Muchos Gracias Kaspeed(Ice Nine) and Ryelou(Belle Tire)

[jdustu]

I picked up some used OEM 17" wheels and had Keith "Ice Nine" them.



Picked them up yesterday and went up to Belle Tire. Ryan hooked me up with some Michelin Latitude X-Ice tires for the winter season. The wheel ended up hitting the lower ball joint rod(I've got drop spindles), so they cut the rod at the nut. I cleaned it up and put some castle nuts/cotter pins this afternoon, and it looks like it's gonna work fine. Everything is made for big wheels these days :lol:




I'm actually digging the 17s a lot. I may go with something similar year round.

 

[Justindwright]

They look good for winter wheels. The truck looks way better with the other wheels! lol

 

[Golden]

Stylin' for winter! That thing will be TONS of fun in the snow.

 

[wayfastwhitey191]

I llke!

 

[dline]

looks like all year wheels to me

kick the 20s to the door

nice work Keith

 

[Hugger Z]

They look OK. But I still dig the 20's.

 

[jdustu]

FWIW these wheels weigh 13lbs less per wheel than the 20s.

 

[Beigg]

Ice 9 and the Belle Tire crew are top notchers!

FWIW these wheels weigh 13lbs less per wheel than the 20s.

But how much is gained with the additional rubber?

 

[jdustu]

Not much I would think. 265/70/17 v 275/60/20

 

[mad1stgen]

Wheels look awesome. I've seen them in primer, and already liked them.

 

[mustangmike6996]

the truck is looking good.

 

[Golden]

looks like all year wheels to me

kick the 20s to the door

nice work Keith

Strongly disagree. The 20's are BAD!

 

[1BadSn95]

cool for the winter but id rock the 20's in the summer

 

[DetroitStyle]

Take it to the track and see what it does after dropping 60lbs of wheel weight!

 

[OnyxSSS]

Take it to the track and see what it does after dropping 60lbs of wheel weight!

bingo! Rice Eater knocked .4 off his time running some small wheels...

 

[jdustu]

I want to, I was planning to, but these things don't hook at all :lol:

After shaving down the ball joint rod Matt and I took it for a test drive....pretty sure oncoming traffic wasn't thrilled about a 5k# truck going sideways coming at them

The DRs I want wouldn't fit on these wheels, I was planning on mounting those for a weekend to get a number. I'd like to see what it will do, but I'm working 80+ hours a week and don't have time to run down wheels + tires.

If anyone has decent 28"-32" tires mounted to a set of 17s that would fit on the truck, let me know. I'd like to go for a low 13 before Lapeer closes.

 

[jdustu]

The truck was fun before, but I think I'm sold on lightweight 17s. The 20s pry look a bit better, but I'm not sure it "outweighs" the fun factor of the 17s.

 

[dline]

probably rides, stops better, and better mpgs once you keep your foot out of it

 

[kaspeed]

once you keep your foot out of it

ha!

 

[jdustu]

Yes.