I did actually, can you post a picture of your Bro Wheels?

Come on man, you don't need a lift kit and 20's to traverse a fire road. It may be rough but it's still a road. They come high enough from the factory to fit 35's.

 

Ok guy get back on track here, we all have different reasons for buying a truck and we all use them differently plus we have a wide age group. Us older guys have to step back and remember our younger years and what we did to our rides.

Denny

 

I have 18's. 18x9 actually, with a +1 offset. Not 14" wide, with -44 offset and a tire to narrow for the wheel. What is your definition of a "Bro" wheel? Anything not stock? Or is it anything that you don't like the styling of? It's not like anyone here is running wire wheels or spinners.

But you want pictures? Sure, I've got them. Along with some pictures of some damage from a hole I encountered on a creek crossing on those gravel roads. Would have no issues now.

For your viewing pleasure Omega man

Ain't it so much better now?

 

Those are them, 40 different manufacturers basically make the same looking wheels. All the trucks look the same now, from Cali to Tennessee. Cookie cutters.

The point is you may be able to tow with a lifted truck, nobody disputes that. But it doesn't improve it, it makes it worse. You never see lifted semi trucks. Heavy haulers like the 450 and 550 are usually 2wd dually trucks that are low to the ground by comparison.

I'm all for you lifting your truck, but don't try and convince us your improving it, especially for towing.

 

Woo..., who said it improved it? Don't put words in my mouth. This all stems from a "less useful" truck comment and "Bro" wheels comment. But I'm willing to bet my truck does just as good or better on a skid pad with a 3.5" lift and these wheels than it did factory.

There's another thread where you posted on some pro comp or MT wheels you like.

Remember posting this pic?

Guess what? I had the exact same wheel in a eagle alloy on my bronco. I actually strongly considered buying those for my truck. You want to see a picture of those on our trucks? Use the search function, there's a red regular cab on here with them. Point being, they are a "cookie cutter" wheel. There are dozens of manufactures making this same style wheel. I guess that makes it a "bro" wheel as well.

That wheel is a classic from yesterday. Guess what, the black wheels you hate, seem to be here to stay. I didn't like them 15 years ago when they first started showing up, but they grew on me. They will be a classic style tomorrow and something else will take over.

If my budget had been a hair larger, I would have bought some factory 20" lariat wheels and ran some steel 2" spacers, but then again, it wouldn't be technically correct to run a 12.50 on a 8" wide wheel. Go hammer on those guys, oh wait, you've done that yourself.

 

Embellishing for the sake of an argument...
Meh...Factory trucks look the same, and Ford looks the best IMO. Modded/Altered trucks definitely don't look the same.
No one stated that a lifted will improve towing...
More than a couple of people in this thread have stated that their altered truck handled better. Nobody is trying to convince you or anybody else of anything.

 

The lifts these days...are they body lifts or suspension lifts? Idk body lifts may be something archaic that nobody does anymore..?

 

I don't know anyone that's running a body lift on a super duty. It's to easy to lift one of these correctly.

 

Of course I remember that picture, Mickey Thompson classics II is my favorite rim ever, honorable mention goes to the Alcoa wheels Ford used on the pre super duty HD trucks.

Since very few people are running them these days, you won't look like everybody else when your at the mall.

I don't have a problem with black wheels, but now everybody seems to be running basically the same 18-20" black wheels.

I love black wheels, I was literally the first kid in my small town to run black wheels back in 2004, everyone back then told me the looked dumb. Now they all run black wheels and I don't.

 

But everyone was running basically the same MT classic II style wheel back then. So I guess you ran "Bro" wheels. Or is it because today's common wheels are 18-20"? Cause that means most of the wheels coming from the factory these days are "bro" wheels. Or maybe it's because a bigger wheel has a higher load rating? Or they need the larger wheels to fit over the bigger brakes of today?

Your argument is falling apart here...

 

I don't think it is. You summed it up perfectly when you said back then, it isn't "back then" anymore! Back then I ran steel wheels when everyone was running those classics, now they are rare which I think makes them cool again.

Literally everybody is basically running similar looking 18-20 black wheels on everything including work trucks. I was just at Home Depot and there were at least 30 trucks with some version of that Bro rim installed.

 

Whatever. You've been picked apart. I'll leave you alone. 30 trucks in one parking lot huh... now we know what your full of. Sure wish I would have went with those other wheels so you would be happy with my decision. Then of course, I would have had to half *** it. They only go up to 17's, and that means I would've had to settle for a D-rated 37x12.50.

 

If you like them don't worry about what I think. But we both know the are the most common style of rim. There is literally no debating that. Everybody and their cousin runs them.

And yes, one parking lot for a Home Depot and Target. Every Tacoma and Avalanche and Honda Ridgeline had them. I was not exaggerating, at least 30 sets of bro wheels

 

Are lifted trucks less useful?

I guess it would depend of how the truck is used.

I'm a contractor, that gets in and out of the bed 20+ times a day. Lifted => less useful

Fuel economy is important to me, it takes less energy to move a stock truck. Lifted=> less useful

I don't rock crawl, so the clearance isn't too important. Lifted=> more useful

I like suspension components to last as long as possible. Lifted=> less useful

I like tires that wear longer and are cheaper to buy. Lifted=> less useful

I also agree with the mechanical engineer, a higher center of gravity isn't as stable as stock. You can come back to prove me wrong after you perform the moose test and compare.

I do like lifted trucks that may have a 2" lift and moderately size tires.

 

True, the 17s have even better clearance. A front locker will get you a lot farther than a 5 inch lift on a jeep trail.