I'm really pleased with this staggered set up. The rears are where I wanted them with the -50 offset. They have plenty of clearance and the treads do not stick out. I still need to modify the old steel wheel well so that it is hidden and serves as additional support I'm mulling over whether or not to do a 2" rear drop.
The fronts are where I wanted them too with the -12 offset. I did not want to raise the front but instead, keep it stock. By doing so, the front wells needed a bit of modifying to get those 37" tucked in there with no rubbing issues. I knew the plastic had to be trimmed but behind it on both sides at the cab area, there is a 1" protruding seam of the body parts that are spot welded together. Before ordering the front wheels & tires, I mocked fitted the 37" (don't laugh, it worked lol) by taping a paper towel empty tube to the stock wheels. I made sure that it stuck out past the stock tread 1" and was 2" high to simulate the 37". According to my math this was the sweet spot that needed to clear while turning and it didn't.
You can't cut this outie seam because it serves as a structural component for that area of the truck. So what I did was to cut it into tabs (avoiding the spot welds) about every 3/4" of an inch +/-. Then I bent the tabs inwards and out of the way. I was relieved when they installed the new front wheels and tires and saw that it barely cleared. I've got some fine tuning to do on this mod so that I can squeeze out a little more clearance and make it look finished.
The wheels are not as advertised (matte finish on the spokes and gloss on the rest), they are 100% matte finish. I'm ok with that. It's got me thinking about painting the Ram matte black with matte bronze racing stripes. Or I could gloss the wheel and paint the Ram back gloss with gloss stripes. We'll see...
