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- Shopping for wheels for your truck can be overwhelming
to say the least.
I mean, there's 20s.
There's 22s. There's 24s.
There's nine lights, 10 lights, 12 lights, 14 lights,
chrome, black and milled, satin black, red and milled,
milled red, polished.
The list goes on and on.
There's just so many options,
and I can't handle them all because there's so many wheels
and tires and lift kits, and I just don't know. (sobs)
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They are exactly 1,854,326 wheels
on the customoffsets.com web store.
I made that up, but I bet you believed me
because I said it confidently.
But amongst all of these wheel choices,
there's just one that I don't quite understand.
I'm Dustin with Custom Offsets.
You can find me @dusti.co on Instagram,
and today, we're gonna be going over a trend
that just seems to be popping up really all over the place.
What started as a simple regional trend has quickly grown
and become one of the most popular wheel styles
in the world or so it seems.
Today, we're diving head first
into the old bubba truck builds
and finding out just what's the hype with OEM reps.
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Before we do that, regardless if you're looking
for OEM reps, 14 wides, a lift kit, bumpers, lighting
or even exhaust, you can find all of that
at customoffsets.com.
Yes, we have performance parts now.
It's pretty cool.
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So I gotta admit I'm not nuts
about the whole OEM rep movement,
but we're not here for my opinions, are we?
If you're unfamiliar, OEM replicas, or OEM reps for short,
are reproductions of wheels designed
from the truck's original manufacturer.
This name really is just a shortening
of original equipment manufacturer,
which makes a lotta sense if you look
at the first letters of each word.
Math.
Basically, these aftermarket companies
take a factory wheel design and then reproduce them,
oftentimes, making them bigger
than what you could get them from the OEM.
This new larger diameter wheel gives guys the abilities
to lift their truck and get new, larger wheels and tires
without being too flashy or drastically changing the look
of their ride.
Ultimately, it retains the OEM look
but gives you some customization
in terms of wheels and tires.
So where did the OEM rep movement actually stem from?
Although the actual origins are unclear,
we can say with certainty
that OEM reps definitely gained a lotta traction
with the rising of the infamous Cali lean,
otherwise known as the Carolina squat.
The boys down in the Carolinas are notorious
for tossing in front half of a Rough Country lift kit
and scooping a set of 22-inch Snowflake reps
for their Silverados.
While it definitely created the stir on the internet
and also has been quite the topic of controversy,
it's also truly highlighted all
of the OEM rep manufacturers,
which is actually a pretty interesting market.
Perhaps one of the most interesting things
about this new OEM rep movement
is that it's not just trucks.
When you look at OEM reps in general,
there are several companies on the market today
that make OEM styled wheels
for cars, Jeeps, SUVs, and the likes.
Guys are putting SRT Demon style wheels
on their factory base model Challengers,
High Country styled wheels on their OBS Chevys,
and literally everything in between.
So with all of that out of the way,
we gotta get down to business
because that's what we do here,
and we wanna find out what exactly is the hype
with OEM reps.
Truth be told, it's not an awful way
to build a more mild designed truck,
and when done correctly,
it can really bring out an OEM-plus look on your vehicle.
Plus, if you live in a state where the good old Five-O likes
to harass you for offsets,
OEM reps may be a solid choice for you.
There you have it, guys.
There's our take on OEM reps.
What do you think about 'em?
Do you love 'em? Do you hate 'em?
Let us know down in the comments below,
and as always, be sure you like, share
and subscribe to the channel
so we can keep making the truck content
that you guys have come to love from us.
Peace.
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