Wheel Selection Help

cheriff · January 7, 2010

I'm going to buy new wheels for my '07 GMT900 sometime between now and spring but am having a hard time deciding if I want something in chrome or go a different route by choosing black wheels. Personally, I really like the look of chrome but am also attracted the "toughness" of black wheels. You can search around and find a lot of trucks with a lot of different wheels, but until you find you body style, in the right color, and the right wheels it is difficult to get that final vision in your head. I can picture my '07 victory red with chrome wheels but I was struggling with the black wheels. So I found a picture of a GMT900 with large XD Monster wheels, and used a little paint shop magic to connect the dots for myself. Except for the lift on my "donor truck" being about 4-5" higher than what mine will be, I think I am happy with how this looks. Let me know what you think.

For the real photoshoppers out there, I didn't take much time to do this so please don't judge

dgreene396 · January 11, 2010

Hey Cheriff! I think that is a great photoshop job, if I do say so myself.

I like the Monster XD wheels on that truck, looks tough.

It all comes down to personal preference. If you recall, I went through the same thing several weeks ago asking for assistance, and I got it unanimously, and I am very pleased with my decision, with others help.

My choice was two different wheels, both in chrome, so our choices are a bit different. I am a chrome kinda guy, so I would go with chrome, but that is just me. Black wheels look good on the truck too.

IMO, you can't go wrong either way!!!

lsuguy · January 12, 2010

I have the monsters and LOVE them. I also think black rims look amazing on black and red trucks. SOMETIMES other colors but not often. The Monsters really made my truck look a million times meaner and tougher. And I guess the bigger tires and lift helped but the rims really do it.

All in all, my suggestion is go with black rims

cheriff · January 12, 2010

LSU- what are your 'after' fender measurements? So far it seems like my truck is heavily raked (3"). Just trying to get a feel for how much trimming may be in order.

lsuguy · January 12, 2010

LSU- what are your 'after' fender measurements? So far it seems like my truck is heavily raked (3"). Just trying to get a feel for how much trimming may be in order.

With my body lift and level I have 42" in front and about 42.5" or so in back. Not sure what my before measurements were so Idk how much rake I actually had before

JoshRDavis.84 · January 13, 2010

I like the black monsters in 18

cheriff · January 20, 2010

The first picture is a truck which belongs to a member here.. can't remember who... The second shows what this truck would look like in red with the other XD wheels I am considering. With these I like the how the shiny spots help tie into the chrome bits on the the bumpers and grille.

I live in State College, PA so the weather here will be very much like yours there in Pittsburgh. Until this week, the last 3-4 weeks had been under 32 degrees and new snow was falling a few times a week. Not a lot of snow, but enough for the crews to treat the roads.

Stevens03 · January 20, 2010

I live in State College, PA so the weather here will be very much like yours there in Pittsburgh. Until this week, the last 3-4 weeks had been under 32 degrees and new snow was falling a few times a week. Not a lot of snow, but enough for the crews to treat the roads.

Hey... I work in State College and Live in Bellefonte You could have joined us at Denny's Beer Barrel last weekend. CTW club goes every year. The black wheels will look awesome!

cheriff · January 20, 2010

Yea, we will have to meet up some time so I can hear that Corsa BTW, what does CTW mean?

Stevens03 · January 21, 2010

CTW = Chevy Truck World website

Monday and Wednesday nights, I work at home depo.

Steven

cheriff · February 2, 2010

So LSU, couple questions. Where did you get your wheels from? Did you order hub or lug centric (and add rings)?

cheriff · February 2, 2010

Here is my best possible gift I can give back to the forum. The most complete "see wheels on your vehicle" computer I have come across.

http://www.autowaretech3.net/nextwheels/perfplustire.htm

Jubei69 · February 2, 2010

I'm going to buy new wheels for my '07 GMT900 sometime between now and spring but am having a hard time deciding if I want something in chrome or go a different route by choosing black wheels. Personally, I really like the look of chrome but am also attracted the "toughness" of black wheels. You can search around and find a lot of trucks with a lot of different wheels, but until you find you body style, in the right color, and the right wheels it is difficult to get that final vision in your head. I can picture my '07 victory red with chrome wheels but I was struggling with the black wheels. So I found a picture of a GMT900 with large XD Monster wheels, and used a little paint shop magic to connect the dots for myself. Except for the lift on my "donor truck" being about 4-5" higher than what mine will be, I think I am happy with how this looks. Let me know what you think.

For the real photoshoppers out there, I didn't take much time to do this so please don't judge

Granite Alloy have some nice black ones with Chrome accents, you should check them out on tirerack and use the see them on your truck feature...

cheriff · March 16, 2010

So tonight was a good night. After way tooo much thought and contemplation I've finally ordered the wheel/tire combo.

Wheels:

Fuel-Offroad Black Mojave

20 x 9 (+20mm offset)

Wrapped in:

Nitto Trail Grappler

305/55/20 (essentially a 33" x 12.50")

For the wheels I realized that a black wheel was the direction I really wanted to go. I wanted it to be something that is easy to clean (those that have had painful designs know what I mean) and something that was able to break up the "black" between the wheel and the tire. I also wanted some shiny bits in the wheels to tie into the chrome parts of the truck. The spokes needed to be thick enough to look proper on a truck and I think these do. I understand my approach (with the 20's) is a little "mall-queen" and less "off-road" but I am ok with that and think the package will solve my purposes well. The ride will be a bit bumpier and little louder but I am ok with that too.

They won't ship for at least two weeks so I have some more waiting to do.