88GMCtruck's 98 Silverado Towpig Build: "Black Fox"

[Darkrider]

His are old school weld wheels. They are 6.5" wide. I personally haven't seen 8" dually wheels. Spacers are required. Dave runs 255/85/18 and I believe a 2" spacer. I run 265/75/16 with 2.5" spacers so I can run cam lock tire chains like those used on semi trucks.

Since I can't find your thread on your truck maybe you can answer here. Could I get away with just 2" spacers with 265s since I don't plan on running chains?

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[dave_erald]

So you guys running aluminum spacers or steel hub centrics?

P.S. those weld wheels are very nice. In the pics they don't look like 18's to me, but that doesn't mean anything really

 

[skylark]

Since I can't find your thread on your truck maybe you can answer here. Could I get away with just 2" spacers with 265s since I don't plan on running chains?

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Yeppers

 

[skylark]

So you guys running aluminum spacers or steel hub centrics?

P.S. those weld wheels are very nice. In the pics they don't look like 18's to me, but that doesn't mean anything really

My bad, those are 16's. I'm running steel hub centric from Freds. I believe Dave is running aluminum but I can't recall.

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[dave_erald]

Thanks for the reply MR @skylark , I remember perusing the net and stumbling upon wheeladapter.com. That may end up being the place I order from once I decide on wheels and tires. Thanks

 

[83GMCK2500]

skylark, all three of us are running steel spacers. I don't remember where I got mine, I think they're Fred's. Dave mentions his on post #606

 

[skylark]

skylark, all three of us are running steel spacers. I don't remember where I got mine, I think they're Fred's. Dave mentions his on post #606

Thanks Devin! I couldn't recall. How is your truck coming along? I don't recall seeing much after the body swap.

 

[dave_erald]

I really want his rims.

p.s. jesus there are a lot of posts to go thru.........

 

[chevyman98]

Finished up my speaker upgrade last night. Not sure why it took this long to accomplish, but the GM issue speakers were shot. They never sounded good to begin with... So out they came and were swapped for a set of Infinity component speakers.

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Front doors were easy... Now in the rear I went a different direction. The Crewcab trucks have the same door panels as a suburban, without speakers installed. They use the same rear pillar trim as a regular cab pickup, and have 4x6 speakers in the pillar. 4x6 speakers very rarely sound good, particularly compared to components. I started out investigating and low and behold, the rear doors are already wired for speakers, in the door itself. It ends at the center pillar plug. Still made my life WAY easier.

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Did a little fitting and cut the holes for the rear door speakers

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Best question is where am I putting a tweeter, and better yet how am I going to do it so it looks factory..... Remember those 4x6 rear speakers..... Since the space was no longer useful, and the stock speakers are crap anyway, I "took them apart" and used the frame as a mount for the tweeters, in the rear pillar.

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I'm probably going to steal the subwoofer from the 88 and toss it in there, hopefully I will be able to get a headunit sometime in the near future.

Man I need to do this. My speakers are shot.
What speakers did you use up front

 

[chevyman98]

How deep are those infinity speaker looking at some mb quart but the look pretty deep. Trying to get an idea of how much room I have on front and back doors