2010FX4F150GILROY

To each there own, and things I wore as a kid have been back in style two or three times, and I would never mind looking at my wife ten years ago or today.. Its your truck do what you want as long as you dont do something that puts my life at risk..

Augster

I tend to like the "murdered" look. To a point.

I will never go with black rims myself; but I'm a product of the youth of the 70's and 80's where chrome wheels were "neato!" From a personal perspective, it's hard for me to justify dropping $1K+ on black rims that you can barely make out the details unless you step up to it or look very carefully at it. Why spend that much to make it harder for others to appreciate the details?

Then again, perhaps that's what the "new" generation of "fashion" is after. Or its just me and my plain ol' vanity shining through!

superccs

Black wheels will always look like crap, so that mod is "timeless".

white horse

I agree, I'll make my truck look the way I want. Who cares what's 'in'.

Jmfalcon1

I like the way mine looked ten years ago, but her denim dresses, hip huggers, and whatever else I can picture in my head but don't know the name for can all go to hell.

Jmfalcon1

It's not so much about telling you to do it my way as being aware of the influence of trends and fads. My first house had 30 year old blue astroturf on the porch. It was unique and not worth the effort of removing, but I got a lot of smart *** comments about it for the couple years I had the place. I've helped move green ovens and remove wood paneling. Brass light fixtures and long **** carpeting. I see vehicles as an expression of style, and I want to make sure mine is 501s and not Hammer pants.

Jmfalcon1

I guess when I complained about everyone jacking up the truck, it was because they used to do it to go off road. Plenty of folks still do just that, but so many just do it because it looks neat. That's nice, but it costs a fortune up front, costs you tons of money on gas down the road, and doesn't serve any purpose if you don't use the extra 6" of clearance.

white horse

Haters don't have taste so either way you go they'll be there. And I see where you're coming from but who's style are you expressing if you're influenced by others?

Augster

I'm not sure if you are trying to state that "you" are not influenced in any way by others, or if you are saying we are all influenced in some way.

Because the latter is truth while the former is a lie hypocrites tell themselves to believe they are truly different from others. The vehicle you drive, how you accessorized it and color options, right down to the Fox hat sitting there on top of your dash for all to see, every bit of it is a decision you made that was clearly influenced by others; directly or indirectly, consciously or subconsciously.

If you were born and raised in Germany, I'm sure you would be driving some form of Mercedes or other European mini-truck. If in Somalia, some beaten down old Toyota (probably with a .50 mounted in the bed). We are all a product of the society we live in.

By no means am I saying that that is a bad thing at all! But if you are trying to tell others that you yourself are "different" than the rest yet all of what you do has already been done by many others before you, how really different are you? I freely admit that I am definitely influenced by everyone around me, in way or another, good or bad, acceptance or rejection.

Just saying. Diversity is good. Hell no do I want to live in a world where we all wear, look, eat, feel and say the same things. Variety is the spice of life. Otherwise, it be would be pretty boring then...

Besides, I need someone else to look down upon so as to make me look oh so good cuz I know my style is so much better than yours!

All in jest...

zap

Jacked up trucks haven't always been around, because the aftermarket for them didn't appear until the 70's. Back in the pre-F-series day, if you wanted 4WD you had to go to Marmon-Herrington and get an aftermarket kit for the truck. When the F-series debuted, Ford installed the Marmon-Herrington kit at the factory for you. The black out look is just another style that has come into play now that the aftermarket has the equipment to support it. 20 years ago, many would've called you crazy for applying some tint to your lights to give them a different look. Some don't like black wheels, I love 'em. Most guys who jack their trucks up never really use it for anything but show boating. You can go more places in a XJ Cherokee with a 3" lift, rock rails and good skids than you can in a F150 with a 8" lift.

For some it's form over function, others function over form. I'm a form over function guy. Anything bigger than a 16" rim is just too big as a load rated tire for a 32" tire on a 16 can easily cost up to $100 less than the same tire for a 17, 18, or 20. I kinda do like the smoked light look. I recently put LED's in my headache rack and decided to go with all clear lenses and I love them. I'm not a fan of chrome because it used to mean steel, now it usually means plastic and it is easy to put too much on a pickup. I have a big heavy steel bumper on my truck, it may not look good but it'll take a deer hit going 70 and not budge. IMO, factory trim and bumpers are cheap and on a lifted truck, full steel is the proper way to go. JMO