I want to purchase some new rims

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I want to purchase some new rims (Cragar Soft 8 series) to "hopefully" put onto my 1999 Chevy Silverado "Classic" C1500 truck. Just picked it up and I was thinking of going black rally-ish wheels for it.

I found these and just would like to ask a couple questions to the experienced rim/tire buyers out there:
http://www.cragarwheel.com/wheels/wheelsdetails/series-397-soft-8

Now my truck has 5 bolt pattern @ 5x127mm
These rims have a bunch of options for 5 bolt though, and I dont really know what the difference is, the site is saying there are 15x7, 15x8, 15x9 and 15x10 options for these rims, as well as a bolt pattern category ranging from 5-4.5 to 6-4.5, so which of those would fit my truck?

I also would like to have fatter rubber on my back wheels, is there a need for different sized rims than the front to accommodate for this?
For example the 15x7 (5-5 bolt pattern) for the front wheels and for the fatter backs would I be looking for 15x10 (5-5 bolt pattern)

Sorry if this is not clear but the site has a ton of info about the specs and if anyone can help me narrow down my choices that would be awesome!
 

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Nice wheels, mine are about the same but are 17x9

Can't help with the bolt pattern dimensions, never had a 5 lug.

The measurements of the wheel goes height x width. 15" tall x 8" wide, for example.

As for wider wheels on back, I don't see why not. Would look sweet but.... you lose the ability to rotate your tires due to the fact the tires are different size.

Should also think about back spacing too. Not sure what your back spacing is on your wheels but the stock ones from my truck are somewhere around 4.75". This measurement is between where the center of the wheel mates to the truck and to the back outside edge of wheel
 

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Nice wheels, mine are about the same but are 17x9

Can't help with the bolt pattern dimensions, never had a 5 lug.

The measurements of the wheel goes height x width. 15" tall x 8" wide, for example.

As for wider wheels on back, I don't see why not. Would look sweet but.... you lose the ability to rotate your tires due to the fact the tires are different size.

Should also think about back spacing too. Not sure what your back spacing is on your wheels but the stock ones from my truck are somewhere around 4.75". This measurement is between where the center of the wheel mates to the truck and to the back outside edge of wheel
Ahhh okay thanks. I am thinking maybe I will just go 15x8 all around and go from there. I really want these Cragars and they are inexpensive...just not sure about the offsets and backspacing, ill have to find out backspacing options for the c1500 on 15" rims
 

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The bolt pattern for the 5 lug is 5x5 and 5x127, they're the same thing, one is measured in standard and one is in metric.


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Hmmm maybe I will stick to 15x8 all around sitting on 275/60/r15 because they will be on an ext cab and those 15x10s with 295/65/15 look really fat might look goofy on an ext cab. Look good on the scsb though
 
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