New Wheels! XD Monsters, 285/60/18 Terra Grapplers!

Thanks guys for all the comments! Yeah man, you have to see them in real life to really appreciate 'em, the pics don't ever do them justice.

 

Looks nice! I like it with the retro graphic's. Black out the grill and bhlm and it'll really look sweet!

 

+1

That'd take it to the next level. Nice truck man.

 

MUCH better! But yea, I think you need to start ditching the chrome if you want to run black wheels. Just my .02

 

Agreed. My current plans are to next black out billet grille/toss it, billstein 5100 lift, TSB AAL, and Bushwacker flares kept black.

 

Do those tires rub at full lock without the lift?

 

not sure what u think, but i got rid of my caps like krookz did and it made the rim look even better here is a pic

 

looks good man!

 

I like, you need to do the BHLM and black out your grill.

 

Nope. Well, actually they initially did. Right after I put on the tires and jacked it down, first thing I did was check the clearance lock to lock. The only place it was contacting was a little piece of the backside of the front bumper where it comes up into the wheel wheel, the little "point" piece. I basically cut this at a 45 degree angle, and cut a little nice triangle out of that piece with a dremel, which allowed for full travel of the wheel. No other rubbing issues since I did that. I made pretty careful and precise cuts and you can't even tell anything has been messed with.

 

That is pretty sweet. Did you just custom fab up a new plate, or modify the old one so the XD was gone?

 

yep, all the way man

 

1/4 plexi and then used the fake bolts of the original caps painted flat black. pretty easy and worked great, krookz made his out of a street sign, i will do the sometime, but for now the plexi is working great. i was thinking about getting new rims, but this change made me fall in love with them again

 

damn you have no lift and your fitting 285's, or did i miss something??? little rub?

 

Well I think a lot of guys running 285's are running 285/75/16 or the like, meaning a near 33 inch tire. My 285's are a 285/60/18, which is about 31.6 inches, so they are the same width as those guys 33's, but not nearly as tall. The only rubbing issue I had was on a little piece of plastic where the bumper comes into the wheel wheel, and a quick tiny cut with the dremel fixed that. I now have no rubbing.

 

hell yeah, looks good!!!


saw the retros in the little image preview for the thread

 

Looks great!! Yeah my buddy has those size tires with a 3" lift and he was able to leave his mud flaps on and did some minor trimming up front. I have 285/65-18"s and I had to remove my mudflaps and had to do a little more trimming then he did. My tires equal out to about 32.6"s so that 1" makes a big difference from the 285/60-18"s.

 

OK guys, got some better pics today after I half-assed washed it and went back down to stock grill for now til I can paint other one black. You can see in a few pics I showed the areas I cut to get them to not rub, I marked the piece that is now cut off with a red line.

 

Thanks Sock! I have to say, your work on the retro decals is amazing. They really changed the appearance of my truck for the better and Im loving the old school vibe!