- What's going on, guys?
I'm Banger of Custom Offsets
And today we are going through some more mistakes
that you could make when building your truck.
And today, we're gonna talk about
how you could possibly fuck up the easiest part
of the whole build.
And that is ordering wheels and tires.
There is one way you could go about this.
You go out to your truck,
you see what the stock wheel and tire size is,
you go to the website,
you find a different looking wheel and tire
that's the same size, you throw it on the truck.
You're good to go, right?
But we're Custom Offsets.
We don't roll that way.
We're trying to put the biggest, the widest,
the most ridiculous setups on the truck.
So that's what we're gonna talk about.
So first things first, we're gonna start with the wheels.
Arguably, the biggest transformation you can make
to a truck, right, is the wheels.
So let's make sure that you do it the right way.
Now, we can start this little journey in our gallery.
You can go there.
You can see what other people have done.
Similar suspensions, similar wheel and tire sizes.
Get the sizing you want, the look you want.
And then we'll go into what the wheels look like.
So a biggest mistake you make is just finding a wheel
that you like first, and then seeing
if they make it in the size you need.
It's much easier to figure out your size,
filter by the size so you don't fall in love
with a wheel that's unavailable in your bolt pattern,
unavailable in the sizing that you need.
I go through this all the time.
Now, as far as the wheels go,
there's really no difference between them.
You do get you what you pay for,
but it's not a structural thing.
It's more of a finish quality.
The more expensive a wheel is, generally,
the better the finish is, the longer it'll hold up.
Things like that.
So you'll wanna keep that in mind
when you're looking at wheels.
Shopping by price alone
isn't really gonna get you there.
The biggest things you're gonna want
to look at there are the styles.
I mean, if you're not someone who cares about looks,
or is going to really take the time
to make the truck look right, all of the time,
maybe avoid a directional wheel.
But if you want that truck to look uniform all the time,
and really stand out, you're gonna wanna find, you know,
those arcons with the, the proper directional
to have a unique look, but you can't rotate those regular.
You know, then you've got wheels backwards
on one side and right way on the other.
And it just looks ridiculous.
Then if you're one of those guys who just wants function,
go out and get yourself a regular set of wheels
with a non-directional design.
Next, we'll get into the tires.
Now, there's a lot that you can actually screw up
when getting a set of tires.
'Cause I mean, again, it sounds easy, right?
You find a tire, you sort by price lowest,
and you just grab that.
That's not exactly how it works.
Now, first things first again,
we're gonna go into the gallery.
We're gonna see what exactly is gonna fit, right?
Whether or not you're willing to trim,
or how much you're willing to trim,
what's gonna fit underneath your truck.
And then we'll go from there.
Once you figured out what actually does fit,
we're gonna go into the types of tires there are.
You've got your, you know, your highway tires,
your street tires.
If you get, you know, doing that lower wide look,
or we've got your all terrains, if you're just trying to,
you know, get a tire that's gonna be good all year round.
You don't want to have to swap out sets
in the summer, in the winter,
or maybe you live somewhere there is no winter,
and you just need like a nice all terrain tire.
That's a great option too.
Same as your hybrids.
Now, if you want to go really aggressive,
we get into the mud tires, consider noise,
consider rock chips, consider low tread wear, right?
Decide where you want to go with this.
How much effort you want put into this truck?
How much money you wanna sink into this?
Do you wanna be buying tires every other year?
Are you driving highway all the time,
and you don't wanna be putting tires on all the time?
You don't wanna listen to the road noise?
Then, you know, go with your all terrain hybrid tire.
If you just want the super aggressive look,
there's plenty of MTs out there, XTs out there,
that are gonna give you that super aggressive look,
super aggressive noise.
And hey, if you got the money and you don't care, spend it.
Now, tires are the one thing where you,
just sorting by price low to high
is not gonna get you what you need.
There's a lot more to it than that.
So once you've got your style or your lug pattern down,
you know, you know what you want,
the next thing we're gonna do is consider
what you're gonna use the truck for.
Is this a daily driver?
Is it a 1500?
Is it a 2500?
Are you hauling all the time?
Is this a work truck?
That's where we're gonna want to go next.
And that's where load index becomes a huge, huge thing.
Now, up to this point, you may have decided
that you like a 2414 and you like a 33 on that.
You like that low side wall, but you drive an F250,
and you're gonna wanna put a trailer
behind it at some point.
Guess what?
You're likely not gonna be able to find a tire
with a load index high enough to support the weight
that you're trying to do.
And you're gonna have to go right back
to the drawing boards.
So, consider that as well.
What you're gonna do with the truck
before you go out and buy tires, you know?
Sure, it's gonna look really cool,
but what if someday you decide
you need to use that truck as a truck?
Now you need to have a second inside of wheels and tires.
Just throwing that out there.
Load index is just a very important thing
that a lot of people overlook and this isn't 1995,
you can't go off of the load range anymore.
DEF, all that really negates is the tire ply.
How many plys is it?
You can have a low pro tire that is a 12 ply.
It's got lots of plys,
but it's only a 50 PSI max, 2200 pound max tire.
That's not gonna get you a skid steer
on a gooseneck behind you.
It just isn't, you know?
And I'm sure there's gonna be lots of comments,
lots of argument of I do this all the time with my diesel.
And I'm sure you do.
Moral of the story is you shouldn't,
it's not technically safe.
We can't tell you that you should do that.
Maybe you can make it work,
but if you can't, guess what, you're the one to blame.
So now, you know,
you've gone through all these steps, right?
You've got your wheels picked out.
They're the color you want.
They're the direction you want.
They're the style you want.
You found a tire that's not too loud, not too quiet.
It's got the right load range.
They're not going to stick out too far from the fender.
What's next?
We're gonna put those bad boys together.
So the last mistake that you don't wanna make,
is trying to buy these things separate.
Custom Offsets, we sell them as a package,
they come to your door, mounted, balance, shipping,
all of that stuff is free.
It's all included in that price.
All you gotta do is put the things on, it's that simple.
But while we're in that process of the putting them together
there's one more thing we want to talk about.
Well, two, but one step, but it's two things.
Stay with me here, TPMS and weights.
Now this is something nobody really ever thinks about.
You know, it's an added cost.
It's one of the upsell items, right?
You just click, no, no, no on all of that.
Give me my package and get me out of this store.
These are things you need to think about.
Any truck newer than 2005 is gonna require TPMS sensors.
It's not a suggestion.
It's technically a law that you have to have those
installed in your vehicle.
And yeah, you could probably in theory
take the stock sensors outta your wheels you have,
swap them into these,
but now you're paying to dismount your old set,
dismount your new set, swap some sensors over,
just get them out the bat.
Even if you're not sure your truck takes sensors.
If it's 2005 or newer, just get them.
It's just so much easier, have them in there.
Have them ready to go.
Then you won't have any lights on the dash.
You don't have nothing to worry about at that point.
The next thing is gonna be the weights.
Now there's a lot of debate about this,
between balance beads and regular stick on weights.
My take on this, I don't see where balanced beads
are beneficial at all, period,
unless you're an over the road truck driver
putting on a lot of miles.
So, a lot of guys will get them just so they don't see
the weights on the inside of the wheel.
And then you'll have a vibration they complain about,
because starting and stopping those weights,
the way balance beads work is they spin around in the tire.
So if you're at a low speed or you're stopping and starting,
they're basically just hanging out
in the bottom of that wheel.
They're not finding the spots to balance
out the tire at that low of a speed.
You're gonna have a vibration issue.
Just go with the stick on weights.
It's significantly easier.
I don't care if they're 18s, and 33s,
or 17s, or 42s, or whatever, get the stick on weights.
It's a significantly better investment,
unless you're gonna be doing a lot, a lot,
a lot of long distance highway driving
where you're gonna be at a steady speed.
Then the beads do actually kind of help
because they're constantly adjusting that balance
and do get of you a little bit better ride.
That's why semis use them.
So, I know we kind of covered a lot really quickly,
but I hope that helps you guys not make any mistakes
when you're ordering your wheels and tires,
and remember, package them together.
It's the best way to do it.
Customoffsets.com.
Pick up some suspension while you're at it.
I'll see you guys later, peace.