Replacement wheel for a 2013 GMC Sierra Texas Edition

TexasGopher · September 26, 2021

Just a heads up for anyone looking for replacement wheels for a 2013 Texas Edition. These wheels seem to be unobtanium these days. I bent one of mine in some road construction and had a hell of a time finding a replacement. I checked every salvage year with a 100 mile radius of Dallas\Ft. Worth and came up blank. Same with Ebay/Amazon/FB Marketplace. After some extensive Googling I found an OEM style wheel at of all places, Wal Mart! It was $285 with free shipping and almost $500 with shipping OEM. According to several places that repair wheels the OEMs are alloy with a plastic coating. If they heat the wheel to true it, it melts the plastic coating. None would touch it.

It amazes me that as many of these Texas Edition trucks I see on the road there are none of these wheels to be found used.

CamGTP · September 27, 2021

I like them better when you take the plastic cladding off anyway. They can fix the rim if you did that but then you'd have to do it to the other 3 rims as well.

This is a thread for reference in case anyone cared.

https://www.355nation.net/threads/decladded-gmc-20s.68713/

Edited September 27, 2021 by CamGTP

shakenfake · September 27, 2021

You must not look hard. I see that wheel like every single day on facebook marketplace and offerup in the DFW metroplex.

I have the decladded GMC 20s on my truck. This is the only photo I could find on my work computer

TexasGopher · September 27, 2021

shakenfake

No body wanted to sell one wheel and wanted $600 for the set. A bit excessive. I had three different salvage yard check their net, no deal. You must have exceptional Googlefu.

shakenfake · September 28, 2021

I am decent in the art yes.

I am serious I found whole sets of those wheels for mega cheap and even single wheels for $50-$100 a wheel.

Also because I feel like whoring my truck out here is another picture of what your wheels look like without the chrome cladding

swathdiver · September 28, 2021

On 9/26/2021 at 6:30 PM, TexasGopher said:

Just a heads up for anyone looking for replacement wheels for a 2013 Texas Edition. These wheels seem to be unobtanium these days. I bent one of mine in some road construction and had a hell of a time finding a replacement. I checked every salvage year with a 100 mile radius of Dallas\Ft. Worth and came up blank. Same with Ebay/Amazon/FB Marketplace. After some extensive Googling I found an OEM style wheel at of all places, Wal Mart! It was $285 with free shipping and almost $500 with shipping OEM. According to several places that repair wheels the OEMs are alloy with a plastic coating. If they heat the wheel to true it, it melts the plastic coating. None would touch it.

It amazes me that as many of these Texas Edition trucks I see on the road there are none of these wheels to be found used.

That's a Hollander 5420, $270 for new and a hundred less for used on Ebay right now.

Also known as an S86 wheel via RPO with part number 9597223, these are called Chrome Clad Wheels.