Quote: Also, the swap to a 5 lug is fairly easy. If I am not mistaken, they have the same spindles on the front and it's just a matter of pulling off the hub and replacing it and the rotor. On the rear, the axles are also the same. So, all you do is swap them out. You should be able to handle it no problem.
This is correct the early 87-90 dakotas with the 5 lug pattern use the same spindles as the 91-96 dakotas. The rear ends are also the same width (as long as you have the same rear, I believe the 91-96 dakota had two different rears one for the 4 cylinder and one for the v-6 and v-8.) so the axle swap is just matching it up to the right axle.
