New Wheel Option for the way "you" want it

[Matt400]

This is for the SRW owners- How about a wheel that you specify the diameter

• 17
  
• 18
  
• 19. 5
  
• 20
  

You specify the back space and width you want. Colors could be-

• Powder Coat Black
  
• Powder Coat White
  
• Powder Coat Silver
  
• Chrome
  

Chrome lugs and center cap or a full cover over all the lugs

Hub centric with the correct bore and load rated to 4500 lbs.



Price range from a 17" powder coated at $195. 00 up to a Chrome 20" at $355. 00

Custom made by a wheel maker thats been in the business since 1883 and no thats not 1983 but 1883.

It would look like this:

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Whats the catch? its steel but some may consider that a plus.

Should we set up a group buy?

 

[DarkRAM]

you've got my attention!

Are they available in any different styles? How about an option for polished stainless steel?

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Sounds good Matt, but I already see a catch . . . it's up to us to figure out the vendor, right? I'm guessing the wheels would be quite heavy.



Vaughn

 

[Spooled-up]

I'd consider it if it was stainless. I've never heard of a stainless wheel before. I had chrome steel wheels on a '79 Bronco I used to have. Winter in the northeast would tear them up with rust. The only thing that would save them would be taking them off. Maybe we could get a discount on 8 wheels per truck - one set powdercoated for winter, and one set chrome for summer!



Can we get them unfinished and have them powdercoated in our choice of colors?

 

[Punkineater]

I'm in 20" X 12" with 4. 5" backspace.

 

[Ereynolds72]

I'd do it if they would do the Explorer 72 Series. I contacted them via email a while back. Not too crazy for the power wagon style. I'm pretty sure you're talking about stocktonwheel.com right?

 

[Matt400]

Yes, it's www.stocktonwheel.com

I doubt stainless, but unfinished sure would be doable.

There are some other styles but they are pretty basic, the one above just looked the best IMO.



I live about an hour away from these people. I been meaning to get down there for a look but have to take time off work cuz they are 8-5, M-F.

 

[Rockcrawler]

Very Interesting, and if you get them bare there are unlimited PC options.



If I keep My SRW 3500 I'll be in in 6 months when I'm due for tires.



Can we get a bare price?

 

[Spooled-up]

In the left margin, there's a link to their powdercoating service. They say they have hundreds of colors to choose from and they can match almost any color. I would guess you could send them your fuel door and they could match it.

 

[Matt400]

One of the reasons I was looking at this wheel option is to mount a LT305/55R20 E Toyo Open Country or Nitto Terra Grappler. That tire requires a 9” wide wheel and these wheels could be built with a 6. 5” BS to evenly split that added width over the stock wheel keeping close to factory dimensions and the rubber under the truck.



Most other Alloys are 40 lbs while these would be 55 lbs but hecka strong. The closest Alloy wheel I have found (to keep the wheel under the truck) is a 20x8. 5 with 5. 5” BS, being that narrow means running a LT275/65R20 E Goodyear AT/S which should also be a good tire but at 34. 1” goes past my 33” limit for towing RPM’s.



Its pretty weird the wheel and tire manufactures are not on the same page. All I want is a quiet, decent snow traction, 33” tall E rated tire on any wheel other than my ugly OE’s



There is the KORE 18” wheel that fits right and a D rated 285/65R18 BFG T/A at 32. 8” fills the need but I just can’t bring myself to buy BFG’s. Maybe if I went with balance beads it wouldn’t matter if they were not round.

 

[BHolm]

No offense meant Matt but you would honestly CHOOSE the GY AT-S over a BFG AT KO?????? The AT-S is about the worst tire GY makes IMO. In fact the only tire I would currently buy from GY at all is the MT-R (currently running two sets) and they are not the best in snow. The BFG AT KO is a snow tire, a real snow tire. I am looking at a 50k mile life from the two sets of BFGs on my SRW CTDs with regular rotation. The 285 D range gets you a similar load rating as a 265 E and I think they look great.



I guess we all have different opinions but I would wrap my wheels with electrical tape for traction and wear before I put the AT-s tires on them

 

[Matt400]

No offense taken. . surely you must have the AT/S confused with one of their other models. I have run 2 sets of those and haven't been more happy. The BFG TA KO's I find are more noisy, pick up rocks, don't work as well in the snow and are never as round when new. Your MTR's are ok in the snow but won't work as well as the AT/S. GDY themselves rate it as a better snow tire than the MTR- click here



My son has the MTR's and they make too much road noise for me, I'm getting old. I would rather have the KO for size purpose though, maybe I will step down :-laf

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

OK I just talked to Bob at Stockton wheel and found out a couple of things.



If I want a 18x9" wheel for Dodge HD truck, the only option is the Series 24 Power Wagon wheel (photo below). The website says 17" and 6 lug, but that's not true. I meant to ask but I believe you can go up to 20" with that wheel.



--They can do 6. 5" backspace, no problemo

--It is hubcentric

--It weighs about 75 lbs.

--Costs $255 ea powdercoated.

--Takes about 30-45 days to build and deliver after ordering.



Vaughn

 

[Matt400]

Thats the old style power wagon. The chrome one is the one he told me was for ours and a 20x8 would be 55 lbs.

 

[sangell]

With out going into a very long story, I would strongly suggest to all that are interested. Do some research on stockton wheel. If any one is close to the Kansas City Metro area you are more than welcome to check out my Stockton wheels.



Scott

 

[bpenrod]

That is a cryptic response, are you happy with the wheels or do you have an issue you would rather not mention????

 

[Matt400]

Hey Scott, can we see a pic?

 

[sangell]

I do not have any close up pics but I will get some taken and posted tomorrow. I don't want to start a big debate here but my wheels are complete and total crap. The only thing worse that the wheels was the customer service I got after the wheels were paid for. My wheels are on a Jeep I use for offroading so they are dinged up now but I will still post some tomorrow. Here is a little reading. http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=24039&highlight=stockton+wheel



or this one http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=178843&highlight=stockton+wheel



Scott

 

[Matt400]

Well I am glad you posted Scott, being the one who started the thread I sure as heck wouldn't want to point everyone in a bad direction.

 

[sangell]

Matt,

I just didn't want any one else going through what I did. The short version is I ordered five 15x8 8 lug 4" back spacing wheels in black powered coat. My card was charged two days after I placed the order and the wheels showed up seven weeks later. They are/ were spray painted black with no primer, the best wheel has . 092" run out the worst is . 123" run out, the only one with 4" of back spacing in the . 123" run out wheel two of them have 3. 75" back spacing the last two have 3. 625" back spacing. I was leaving for a two week trip with my wife and son, it was my son's first big wheelig trip, two days after I got the wheels. I had no choice but to mount them so we could make the trip. I called Stockton the day I got them and was told that I could pay to send them back and they would check them out but either way I would have to pay shipping again to get them back. So I mounted them and went on my trip, when I got home and washed them the paint came off in patches. I called again when I got home and was told that since they had been mounted I was out of luck. I know that when you buy a wheel and mount a tire on it, you own it. But the fact that they wanted me to pay shipping both ways to have the run out, backspacing, and finish fixed is crap. I have made my peace with this, each wheel has a solid center which is getting "Stockton Wheel Sucks" plasma cut into it.



Scott (yes this is the short version) Angell