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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:55 AM
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Weight at the wheel and tires makes a huge performance difference, plus takes a lot of wear and tear off all the front end components.
I know I influenced a certain moderator into ditching his heavy a$$ stock 20" wheels in favor of a good, lightweight (yet stronger) set of 17" aluminum wheels when he bought his new tires.
Big difference for him, even before he went to 4.56 gears. Now with those, I would imagine it'll be night and day after he suffers through the break-in peroid...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by Off_Road_Teacher
Those are some nice rims that you are looking at. But if I was you I would still do the cam and headers first. Rims are nice but I doubt that they will put the smile on your face that you will get out of a cam and header install.
I know but we are talking two different smiles hear.... sure I'll be grinning ear to ear everytime I sink my foot into the pedal with the new can and wide open headers... but when I get out of the truck its still going to have that same stock look that Im begining to not like as much...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 11:59 AM
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just paint everything. its working for me haha
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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uh...no thats alright. I dont want to paint the stock 20's I have, and Im just going to buy some new headlights later on down the road... Plus I like the black/silver look of the door handles...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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lol ok i didnt mean the wheels just the grill or the handles. i want to get rid of these wheels too...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 12:26 PM
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Well just looking at the calendar, if I got the wheels after the converter, so lets say in august, that would push the cam back to november possibly instead of september... If I wait on the wheels and did the cam and headers first in september as planned, it would push the wheels to late october/early november... this is a hard one... Looks with a lighter wheel vs Performance...
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 12:34 PM
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Get the instant visual gratification of wheels first...every time you see it you will thank yourself and be happy as a clam looking at it!
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 01:01 PM
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Buy her a visit to the SPA, take her to her favorite restraunt and watch a chick flick with her You will have all four wheels with tires, and maybe a 5th as a spare.
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 04:35 PM
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go for the wheels, as of right now theres not too much that distinguishes you from others...cam can wait
 
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Old Jul 14, 2009 | 04:44 PM
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hey OP.. where can u find those rims at?
 
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