You guys with aftermarket wheels

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

Originally posted by Vaughn MacKenzie





Kent worked his rear off and pestered Weld until they finally committed.



Vaughn

yea and came up with 100 large to give them incentive... .

 

[BigQ]

Originally posted by Greg Boardman

go to www.t-rexengineering.com and look at the new Welds. They are the only wheel with the right backspacing for our trucks. I know some of you will say that they are too spendy. I drive a $40,000 truck. Why in the heck would I put a $125 Eagle or AR wheel on it. No way not me!!

a $40,0000 truck is why I need affordable wheels. I have had Welds and also centerline wheels. The welds dulled extreamly quick and the Centerline caps made a squicky sound that drove me nuts. The one thing about the welds is the 4k capacity.



As far as being the only wheel with the correct offset I could not say and I assume you are only talking about 17". i know eagle has a few 17" with a correct offset.



The problem with the weld you have speced is the width does not fall in spec with the tire which needs to be from 9- 10" 9. 5" being ideal.

 

[nkiewel]

E Rated Toyo?

They mention an E rated Toyo offroad tire that fits that Weld 18" wheel on the TRex suspension site. I looked on the Toyo site and could not find it. Is that a TRex special tire too?

 

[BigQ]

Originally posted by Bertram65

BIGQ,

Do you have those wheels on yet? Those seemed like they would be a good fit, let us know how they worked out and what tires you went with.

No I don't have them on yet. i am only running 33" tires and 35" maybe some day max. If anyone is going bigger the offset might be too much and they would hit when turning sharp. What offset is best i do not know.

 

[nkiewel]

Originally posted by bzingre

Nick,



I have American Racing Pythons 17X8 w/ 315/70/17. Check pics on my reader's rigs. They don't stick out too much, maybe an 1" to an 1. 5". Fender flares might be next...

Does the reduced offset also reduce rub? My 315s rub on the suspension arms in the front a bit. I keep thinking that if I moved the tire out a bit it would eliminate that rub. Does it cause the tires to rub the body instead?

 

[JasonH]

Re: JasonH,

Originally posted by Spooled-up

Could you post a link to that wheel? Who makes it?

I posted it in my gallery. Unfortunately the max size makes the quality of the photo a bit hard to read. The Weld 2004 catalog is where this was extracted from.



When I called Weld for this wheel they said that it was not released yet due to mfg problems. Supposed to be released in June of this year.



Perhaps if a number of people request this new wheel, production could be stepped up.

 

[Matt400]

Re: E Rated Toyo?

Originally posted by nkiewel

They mention an E rated Toyo offroad tire that fits that Weld 18" wheel on the TRex suspension site. I looked on the Toyo site and could not find it.

35/12. 50/18 Toyo rated to 3415 lbs ea.

#ad

 

[JDerbedrossian]

wheels almost 2 grand (welds t-rex) toyo tires to match 1500$ way to much money IMO.

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

You get what you pay for... ... Weld wheels are rated to somewhere around 3600 lbs each. Toyo tires are the only E rated 10 ply available in a 35 inch tire. Part of the "death wobble" deal is too soft of a tire. Load rating of D or C is not acceptable on a truck this big. Like I said, You get what you pay for.

 

[Spooled-up]

Toyo tires are the only E rated 10 ply available in a 35 inch tire.

Parnelli Jones makes a 10 ply radial in load range E 35" tire. It's more of a mud terrain though.

 

[BigQ]

Originally posted by Greg Boardman

You get what you pay for... ... Weld wheels are rated to somewhere around 3600 lbs each. Toyo tires are the only E rated 10 ply available in a 35 inch tire. Part of the "death wobble" deal is too soft of a tire. Load rating of D or C is not acceptable on a truck this big. Like I said, You get what you pay for.

Well the Eagles are rated at 3400 and the newer F1 welds are up at 4000. The older series are 3200Lbs.



Need to pay attention to the load index also along with the load range. I know they come with a E load range, but isnt a D range within spec?

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

My point is exactly that. The load range D tire will work, but how safe is it really. I have experienced the death wobble at 80 mph. It never really happende that bad until I installed the 315/70/17 BFG at's off of the H@ hummer. Load range D... ... .



I think we are better off going with a heavier duty tire to help support the load that the truck can handle.

 

[Bertram65]

The BFG 315s are rated for 3195 lbs at 50 PSI, I doubt there is enough of a difference to cause the death wobble if it is caused by the tire size I would bet you would get the same thing with a load range E tire of the same size. Greg, is your suspension stock? it seems that most of the people with it have a leveling kit.

 

[EastCoast2500]

I'm looking at Eagle 102 wheels at 18x9. 5 and Nitto Terra Grappler Tires at 355/65/18.

 

[700rmk]

These are MKW Series 25 with 325/65/18 TOYO AT's They stick out about 2" as the pics show.

 

[700rmk]

another pic

another pic of the wheel and tire

 

[700rmk]

rear view

the offset...

 

[Greg Boardman-RIP]

Originally posted by Bertram65

The BFG 315s are rated for 3195 lbs at 50 PSI, I doubt there is enough of a difference to cause the death wobble if it is caused by the tire size I would bet you would get the same thing with a load range E tire of the same size. Greg, is your suspension stock? it seems that most of the people with it have a leveling kit.

Load rating is just that load rating. It has nothing to do with weight rating. Load range E is a 10 ply sidewall which is stiffer. Load range D is an 8 ply sidewall and is not as stiff. Yes that could contribute to Death Wobble. My suspension is totally stock for now.

 

[BigQ]

The load rating is the horizontal stability with a load and the load index is the vertical @psi the tire can carry.



the load rating would come into play in say a carner with a lot of weight. thats why Greg said 10 ply not 8 Ply which could cause some wobble in theory.

 

[Bertram65]

I understand about load rating, my point was if you are getting the "death wobble" I do not think it is being caused by the tires because they are load range D and not load range E.