Got some new shoes today

[danheit]

I had a set of 454SS wheels on CL for sale, and a guy contacted me asking if I wanted to trade for a set of black 20's. SURE! I loaded up my 4 wheels and mismatched tires, and headed on down the 1 hr ride to Georgetown SC. Met him in a parking lot and swapped. It was the easiest transaction from CL I've ever done....too easy. He gave me 4 wheels, one with a blown tire, and then a nice new spare tire to replace the blown one. Great! Looked where the tire was blown just to make sure I didn't have any crazy cracks or bends, and it was good. Loaded up and went home (no center caps btw). Got the 3 good wheels on the C10 and realized that 20's are WAY too small with the current stance of my truck! Started checking out the other wheel, and I found a nice flat spot in the lip of the rim, nowhere near the sidewall blowout! Tire must have spun on the rim. Checked around to find that these are Lowenhart LD1's, which are discontinued and ran about $3500 a set. Crap. Center caps for these things are $120 a piece! Crap. My nice new tire, wrong size. Other tires are 245/35/ZR20, this one is a 245/40/ZR20. Bigger sidewall. Ah well, it's what I get for not paying attention. Thankfully I'm not out any $$, and the old ones I traded were just an extra set I had laying around and in the way. I know everyone says you can't fix a bent aluminum rim, but I'm gonna check around here anyways and see what I can get figured out. Wheels are 20x8.5. If you guys have any ideas, please share! Also, if you think I should go to a bigger tire, please share that too!

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And yes, I know my driveway is a horrid mess. I am just finishing up a very messy motor swap in the C10, and my pressure washer is on stand by, in the front of my garage!