Converting bolt pattern (early gen)

[rollinkota18]

my 95 dakota has the dumbass 6x4.5 lug pattern, so instead sifting through the mountains of wheels im just going to convert it to some kinda of a 5 lug pattern, nothing fancy. does anyone know a good way to do it? im just putting new rotors on the front, but idk bout the back, any ideas?

[DRAGN94]

well new hubs up front (rotors have hub/unsealed bearing) from a 1st gen 87-91 are 5x4.5 bolt pattern. direct swap since your spindles use the same brake calipers as a 1st gen

the rear couple options, either:
A-find a 1st gen dak and steal the entire rear end (junk yard or oem repop)
or B- get new axles made (5x4.5) to accept the spline of your rear(29spl).

the only down side is that the 1st gen is a 27 spline rear (make sure to get the 8.25 and not the 7.25 rearend) 5x4.5 bolt
while your 2nd gen is a 29 spline 8.25 rear (6x114.5 bolt pattern)

if you really want custom that can hold power...dana 60 (which will have to be narrowed to your spec) dana60 are what most mopars(car & truck 2 dif style of dana60) came factory with and that was a 5x4.5. not to mention easy conversion to disc brakes and more selection of ring/pinion packages

[madmopar]

he might have an easier time finding an 8 3/4 out of an old b-body than the dana 60. they were pretty stout too, and came with 5 on 4.5 also. it would also have to be narrowed.

[87DakBuilder]

Actually a B-body 8 3/4 dosen't necessarily need to be narrowed, I've got one out ofa 67-69 body and it is exactly two inches shorter than my 8.25 from my 87 truck. I'm going to run it as is for now, and then see if I need to narrow it or not. Keep in mind that bodies differed in track widths from pre 65 to post 65-70, and 70-73. You also have the option of running 70 and on A-body 8 3/4's which are approximatley 28.9 inches track width. I have some articles on all of this if you want them, I'll post the links to them later. The easiest 5 lug bolt pattern to go to is the 5 on 4 1/2 because of the wheel selections available, and the fact that ford and chrysler both uses it, along with toyota.