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I have owned several older vehicles to include some real clunkers... much older than my 01' Sierra. Never experienced a rotted out wheel. Noticed a slow leak at LF tire. Upon inspection I found it seeping from the inner part of the wheel. All the other wheels aren't far behind. I am glad it started leaking before the wheel completely failed so I can replace all wheels with alloy wheels of same vintage. These wheels are weak and dangerous. Design flaw as I see it since everything collects in that pocket. If you have GM steel wheels GMT800 vintage and live in the rust belt inspect them!

 

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They made it nearly 20 years, that's pretty damn good.

 

Anything with steel rims and salt should always be washed a lot in the winter. It is what it is and to me it's not really a design flaw because there is always going to be a spot where salt/water is going to rest on any steel wheel.

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8 hours ago, gto0188 said:

These wheels are weak and dangerous. Design flaw as I see it since everything collects in that pocket. If you have GM steel wheels GMT800 vintage and live in the rust belt inspect them!

 

 

 

LMAO.  The design flaw is the lack of ever rinsing/washing your wheels that is almost 20 years old.  

 

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Mehh... have a 86 k10 and 79 w200 both with original steel wheels and both dedicated plow trucks past 15 years. No rust thru on the wheels. 

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Scored some factory alloys off same year truck. The tires currently on my steel wheels are less than 1 year old and I'd like to use them. They are 245/75-16. The alloys I got have 265/75-16 tires which are junk. Will there be an issue mounting the 245s on the alloy wheels?

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No, it's fine.

 

They offered both size tires on the aluminum rims as well. My uncle has a 2001 Silverado 4.8 with those 245/75/16's on them from the factory.

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