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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Trucks / September 2004Sierra 1500 20" wheels
Does anyone have a 1500 with larger wheels on it? Can you tell me what the ride quality is like. The only way I can tell is to buy $3,000 worth of wheels and tires to put it on the truck. The only problem is, after it's been bought I can't return it. Any information would be most appreciated. Joe Can't help you on ride quality but personally I think they look stupid on trucks. I once saw a Z71 off road truck with those huge spinner type wheels and low profile tires and just busted out laughing. I actually pictured it in my head going off road and getting mud caked up in the spinner part. Sorry, I just love to make fun of the way people dress up their trucks. Saw another Chevy 1500 with a brush guard on the front and had it slammed (lowered). Pictured it going through the woods tearing off his ground effects kit but the grill was safe. Saw a small truck that was lowered driving across a road construction site. He was bull dozing gravel with his fancy painted airdam. > Does anyone have a 1500 with larger wheels on it? Can you tell me what > the ride quality is like. The only way I can tell is to buy $3,000 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joe It's all in what you use your truck for! If it's a work truck, stock is just fine. Who wants there's truck/car whatever looking like 1000's of others? Not me. A Brush guard on a lowered truck doesn't make any since at all. Had no vision on which direction they wanted to take the truck. Spinners on a Z71, Well I'm not a big fan of them. They get you a lot of attention if that's what your after, But it's a hassle to Rotate you tires, they've been known to come Flying off at highway speeds. Most people who buy 4x4's don't take them off road anyway so spinners wouldn't be a problem. There has to be a limit though on how large a wheel people are going to put on a car or truck. I've seen up to 26" wheels, though on a Car TV show they showed a 36" Gold Spoke wheel for Display. Were heading to the Wagon wheel days. Hey, I've seen 15" wheels on trucks the wheels are wide, and the tires have small sidewalls, and stickout out from the finders. Looks like CRAP, don't know what they were thinking there. It's not the Size of the wheel, but the LOOK that counts. The wheel/tire Combo you pick for your truck can make or brake the look of your truck. Planning ahead of time what direction you want to go in before you even do anything is the smart thing to do, so that you don't have a brush guard on a lowered truck, a Painted airdam where it's going to be distroyed by where you work or live or normal driving area. Spinners on a truck you take off road is NOT a good Idea unless you remove them first. > Can't help you on ride quality but personally I think they look stupid on > trucks. I once saw a Z71 off road truck with those huge spinner type [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >> >> Joe i can top that one with a laugh. saw the same rims and tires BUT on a tahoe z71, and it was lowered. almost hit the stop sign in my subdivision i was laughin so hard. will have to see if i can find it again and take a pic, just incase you all need a good laugh. I just aligned a couple Cadillacs today, one was a 66 Eldorado, and the other was a 74 Fleetwood. They both had 22" wheels installed on them. There was Spring Spacer blocks on the front to raise them up enough for the wheels to work, so the front was quite a bit higher then the rear, and the tires STILL were rubbing. The wheels were worth far more then the Cars themself. They looked like crap and ride like crap. That seems to be the thing to do though. You can tell quite a bit about a person by the car they own! >i can top that one with a laugh. > saw the same rims and tires BUT on a tahoe z71, and it was lowered. > almost hit the stop sign in my subdivision i was laughin so hard. > will have to see if i can find it again and take a pic, just incase you > all need a good laugh. Why nigger up a trk with those big wheels? Ive got spoke wheels o my 85 4x4 & the original aluminun ones on my 88 K5 blazer, soon to be changed for ralley wheels i hope. And there both at there stock ride height too!! > Why nigger up a trk with those big wheels? Ive got spoke wheels o my 85 > 4x4 & the original aluminun ones on my 88 K5 blazer, soon to be changed > for ralley wheels i hope. And there both at there stock ride height > too!! Nice talk Larry. Ya got a thing against blacks huh? Brian Maybe i do!!! > Maybe i do!!! Red Neck! Say hello to you're daddy / brother for me when you see him. Hey!! rednecks built this country, Id much rather be a redneck anyday dickhead!! > Hey!! rednecks built this country, Id much rather be a redneck anyday > dickhead!! That's right they did, and we're still trying to get it straightened out. Rednecks know that minorities belong in there place too!! > Rednecks know that minorities belong in there place too!! Then you should know you're place Redneck. After all you're a minority in this country! Your mother was in so many gangbangs you dont know who your daddy is punk.Probably some pimp or drug dealer! > Your mother was in so many gangbangs you dont know who your daddy is > punk.Probably some pimp or drug dealer! Wrong on both accounts redneck. I think that we should allow slavery again in this country. I could use a good redneck with a strong back and weak mind to work my properties. Don't work that why im white. If your white your all right, if your brown stick around, but if your black get back !!! > Don't work that why im white. If your white your all right, if your > brown stick around, but if your black get back !!! It should work that way! And it doesn't matter what color I am. All that you need to know is I'm a citizen of the USA. I'd also think you were "better" than him. Why respond? GMC Gremlin > > Don't work that why im white. If your white your all right, if your > > brown stick around, but if your black get back !!! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > And it doesn't matter what color I am. All that you need to know is I'm a > citizen of the USA. Just pure sport I guess. I don't know where he is so I can't bitch slap him. Brian > I'd also think you were "better" than him. Why respond? > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > And it doesn't matter what color I am. All that you need to know is I'm a > > citizen of the USA. I'd come to the fight. GMC Gremlin > Just pure sport I guess. I don't know where he is so I can't bitch slap him. > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > a > > > citizen of the USA. Funny how when a white person uses the "N" word, he's thrashed down and ridiculed, yet when a black person calls a white person a "cracker" or some other word referring to skin color, nobody thinks the least of it. Just an observation on my part... > > Your mother was in so many gangbangs you dont know who your daddy is > > punk.Probably some pimp or drug dealer! [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I think that we should allow slavery again in this country. I could use a > good redneck with a strong back and weak mind to work my properties. I had a yelling match about nigger and cracker in school once. I got severely punished and the f.cking nigger got next to nothing. The school said what I did was much worse. Blah blah blah. GMC Gremlin > Funny how when a white person uses the "N" word, he's thrashed down > and ridiculed, yet when a black person calls a white person a [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > I think that we should allow slavery again in this country. I could use a > > good redneck with a strong back and weak mind to work my properties. You spelled (your) wrong no spell checker? Hey Redneck a.shole. Your even makin' me feel ashamed of my truck 'n my boots. Stop the banter, this isn't opinions any more but just insults. Then, learn to include the ORIGINAL TEXT that you are responding too - it helps people see what your flappin' your gums about. GMC Gremlin > You spelled (your) wrong no spell checker? > You spelled (your) wrong no spell checker? Thanks for correcting me. <LARRY929@webtv.net> wrote in message news:10882-4144E637-128@storefull-3177.bay.webtv.net... > Don't work that why im white. If your white your all right, if your > brown stick around, but if your black get back !!! But you spelled "I'm" wrong! (im) And you spelled "way" wrong! (why) And in this case you spelled "you're" wrong. (your) As it's used above it's a contraction, meaning "you are". You must be a hillbilly too. A hillbilly is much better than some dam prepie a.shole that hangs out in those stupid sports bars. > A hillbilly is much better than some dam prepie a.shole that hangs out > in those stupid sports bars. I don't know anyone like that. And I don't drink, I work out and eat well instead. Brian Oh excuse me I should have said afro american engineer. Hey, thanks for the advice guys. I wasn't expecting this thread to start a race riot. As far as why you would want to put bigger wheels on your truck, to each his own. I'm doing it because I want something more than a stock look - my truck looks like every GMC in town. I don't like the look of the really big wheels (22" and up), so I'm sticking with a 20" wheel. This should give me a better feel in the corners (yeah, I take them hard) without sacrificing too much on comfort. Those really big wheels look kind of odd to me, but as far as wondering why someone would put them on - why would someone put an 18" lift kit on their truck, for that matter. You can't even go through a drive thru. But, I don't knock anyone when I see it because I know they do it mostly for customization. Yeah, yeah, it helps when you're off-roading. But, c'mon - must they really go so high on those kits? Joe 18" is a bit... but allot of people do it "just for looks". IE: yuppies with 2x4's.... yuck. The law of trucks: 1: 2x4 goes down. 2: 4x4 goes up. 3: Stock height is not shameful. GMC Gremlin. > Hey, thanks for the advice guys. I wasn't expecting this thread to > start a race riot. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Joe > snip > The law of trucks: > 1: 2x4 goes down. > 2: 4x4 goes up. > 3: Stock height is not shameful. > snip That's pretty clever, I like that. Brian You use nigger but don't want bush around? ... stranger than fiction. GMC Gremlin > Why nigger up a trk with those big wheels? Ive got spoke wheels o my 85 > 4x4 & the original aluminun ones on my 88 K5 blazer, soon to be changed > for ralley wheels i hope. And there both at there stock ride height > too!! I have 20's on my 2003 1500 Truck, running 275/45R20 Goodyear tires. It rides a little harder, but not enough to bother me. I wouldn't go with 22" or larger wheels. Basically with the Size tire I have listed, the overall Diamiter is the SAME as a stock tire. More wheel, less sidewall, and of course wider. My truck also has a 2/4 drop also. If you're at a stock hight, you can go with a larger sidewall of a tire, possibley a 285/50R20. $3000 for a set of 20's with tires is a little much! You can get a nice set in the 2,000 to 2,300 price range, unless your looking at really high end wheels! > Does anyone have a 1500 with larger wheels on it? Can you tell me what > the ride quality is like. The only way I can tell is to buy $3,000 worth [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joe If you drive on any gravel be careful on the tires you buy because a lot of them low pros are soft and expensive tires. I've got 20's on my 97 Cadillac Eldorado with 35 series tires and the gravel is destroying them no matter how slow i drive.... basically if your on gravel at all get a harder tire... > Does anyone have a 1500 with larger wheels on it? Can you tell me what > the ride quality is like. The only way I can tell is to buy $3,000 > worth of wheels and tires to put it on the truck. The only problem is, > after it's been bought I can't return it. I currently have a Silverado SS with the factory 20's on it. The wheel/tire combos are heavy as hell. I think around 78 pounds? Heavier than like, 75% of all aftermarket 20" rim/tire combos. I can't tell you what the ride is like without them, but with them it's no problem at all. I live in a rural New England farm-land type area with horrible cracked, frost heaved roads. The ride is not all light and fluffy, but it's completely bearable. It seems to bother my girlfriend a bit, but she's always been a car-girl. I've always owned trucks, so maybe I don't know any better. -marc > I can't tell you what the ride is like without them, but with them > it's no problem at all. I live in a rural New England farm-land [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > -marc Yup. My '90 Jimmy rides perfect, I actually don't like the way cars handle. Guess I'm a truck guy too. GMC Gremlin My 96 C1500 pickup sits on 18's with 255/55 tires. It has a 2-4 drop. I went with those sizes so that it wouldn't mess with the speedometer. I also installed polyurethane bushing kit. then added edelbrock performer IAS 2" drop shocks in the front and rear. I love the handling and how responsive the steering is with this setup. With the stiffer sidewall tires and the bushings, the ride is a little rougher for in-town. But really nice on they freeway. Plus there is enough rubber on the wheels so I don't have to worry about potholes and curbs jacking up my wheels as much. My 94 K1500 suburban sits on 22's 305/40 tires. it's a 4 wheel drive so no drop on this one. again full polyurethane bushing kit. performer IAS shocks. Again I love the handling and the responsive steering. With the stiffer sidewall tires and the bushings, the ride is a little rougher for in-town. But really nice on they freeway. However I do wish I'd put more tire on the wheels to protect them from potholes and curbs. 20's with enough tire you should be happy with.  SignatureSMOOVE 91 GSXR 750, 96 Chevy C1500, and 94 Suburban Hated By Many... Confronted By None! Pain is weakness leaving the body!!! "it's better to be judged by twelve than carried by six." www.myhooptie.com > Does anyone have a 1500 with larger wheels on it? Can you tell me what > the ride quality is like. The only way I can tell is to buy $3,000 worth [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joe I have yet to figure out the point is of putting anything bigger than 16 inch rims on a truck... what is the benefit? IMO those huge flashy wheels look stupid no matter what they are on. -Tony > Does anyone have a 1500 with larger wheels on it? Can you tell me what > the ride quality is like. The only way I can tell is to buy $3,000 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Joe I hear ya Tony!! the cornering in my truck is alot nicer with the 18's than it was when I had 15's with 275/60 tires. >I hear ya Tony!! Well just go slower aroung corners then you wont need those big wheels. > I have yet to figure out the point is of putting anything bigger than > 16 inch rims on a truck... what is the benefit? > > IMO those huge flashy wheels look stupid no matter what they are on. Yeah, it's all in the cornering. Granted, 98% of the people who put big wheels on vehicles do it for looks. I may be one of those 2-percenters who rail on their truck enough to notice. I've honestly been considering getting huge sways for my truck and doing trying a "track day" or driving class with it. I'm just worried about getting laughed out of the track by all the Miata's. ;) I'm real picky about big wheels on vehicles - unless it comes like that from the factory (Silverado SS, Ford HD, Dodge Rams). I'm not into the bright chrome stuff, especially on otherwise stock looking vehicles. Polished aluminum is as far as I'll ever go. I have friends who autocross and I can out corner thier ricers with a truck. >> I have yet to figure out the point is of putting anything bigger than >> 16 inch rims on a truck... what is the benefit? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > I'm not into the bright chrome stuff, especially on otherwise stock > looking vehicles. Polished aluminum is as far as I'll ever go. |
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