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Aug 21, 2020 | 11:39 AM

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Lin19687

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Originally Posted by ejb69

same with me. I kinda wish my truck would have came with the xlt chrome wheels instead of the ugly black wheels the the Tremor forced.

now see I want the black rims but don't want to pay for it.
hoping I can find someone with a new truck 18" that would swap my chrome for black

Aug 21, 2020 | 11:51 AM

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OffBalance

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Originally Posted by Lin19687

now see I want the black rims but don't want to pay for it.
hoping I can find someone with a new truck 18" that would swap my chrome for black

ditto!

Aug 21, 2020 | 06:27 PM

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F250MJ

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Happy with my chrome package also! My rear bumper has scuffs from the prior owner that I know would be very obvious if it had been just painted...

Aug 22, 2020 | 07:43 AM

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ejb69

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Originally Posted by Lin19687

now see I want the black rims but don't want to pay for it.
hoping I can find someone with a new truck 18" that would swap my chrome for black

if you were close to me and it was as simple as swapping wheels and tires I’d seriously consider doing it. But I have the larger tires that only the Tremor has and im not going to put smaller less mud friendly tires on my truck. I don’t totally hate black wheels. It just I think chrome wheels look better on a XLT . I do think the black wheels look fine on trucks that have don’t have any other chrome.

Im currently planning on trading my 2020 in on A 2023 and if the Tremor isn’t available on the super cab by then ,I may go with on of those retro look trucks.

Aug 22, 2020 | 07:55 AM

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jdk1

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I like chrome too. Maybe it's an age thing? I'm around 50. Good God, I shivered when I saw that on writing! I still feel 30, mentally at least

I have an XLT premium. I do think the chrome clad wheels may be a little too much I'd rather have polished aluminum I believe, but the truck is beautiful overall. I think many of us grew up in the age when there were two types of trucks, work/farm and leisure. Work trucks were plain and leisure trucks had chrome. I like the look of these blacked out trucks guys have, but there's something about chrome!

Aug 22, 2020 | 09:02 AM

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Lin19687

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I like chrome too. Maybe it's an age thing? I'm around 50. Good God, I shivered when I saw that on writing! I still feel 30, mentally at least

Your my age too, my son turns 30 this year. Good thing everyone says I don't look my age because I feel and act like a Juvenile most of the time

<-- seriously this green guy is soooo me

Aug 23, 2020 | 01:03 PM

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ejb69

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I like chrome too. Maybe it's an age thing? I'm around 50. Good God, I shivered when I saw that on writing! I still feel 30, mentally at least

could very well be an age thing. We’re the same age. I have own pickups since I was 15. Back then only the basic work trucks had painted bumpers.

Aug 23, 2020 | 01:14 PM

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fordman19762003

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Originally Posted by ejb69

same with me. I kinda wish my truck would have came with the xlt chrome wheels instead of the ugly black wheels the the Tremor forced.

I'm sure there would be someone that would be interested in swapping wheels with you.

I like a lot of chrome on big trucks but have been gravitating towards less chrome on my smaller stuff. My STX has minimal chrome, I was going to dechrome it but it's grown on my and I'll probably keep it as is.