Old School 4x4 Wheels

[CG]

Using old school mags is expensive. You pretty much only find 16.5 inch rims and its really hard to get tires in 16.5. I just put this set together for my K20 and I think Im around 2400 bucks. That's a lot of money to me, but I really wanted the look. I still need to find lug nuts, just haven't had a chance to figure that part out yet.

I know the 24 inch rim guys spend way more on theirs, glad that's not my style lol.

[Rednwhitec20]

CrewCab59 i think the widest i want is 12. Thanks for the name though!
And CG im definitely with you. By old school I mean small wheel with a deep dish. Not really old school. But I kind of consider them old school compared to these new goons with 20's that do nothing with a truck.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Rednwhitec20

CrewCab59 i think the widest i want is 12. Thanks for the name though!
And CG im definitely with you. By old school I mean small wheel with a deep dish. Not really old school. But I kind of consider them old school compared to these new goons with 20's that do nothing with a truck.

We think the same, but I still need to make a couple corrections. 15-16.5" wheels aren't small diameter, they are what belong on a truck, always have, and have only changed to bigger for some perverted sense of fashion started by ghetto drug dealers on the Blvd. That crap is "new school" (or just plain stupid, to me) and classic wheels are "school", a place to be educated. I think many use "old school" for anything that isn't made any longer. So, even these modern Weld Racing Typhoons from the later-90s the younger guys call old school. As "style" came along to play such a large roll in truck wheels, to the point that vanity outweighs function to a car-like level, the nice looking wheels for those who like the truck as much or more than the wheel got discontinued.

Up until about the time those Typhoons were made, you didn't have wide 16" tires available, so no wide wheels where offered. They were all 16.5 if they were wider. On 1/2t trucks the size was 15" straight on through the years GM sold solid axle trucks, with 16 and 16.5s available for special tires. Change for the sake of change, not improvement, is the same as a woman who spends 3 hrs putting make-up on and changing her clothes 5 times before going out the door . I remember when trucks were built for those who know what they want, not gimmicky gadgets and fashion statements for the fickle shopper

[Rednwhitec20]

Sadly thats what this generation has come to.

[liftlawssuck]

I agree with Special-K. The new stuff is just plain old ugly. I wouldn't even know where to begin to look if I had to buy new wheels. I had a set of slots lying around so I used them. They aren't the best and it would have taken a ton of work to polish up and I'm not up for keeping them polished so I painted them. I'm into mine for around 1600 with new tires. Still cheaper than new everything. But I still have to get lug nuts. Not looking forward to buying 32 of them!!

[k29349]

I agree with most of the new stuff being ugly also. I finally found a set of welds for my k-20, now there are no tires. Makes me wonder if I should start hoarding 15s. I hate todays TRANSFORMER truck look.

[1972RedNeck]

Originally Posted by Rednwhitec20

Sadly thats what this generation has come to.

Easy there hoss. Every generation has its bad apples - some more than others, but we all ain't bad.

[sboris]

Originally Posted by CG

Using old school mags is expensive. You pretty much only find 16.5 inch rims and its really hard to get tires in 16.5. I just put this set together for my K20 and I think Im around 2400 bucks. That's a lot of money to me, but I really wanted the look. I still need to find lug nuts, just haven't had a chance to figure that part out yet.

I know the 24 inch rim guys spend way more on theirs, glad that's not my style lol.

Ummmm. I need those.. Beautes.

[CrewCab59]

Yes I tried to order direct from WV as well but it was still cheaper going with Summit and they used to have the option white PC .