some of the second gen Rams had a very large hub / bearing that do not fit in all wheels. They changed it on the later years of second gen to be smaller and fit most wheels, but I do not know if that change was on or before 98 or not.

 

[adamsredlines]

"2019 through current year model Dodge Ram 1500 Trucks have a 6x139. 7 bolt pattern. These changed from the 5 lug in 2018 and older trucks. These wheels ONLY fit 2019 and newer Dodge Ram 1500."

 

[OK Corgi Rancher]

OK... That answers that question. Thanks very much!

 

[BallisticGuy]

"2019 through current year model Dodge Ram 1500 Trucks have a 6x139. 7 bolt pattern. These changed from the 5 lug in 2018 and older trucks. These wheels ONLY fit 2019 and newer Dodge Ram 1500."

This! 5 lug vs 6 lug.

 

[adamsredlines]

Also to the op, please take note of the hub size comment. 3rd gen rims will have the same bolt pattern as a second gen Ram but depending on when they did the hub change, they will not fit because of the center. I say this so you don't grab another set of cheap rims from a Ram and find out they don't fit if yours has the large hub. I feel like it changed in either 1998, or 2001 as the last year of the second gen.

 

[adamsredlines]

I had a buddy with a 96 RAM and he bought some wheels from a 2004 RAM and they would not fit because of that. Bolt patterns match if you Google it, but you could not get them to mount because of the center hub.

 

[adamsredlines]

This post discussed the changeover

https://www.ramforum.com/threads/please-help-trying-to-put-4th-gen-rims-on-2nd-gen-truck.114577/