rims..Why
12-08-2012, 12:27 PM
#21
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i guess im just old fashioned for my age. i have a truck for purpose and functionality. it gets dirty, it hauls wood and a horse trailer and bounces off rocks and logs during elk season and i dont see a point in spending 1 grand on pretty wheels that will jsut get scratched up when i can put that 1 grand into something that actually improves functionality and performance. same thing with ungodly large lifts and tires on trucks that rarelly even see a gravel road. pretty sure my little 4.6 on 265's with no lift has gone more places than 85% of the trucks i see running around. I just wanted to see what everyones reasoning is. Me myself...im old fashioned.
12-10-2012, 07:28 PM
#22
Heat Miser
The stock wheels are 8.5" wide(on an FX4 anyway..I'm sure other F150s have narrower wheels). If you want to install say a 33x12.50", they're made for a 9" wide wheel. If you step up in height or width, there's a point where you'll need to go with still a WIDER wheel
And of course there's the person who wants lighter/stronger wheels than stock, and losing UN-SPRUNG weight is THE BEST possible weight to pitch.
Or what about the person who installs bigger tires, but while they'll fit on the stock wheels, they weigh 50lbs EACH more than the stock tires. In order to gain back some of the acceleration and mileage loss, one could install simple aftermarket cast wheels. If they REALLY wanna lose some weight, they could go with FORGED aluminum wheels. Forged aluminum wheels can weigh as little as 18lbs in an 18x8.5" size, and yet be several times stronger than the stock cast wheels.
If you REALLY would like to go NUTZ, you could purchase forged MAGNESIUM wheels. They're lighter STILL...
And I've just addressed functionality. What about those who LIKE the way a particular aftermarket wheel looks? Don't tell me 'looks' shouldn't matter to anybody.
If that were the case, Ford could put 4 wheels and a motor on a pile of petrified dog ****, and as long as it did the 'job', people would buy it.
Last edited by yokev; 12-10-2012 at 07:34 PM.
12-12-2012, 03:14 PM
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My buddy plasti-dipped his 18" chrome clad wheels on his 2012 ecoboost. They actually look really nice. I'm not sure how well the coats will hold up against a New England winter, but it is a very cheap way to switch up your style. They look even better with some bigger tires and a leveling kit. If you get sick of it, peel it off. at $5.00 a can its an affordable experiment. I just bought 6 cans of the stuff. Probably gonna give it a go.