Propickup Digital Magazine
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THEFT DETERENTS Vision 394 – Vision's V-Tec Warlord alloy wheel comes in 17x8.5, 18x9, 20x9 and 22x9.5 wheel sizes with a load rating of 3,640 lbs. It is available in matte black and chrome finishes and the V-Tec line is offered in 22 different designs, all rated for truck use. visionwheel.com. chined is generally extruded and so a "grain" runs through the piece, which adds some strength to the material that is missing from a cast wheel. The making of a billet wheel means that there's a lot of waste material, thereby raising the cost of manufacture, which is why most billet wheels are actually twopiece units with the center and hub being machined and then affixed to a spun or stamped alloy wheel rim. Since the wheel center and hub carry the load, the use of the spun rim takes little from Wheel Pro-MotoMetal mo961 – If you are looking for a unique look, Moto Metal may just have the answer. They offer a wild selection of cast aluminum wheels finished in satin black or chrome with colored accents. MotoMetal wheels have a load rating of 3,600 lbs and are available in 8x170 and 8x6.5 bolt patterns and in sizes ranging from 18x9 to 20x10. MSRP ranges from $197 -$354. atxwheels.com. the overall strength of the wheel and greatly reduces manufacturing costs. Forging uses extremely high heat and pressure to make a wheel from a block of extruded alloy. Using this method the original grain in the stock material is forced from the wheel center, through the spokes and out towards the wheel edge, making it stronger than a billet wheel and as much as 300 percent stronger than a cast wheel. Since less material is used to make a forged ESTORE OR BRICKANDMORTAR Online shopping has drastically changed the way many of us shop for pickup parts including tires and wheels. The biggest issue with online tire and wheel purchases has been getting the them mounted and balanced by a local tire shop. Many building-based tire stores are reluctant to mount tires to wheels not purchased from their facility because they see (and rightly so) this as a lost sale and don't want to spend the time and effort to take care of you for the few dollars they will make in installation/balancing fees. But online shopping allows you to get exactly the tire and wheel The average Internet wheel/tire store has a much broader product selection than the local retailer – and often at a better price. The downside is most E-tailers don't provide you the ability to walk in to a local tire store and get customer service and warranty work on the tires/wheels you purchased. There are some good exceptions. Discount Tire (discounttire.com) has a program where you buy your products online and they ship them to the Discount Tire dealer nearest you. You then make an appointment and go in for installaton. Tire Rack (tirerack.com) offers you a couple of different options. You can buy a tire/wheel package and have mounted/blanced tires/wheels shipped directly to your door, or you can have the items shipped separately to your door and then take them to a Tire Rack approved installation shop (an local tire dealer who will mount, balance, install your tires/wheels). A few other online shops offer similar programs, so you no longer have to worry about getting online purchases installed on your vehicle. Tire theft isn't something contractors think much about – until they put on nice wheels and/or new tires. With even a cheap set of aftermarket wheels costing in the neighborhood $400, not counting the price of decent tires, protecting your rolling investment is vital. The least expensive protection is using wheel locks, which use a specialdesign lug nuts/bolts that requires a unique key socket to remove them. These typically discourage the casual tire theif from an easy picking. Companies such as McGuard Wheel Locks (mcguard.com) and Gorilla Wheel Locks (gorilla-auto.com) specialize in selling locking systems for wheels. More sophisticated electronic theft protection might be worth considering if more expensive tire/wheel package and other items are on your wrok truck. –PD wheel than a cast one, the forged wheel is also lighter. Forging is complicated and expensive and because of this, most forged wheels are constructed as two- or three-piece units. The main advantage to forged wheels, aside from strength, is that the two- or three-piece construction allows great flexibility in design and also rim damage can be more easily repaired. Installing a set of new tires and wheels is one of the most cost-effective ways of personalizing your rig while adding to practicality. And let's be honest, who doesn't like riding around on a cool set of new wheels? Wheel Pro-Rock Star Dually – The cast aluminum KMC XD RockStar Series are finished in satin black or chrome, offering dually owners a strong and attractive wheel option. RockStar Duallies are load rated at 3,200 lbs and come in 8x170 and 8x6.5 bolt patterns and in sizes 16x6 and 17x6. MSRP ranges from $184 -$282. kmcwheels.com. propickupmag.com PROPICKUP 75