rear wheels

[jeff1953]

Just sitting around thinking about my truck, and wondering if any of you all have ever seen or done a swap with wheels from a dually to a single wheel and tire and keep everything else the same and go with a like 10 or a 12 inch wide wheel with one tire like some of the big rigs are, mine is a 1993 GMC 454, extra cab, long bed, 2 wd dual wheels. any help or info would be great, Thanks to you all.

 

[b454rat]

This was the big setup 20 years ago. A phantom dually. Pretty much a dually with pro street tires on back. Always liked the way they looked.

 

[someotherguy]

Phantom duallies were generally C1500's though with the dually flares added to the bed and really wide rear wheels added to the existing 10 bolt rear end, 5 lug pattern.. it was a cool look for the time period I guess. Front wheels often remained the same setup as before the conversion.

OP is asking about converting his dually rear wheels to "super singles" - haven't done it myself, I think the challenge there is finding wheels with the appropriate width, backspacing, and bolt pattern to make it all happen. I know others have discussed it, and I've seen a few examples that were.. uh.. in questionable taste. It's possible some good ones have been done but I haven't seen it yet.

Richard

 

[b454rat]

Other than pro street tire, there is no tire that is wide enough to fill the wheelwell, or without looking stupid.