I'll try to more more blunt...you have to have the dust cap, lest you destroy your wheel bearings and spindles.

Any spacer is iffy and a 3/8" spacer is definitely too thick in my opinion, but you know what they say about those. Also, if you get longer lug bolts what is to keep the next tire shop from mixing and matching front to rear with the lugs? What you get then is destroyed parking brake assemblies.

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Only 8,173 units built from 5/71 thru 11/72

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