Stealth Custom Series F5 * Photo thread *

Which one is new? The front? Looks a shade or 2 darker.

 

Man, I love that cap!

 

I bought 5 blems. They all were good with very minor defects. Do you noticed a big difference in the shades when the sun hits?

 

The rear is the new one. The front and other side are darker/ more brown. Rear is lighter/ more gold. Much more matte as well.

 

They definitely change a lot of colors when the sun hits. The new one is just noticeably lighter and more matte to me.

 

I do not believe you can powder coat these rims. I think they must be painted. Due to the tolerances around the hub.

 

Interesting. I’ve seen powder coated ones for sale here before. Maybe that’s why they were selling?

 

I would think a good powder coat place could properly mask all those surfaces no?

 

Wrapped some new meat on my F5's

 

Hey, want to pick these up

Is the 0 offset best for these if you're in stock form, or +10? Stock wheels I have are +30 (Steelies). I'm a totally stock 2022 SR, but in the future, I wouldn't mind doing a 2" leveling kit. I wouldn't mind extra poke, if the -25 fit completely stock.

What size tire should I run with these, 265/75/16?

Guess what I'm asking is. Would 265/75/16 and 16x8 -25 fit STOCK, or would I rub? If they don't fit, would +0 offset be the best option, would that fit? Thank you.

 

I have 265/75/16 with -25mm offset f5s on a stock suspension 2020 SR... When I had wildpeaks my front driver's side tire rubbed the front bumper ever so slightly when in reverse at 3/4 lock. My current tires are just a bit skinnier (still 265/75/16), and I have no rubbing. I go off pavement sometimes, but if your looking at going off-road a lot then I would go with -12 or 0... My son has -12 ray 10s and 265/75/16 with no issues at all.

 

Thanks man! I’ll probably go with 0 if I go with the F5’s then. I really like the Ray10’s too, and if I go that route I’ll do the -10. Exactly the reply I needed. The size I plan to run is 265/75/16.

 

Cool. Like I said... The rubbing I had was minor enough and rare enough not to trim anything, but then again I'm not off-road and flexing all that much ... So not sure what issues I might have with -25 offset if I was.

 

Yeah I plan to run some really aggressive tires. Thinking k02 or Toyo R/T Trails. I would love to go -25 just for the look alone. Everything clears fine, where does it slightly rub?

 

Right now it doesn't. Im running Gt radial Adventuro ATX tires.
When I had fallen wildpeaks It rubbed on the front corner of the front bumper on the driver's side (underneath) when the wheel was turned almost to full lock in REVERSE . It only rubbed when I had a passenger in the truck.

So the rubbing really only happened when me and someone else were reversing out of a parking space and cutting the wheel hard. It wasn't often, but it was repeatable. I could have trimmed it, but it happened so infrequently that I decided not to.

In my experience every Tacoma is a little different, so you could get the same setup and have no issues, or you could rub worse, or you could rub the cab mount. The bottom line is that -25mm offset with 265/75/16 aggressive AT tires could potentially cause some scrub radius rubbing in multiple areas... It's tight in some areas. I run the plasticolor mud flaps and I had to modify them so they didn't rub the tires. I have lots of info in my build thread if you want to check it out.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/baller-on-a-budget-under-30k-build.775717/#post-27724583.

I have some links on there to the adjustments I had to make.

 

Thank you so much for the link my dude. It looks like the offset doesn't really have a difference in the concave of the wheel, usually the more aggressive the offset, the more deep-dish the wheel is. So it looks like this fit, you just had to trim some of the plastic wheel liner, is that right? I really appreciate this because my SR is like yours, doesn't have the fender flares, so it helps me get an idea how they actually look. I think the -25 is a little too much poke for me, your post helped me decide though. I'll likely go with the SCS Ray10's in -12 offset, from the sounds of it, should fit 265/75r16 tires with no problems too.

Now I'm torn between black and gunmetal (white truck). Had Bronze on my WRX, but want to change it up. White and Bronze is so popular now.

 

No trimming of anything... I did use a heat gun in the fender liner to mold a couple areas.

 

Y'all think worrying about the ~3/4 of a lb difference between the F5 & the new FA16 (17x8.5) is being to anal about my rotational weight??
Can't be noticeable right?...I'm diggin' that new machined lip, bullet hole design of the 16

 

no

 

Thanks for putting this together. Bronze F5's are the best looking wheels in my opinion.