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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3 | have a 1949 chevy 3100 8 lug rims with 6.50 17s. how do i lower and add 6 lug or 5 lug rims??
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| | | | | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,440 | Welcome to the forums. If you have 8 lug rims your truck is a 3600 or 3800. Going to 5 or 6 lug axles requires major modification. The HiPo shop is the forum for modified trucks. | | | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: May 2013 Posts: 3 | can i still put rims and lower it with 8 lugs ?
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| | | | | Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,513 | With money all things are possible. Try stopping in at local tire and spring shops and see if they can help you out.
Posting this week from the beautiful Rio Grande valley, Texas.
1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod You Tube | | | | | Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 937 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2011 Posts: 937 | You need to check out www.droppedaxles.com. Sid is a good guy and can hook you up with whatever you need. I've got one of his 4" axles in front and his 3" blocks out back. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 35 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 35 | Yes, you could put 15 inch custom rims or 15 inch steel rims off a later model pickup with some lower profile tires and drop it a bit. I'd stay with a fairly narrow tire on the front though as wider tires could increase the effort to steer the truck in tight quarters. Sid's http://www.droppedaxles.com/ has a great reputation for doing dropped axles right.
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| | | | | Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 18 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 18 | I used late model 16 inch steel 8 lug wheels on my 49 Chev PU truck. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 28 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 28 | Why would you want 6 or 5 lug wheels? 16" with 8x6.5" lug pattern wheels are everywhere and usually cheap if not free
1963 Chevy C30 - 292 I6 +.040" 10.78:1, SM465
1978 GMC K2500
"Four gears with a granny low and six cylinders straight in a row."
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