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haptime

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  • Birthday 06/25/1962

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    2016 GMC Sierra 1500 SLT

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  1. Here's what I have: 2016 GMC Sierra SLT 1500 Crew Cab Z71 with 20" factory chrome wheels with 275/55/20 tires - everything factory stock. It's time for new tires, I've got 47k on the factory stock tires, I have never cared for the factory tires. If I am not mistaken, the wheels are chrome clad, part number 23220752, 20" x 9", 6 x 5.75 bolt pattern, 27mm offset. I am mostly interested in keeping the exact factory stock size tires and wheels, that's good enough for me and I would have to be convinced of no computer problems, no wear rubbing problem with a focus on better overall performance in order to consider anything else. I'm not really interested in a lift of any kind, I wouldn't mind to level the front end slightly and I followed the Bilstein 6112 thread waiting for months and by the time they were released, I wasn't interested anymore. Overall, I'm not overly concerned about appearance that much, I am more about overall function. I've never thought a second about what someone else might think about how my truck looks. My truck is over 3 years and it's never been washed, not even once which wasn't intentional, life got in the way with bigger priorities. My truck is a necessary tool to me and I have plans to have it detailed soon when the new tires arrive, I am however a maintenance nut so my truck never hurts for anything mechanically. So taking everything I've said so far into consideration, I am not a fan of the 20" chrome clad wheels, they look nice and all that but just not a fan. I'd never consider going to a 22" wheel but since 2 of my stock 20" chrome clad wheels have slight damage or scuffs I am wondering if now would be the time to consider dropping back to a 18" wheel or just buy another set of 20's. The vast majority of my driving consist of paved roads but I do hunt and fish, pull a boat, etc. My offroad adventures don't involve much mud but some, most off road driving involve gravel, dirt, hills and rocky creek beds. There's several good A/T tire choices and all would probably work fine for my needs. My dilemma is whether to buy another set of 20" wheels or drop to 18" wheels. Since the factory 20" chrome clad wheels are slightly damaged, I'm planning to keep those for a 2nd set of tires. I am only interested in buying black wheels regardless of the size chosen, I've looked at the GM replica wheels but have no input in regards to quality. I would prefer not to mess with spacers and all that stuff, I wouldn't want the wheels to stick out beyond the fenders. If I dropped to a 18" wheel, I'd want the tire size to be as close to the same as factory stock as possible. I don't post much but I'm here frequently reading a lot, it's clear there are a lot of better informed people on this subject than myself, I appreciate the time it took for you to read this post and thank you for your time if you choose to respond.
  2. After looking at the WeatherTech mats and a few other aftermarket mats a month or so ago, I decided on the Husky X-Act Contour and I am very pleased with these mats. They are real rubber and feel much like the original factory GM mats but probably softer, they feel great under your feet with zero movement, coverage is excellent, that's my quick 2 month field test so far in a unusually bad weather period. I found the WeatherTechs to be not much more than a hard plastic tray that slides around too much and like others have mentioned, not having the area underneath the accelerator covered is just plain stupid and the WeatherTechs tend to curl on the edges over a period of time. I feel WeatherTech purposely left the area underneath the accelerator pedal missing because of the potential and pending mat stiffness and edge curl that will eventually develop over time which in turn could and probably will cause the mat/tray to slide and wedge underneath the accelerator pedal potentially causing a accident. Husky also makes the hard tray slider mats that are very much like the WeatherTechs but the Husky X-Act is different. I don't want anything to do with WeatherTech anymore, they don't back their product very well for the most part, just read up on the subject a little. It's all marketing anyway, you don't have to be the best, just get people to believe your the best and that's exactly what WeatherTech has done. On the Husky X-Act mats, there's a big ugly logo on the front mats, it's peels right off - thankfully. I also have the Husky rear mats with a Husky truck storage box. If I've accidently missed where someone else posted a similar message reflecting a similar experience concerning these mats - please forgive.
  3. Unfortunately NOT for me, more than one message I've sent has never been answered in more than 2 weeks time. I'm sure a BS excuse will be forthcoming once the need to hang out another for sale sign is needed. Honestly, it's fine, there are other vendors who would like to have my business, just wish my time wasn't wasted so I could have moved on. Like I mentioned, I hope others have a better experience.
  4. I've had no luck getting MRT to respond to any of my messages, plenty of for sale signs hung out but nothing in the way of the useful information I need before making a purchase. I can't do business with people I can't communicate with. I hope your situation is different...
  5. I'm still trying to decide which bed cover to buy. I've looked at every brand and model I've been able to find that would work best for my needs. There's definitely advantages and disadvantages to each brand/style, really no wrong answer so it seems, depends mostly on how you plan to use it the most. A family member has the FAC G4 Elite, I'm very familar with how it functions and it's pretty versatile in function. Another guy I know has a Re-trax, he likes it a lot but not sure it's right for me. Most of the other brands lack something I'd prefer to have, like front panel opening or rear panel opening without the need to open the tailgate each time. I guess I'm leaning towards FAC the most but it's not the perfect solution either.
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