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Aug 13, 2008 | 04:55 PM

King0581

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Help with wheels

Well after doing all the other stuff to my truck I'm gonna have to get some new wheels. I wanna stay with a 16" cause the tires for anything bigger are rather pricey in my book. It's becoming a PITA to find some decent looking wheels with the cutouts for the manual hubs. I dont really wanna get wheels with the easy-on, Easy-off center caps for that reason. I also didnt really wanna go any wider than 9". Kinda had my feel with the 10" wheels when I was younger. Go down a wet dirt road and the truck gets filthy. So far what I've found for a compromise is the helo cannons. I would have to cut the holes in the center caps myself. I thought about going with the 8" wide helos and that would allow me to step up to a 35x12.50(When I get a 4" lift). I wish I knew how to get a picture of these wheels on my truck. Aint the factory aluminum wheels 7" wide? Heres a link to the wheels I'm looking at. Whats everyones opinion of Helo?Helo HE819 Cannon - Chrome and Other Truck Parts and Truck Accessories by Performance Products 4 Trucks

Aug 13, 2008 | 05:19 PM

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Those are nice looking rims. I would take the hub to a machine shop and see if the can do something with them.

Aug 13, 2008 | 05:31 PM

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Those wheels look just like some Weld wheels that I had called "Stonecrushers" They look GREAT......BUT......the simulated bead lock part that has the bolt on rivet type looking edge, should be called a MUD-LOCK instead of a beadlock. After I took them wheeling in the mud for the first time.....I had mud seeping out for weeks. Major PITA. Not sure if the HELO rims have that bolted on, or if it's one piece with the wheel.....that's something to think about

Aug 13, 2008 | 07:19 PM

King0581

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I can get the centers cut out at work. Thats not a problem. Yeah I remember the stonecrushers. Weld was the first people I ever saw to make this style wheel and that was years ago. I'm pretty sure the Helo's are all on piece.

Aug 13, 2008 | 07:49 PM

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i think those should be cool. now mine have the totally fake beadlocker on them, and i thought it was cool a few years ago when i bought them, but i freaking hate them sometimes now. specifically when cleaning the truck, and if i go though mud. it catches everything. having said that, anyone interested in buying them, LOL.

Aug 13, 2008 | 07:57 PM

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what do you want for them, I live in kannapolis and could drive over and pick them up.

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Aug 13, 2008 | 08:03 PM

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i'm not sure what they'd be worth. i mean they are in great shape. i want to go bigger, and i'll need new tires in the near future. i just cant afford the price tag at the moment for the tires/wheel combo that i want. if things werent' so tight right now, i'd jump all over it.