I have yet to see a set of GM wheels on a current generation HD truck (2020+) that I actually like. Least ugly is the best one can hope for in my opinion with the current GM wheels. The steel wheels actually look better than most of the alloys to me. Since they are the equivalent of work boots, I don’t let it bother me to the point where I consider spending money on wheels for the sake of looks. Luckily the 18” ones that came with my 2021 don’t scream ugly at me - they just whisper “can’t you at least notice how ugly I am once in a while.”
By rights these trucks should come from the factory or at least have a factory optional anti sway bar for towing high trailers and certainly slide in campers. GM always used to have their trucks fitted with rear sway bars if optioned properly but for some odd reason don't do that anymore. Certainly a sway bar would help that issue a lot, not the ride though but the leaning/control.
Since the ride appears better, does that mean they are adjusted up so that it lifted the truck up some and therefore taking some of the workload off of the main spring pack and also preventing the main pack from landing down onto the bottom overload spring ?. A friend of mine put them on his half ton chev for towing a bumper pull RV as the half ton has rather sad springs to begin with and carrying much weight isn't what they were made for ... ride is the half tons bonus though because of that.
I imagine it probably states in the instructions or application that its not meant to fit the 1 ton or I assume it would not fit as the overload leafs would be in the way and perhaps even the frame pad for that matter when the suspension would get stroked out with weight or a big bump.
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