Vision 19.5" Wheels

[GCecchetto]

You're right, the offset should not affect the price. I would love to have a set of aluminum wheels with the proper offset but I'm not willing to buy another set of 17" tires while I wait and I hate the "stick out" look so I went steel. The rolling weight will be more but I plan to go with 285's to get the height I want so is the weight of the wheel really going to make that much diffrence? These are big heavy tires.



Can't help wit the spell check, I prefer to show my ignorance



-Scott

You must have just bought the wheels ha? I've been thinking about steel as well but I know from experiance the difference in ride quality when switching to a lighter aluminum wheel. When I put the Cepek wheels on my Hummer I couldn't believe how much better it road. Also don't overlokk how hard it is to change a flat when the rim/tire combo runs 160 pounds. Do you have 4:10 gears? I'd like 285's but I have 3:73 gears and I don't want the truck to be a slug. Any photos of your truck with the Ricksons yet?



Gino

 

[PatrickCampbell]

Changing a 19. 5 flat is NOT an easy task!!! I actually find it fun though. 285's is huge. What kind of height are you looking for? will you be lifting?



I rotate my 19. 5's myself and once you get the hang of it it's all good but it does require some brute. Also fitting the 19. 5 flat back into the stock location is tough too.

 

[GCecchetto]

Changing a 19. 5 flat is NOT an easy task!!! I actually find it fun though. 285's is huge. What kind of height are you looking for? will you be lifting?



I rotate my 19. 5's myself and once you get the hang of it it's all good but it does require some brute. Also fitting the 19. 5 flat back into the stock location is tough too.

My truck is stock right now but I would like to lift it 4"-6". I think I will stick to 245's so I don't mess up my gearing too bad.



Gino

 

[Rockcrawler]

Anyone bother to actually get the wheel weight specs??? (not capacity but weight of the bare wheel?) You might be surprised, the alum wheels are usually much thicker to get the weight rating. weight and strength delta for alum vs steel is usually 3/1.



good luck, I'm pondering too, may get the 20" ARE Teflon mojave with the new all terrains when available. I just wish the offsets were more suited to our trucks. My aftermarket 17x9's are just inside my warn flares now and I like it that way.



The tall skinnies are likely most effecient and I'd lean that way if i had a dually but I'm too vain to make my nice 3500 look like a UPS hybrid

 

[SRadke]

Weight specs? From the Rickson site:

Steel 60-63 lbs. (depending on width)

Aluminum 30-35 (depending on style)



Yea, I ordered the steel. I'll take pictures when I get them. Height is no prob, I'm already lifted 5". Gearing, I have 3. 73's and I want taller. I dream of a 75 mph cruise gear at 18-1900 rpm, this will do that. A few engine mods and it will never be a slug again. I'm not drag racing here, this truck weighs over 8k every day.



Hard to change, no doubt. Tire and wheel combo in the neighborhood of 130-160 lbs? Sounds like they're 50-100 lbs lighter than 24. 5 truck tires and I've changed my share of those. Over weight trucks and gravel farm roads are he!! on tires.



-Scott

 

[run2trouble]

Here is what the 245/ looks like on a 2500.

 

[PatrickCampbell]

well mine are for sale if there are any takers...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7916165220&category=66485



great wheels and tires, if nobody buys em i will put them away for a year or so until i start hauling again!

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Whoa whoa whoa... setting the facts straight

i don't like offset measurements, cause they change with the width of the rim. backspacing is a more usefull measurement i think. backspacing doesn't change with width of wheel...

Actually ya got it backwards Nickle. Offset stays the same when wheel width changes, Backspacing does not. So if you have a 8” rim with 40mm offset and 5” backspace, move up to a 10” wide rim with 40mm offset and you have 7” backspace.

The vision wheels have a 0mm offset. The stock trucks (I beleive 2001 and up) have a -40mm offset.

No, stock offset is +40mm, not -40mm. +40mm means the plane of the mounting hub is beyond centerline of the wheel axis toward the outside of the vehicle.

I believe the offset changed in 2003.

The offset has been the same since 2000 model year. 2003 is the same as 2002 . . . all 2000 – 2005 trucks have the same offset specs.



Just wanted to set some facts straight

 

[InThinAir]

So then why is it that I am reading that for a Dually, the Rickson aren't the same as stock for the 03+? Is this true or not true. This is confusing! I guess I want to know if I went out to purchase a set of 19. 5" 8 lug rims for my 03 dually, and I don't really care if they look like stock, stick out or don't stick out (offset, I guess) Could I buy any type, like alcoas or ricksons or whatevers? I guess they would need to be hubcentric right, but offset is only for looks?



Sorry if this is a stupid question... . But I am just trying to get it right, because the stock Goodyears look like they are gonna last me at most 20K miles is all, can't have that at $250 a tire. That is the same price as the 19. 5s.



---Doug

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Doug, Rickson's website says on the Duallys they are all the same, 1994 - current. Quote from Rickson regarding duallys: "Dodge - 94-up (incl. 03-up) Ram 3500 DRW (8-6. 5" B. C. , 4. 78" bore, hub centered)" so I'm not sure where you're seeing the the '03-up trucks are different



Vaughn

 

[SRadke]

Ooops!! You're right Vaughn, +40 mm offset. Must've had my head in my *** that day! Sorry.



-Scott

 

[InThinAir]

Vaughn,



I guess I understand now, the issue with Ricksons are only for SRW not DRW? They have aluminums rims available for Dually. Got it.



---Doug

 

[Vaughn MacKenzie]

Yep you got it Doug



I'll forgive ya Scott