- [Dustin] When it comes to life,
there are some mistakes that we all just sort of know.
I mean, things like not setting an alarm
before you go to sleep at night means that you're not going
to get up to go to church on Sunday
or never go grocery shopping when you're hungry,
because you'll inevitably by the entirety of the store,
including the double stuffed Oreos
and no matter how desperate you may be,
there are not singles in your area looking to meet you.
I'm sorry to be the bearer of bad news,
but what about the more professional stuff here?
The stuff that nobody teaches you about being an adult,
like having a tax professional actually file your taxes
can get you more money back at the end of the year.
Balancing a checkbook is actually still pretty relevant
in 2022. And believe it or not,
there are still some super big mistakes that can be made
when you look at buying wheels and tires.
I'm Dustin, @DUSTI.CO on Instagram.
And today we're talking about a few of the mistakes
that even the professionals make,
when it comes down to buying wheels and tires
for the second or third or fourth or fifth
or sixth or seventh or even eighth time.
Let's do it.
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If you're looking to pick up a set of wheels and tires,
or maybe a lift kit for your truck,
you can check us out at CUSTOMOFFSETS.COM.
We've got brands like Arkon and Fuel and TIS
and Nitto and BDS and all sorts of stuff
in stock, on the shelf, in the warehouse,
ready to ship to you guys in like, 10 days.
It's pretty awesome. Also, as we get into it here,
drop a comment down below about the biggest rookie mistakes
that you or one of your buddies have made when it comes to
buying wheels and tires for your truck,
because I'm sure that I'm not the only one that's made a
couple of mistakes at one point in my life. It just,
it just happens. Okay.
Now, listen,
I don't want to say that we know a thing or two about wheels
and tires, but when it comes to wheels and tires,
we know a thing or two, after all
when you have somewhere north of like 40,000 different
wheels and tires in your warehouse from all sorts of
manufacturers, including the ones that you guys love,
you tend to learn a few things about the differences in each
and every product.
One of the first big mistakes that even some of the pros
make when it comes to buying wheels and tires is not knowing
that all tires are in fact, not created equally.
That's a lot. Let me explain here for a second.
When it comes to tires,
there are several different sizes available for you
to choose from.
You're going to have things like your standard sizing,
your 33X12/5OR20's,
your 35X12/50OR's,
your 37X13/50OR24's,
if you're into that really big stuff, right?
But you've also have the LT metric sizes,
like a 285 50 OR 20,
or a 355 40 OR 20 and all sorts of numbers, right?
That's not important.
What is important is when shopping for tires,
typically we shop for the size that we know will fit.
If you're looking for 35X12/50OR
because it's what you had before.
You're going to look for it again.
Now, specifically talking about 33's for an example here,
depending on what brand of tire you go
with for your new set of 33's,
some of them may measure out to be 32 inches in diameter.
Some of them are going to measure up
to be 33 and a half inches in diameter.
And we've even some extreme cases where tires actually run
quite a bit larger than their advertised size.
And they come in at a 34 or 34 and a quarter in diameter.
While this isn't always an issue.
If you're looking to run a larger tire in your wheel wells,
then you're really going for that stuffed look,
then that extra half inch can make a big difference.
Not like this is the first time we've heard that as a truck
owner, but you know, sometimes it really do be like that.
Furthermore,
a tire may be 35 inches in diameter when it's not
on the wheel and not on the truck,
but once you actually get it seated
to the beat on the wheel,
and then you mount it to the truck, chances are,
you're going to see some sidewall squat at the bottom
of the tire
because, you know it's lugging around a little bit
of weight.
This is especially prevalent in diesels
because diesel engines are just, damn heavy!
This sidewall bulging causes a tire
to be shorter than the true advertised size
and can mean that you're not actually gaining a full
inter ground clearance going
from a 33 to a 35, for example, right?
Because if you're going up two inches,
you have half of that on the bottom,
half of them on the top, right? An inch and an inch,
but you're not gaining any ground clearance from the top.
So you only get one.
On top of the diameter differences tire widths
can cause some headaches as well,
if you're looking to buy wheels and tires,
When you align up 3 30X12/50OR's next to each other
in a row and bust out the old tape measure,
I wouldn't be surprised to find that not a single one
of those actually measures at 12 and a half inches wide.
This is because while there are general guidelines
in the world of tires and regulations,
there is no true regulation when it comes to how tires are
actually measured across the width of the tire.
For this reason,
some manufacturers are measuring casting width,
which is the width of the actual mold
when they're making tires.
Other guys are going to measure the width
of the tire sidewalls, right?
So the outside to outside with no actual tread pattern.
And then some guys are actually going to measure the actual
tread width of the tire as well.
Typically some of the more budget minded tires are going
to run a little bit on that smaller side,
while tires like the big daddy Ridge grappler
and trail grapplers are going to run true
to size or even a little bit larger than that.
Additionally, another company who typically runs really,
really square is Venom Power.
Seriously, if you guys have ever seen some
of Venom Power's 14 and a half inch wide tires,
then you know what we're talking about here,
those 1450s we put on Taylor's truck last year,
looked like a damn steamroller coming down the road.
So if that's what you're into,
they might be a good option for you.
Here's another one that you guys may not have thought of,
when you're looking at wheels and tires,
there's going to be a good chance that you're probably going
to look at the load rating of those tires.
This load rating is going to be a letter,
usually between C and F on truck tires
or A and E on car tires.
And it designates how many plies
or sheets of rubber are layered together, you know,
on like the sidewall of a tire
and the overall tire construction.
When I was a wee young lad, everyone!
And I mean,
everyone talked about how you had to have E rated tires.
If you wanted to tow, you had to have E rated,
E rated this.
E rated that.
Can I get some E ratings, please?
This simply meant that the E rated tire is consisted
of 10 total plies of rubber in the construction.
And while E may be for everyone in video games,
it's definitely not for everyone when it comes
to wheels and tires.
The issue here is that E rated tires may have the same plies
on the sidewall,
but they definitely don't all have the same rating
when it comes to weight capacity.
Quite simply, the quality of the materials,
how dense the rubber is,
what else it's mixed with and things like that nature
are really what determine what the load carry capacity
otherwise known as load index of a tire truly is.
For this reason, if you're shopping for your second,
your third, your fourth or even fifth set
of wheels and tires,
it's a good call to make sure that you look at that little
load rating index before you pull the trigger on a new set.
Also, fun fact for you here.
If you're on the Customoffsets website and you pick a tire
that maybe isn't load index for what your truck needs,
we'll actually throw you a warning that says,
Hey guy!
You probably don't want these.
Here's why, how neat is that?
And last,
but definitely not least one of the most critical mistakes
that you guys can make, even if you're a pro,
when you buy wheels and tires is to not get them mounted
and balanced for free at Customoffsets.com.
Seriously, ladies and gents.
If you've never struggled with this before,
let me help you out here.
There's nothing wrong with buying your
wheels and tire separately.
All right, you do what you gotta do,
where it gets tricky though,
is that once your wheels and your tires arrive
at your house, they're separated.
So, you gotta have some space to put on,
meaning that they're going to take up space in your garage,
which means then that your nice truck is parked outside much
like my Duramax right now in the snow.
And I hate it!
This is until you can get them taken care of, of course.
Furthermore, once they both arrive,
then you've got to take a day off of work.
You've got to load the wheels in the bed of the truck,
then you've got to load the tires in the bed of the truck.
Then you've got to run your local tire shop,
which is just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road.
And then you've got to unload all of it that you just loaded
up and then give them to the tire guy and pray to dear God
that the new hired hand that's behind the counter
doesn't scratch the hell out of your new TIS wheels
when he's putting your ridge scraps on,
it's stressful and you don't want it!
Let us make it easy on you here.
If you pick up a set of wheels and tires, we'll mount them,
we're going to balance them,
we're going to ship them to your door for free
at Customoffsets.
It's so easy!
Regardless, if this is your first set of wheels and tires
or your 15th set of wheels and tires,
it is a good idea to remember that not all tires are going
to be created equally, right?
Some are going to be taller than others.
And when it comes to width you're going to want
to have a tape measure
Better yet, if you need wheels and tires,
you can get them over at CUSTOMOFFSETS.COM.
What's the biggest mistake you guys have made
when buying wheels and tires?
Drop a comment down below.
And if you haven't yet, consider subscribing to the channel.
I'm Dustin with custom offsets.
We'll see you guys on the next one.
Peace!
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