OLDSKEWL Steelies

Lock, correct me if I'm wrong...

1. The steel wheels are thinner than the aluminum ones. So, if you machine a steel wheel, there's barely enough material left on the wheel to hold it together. That spells wheel failure.

2. If you use a 19.5, 22.5 or 24.5 wheel and try to stretch a 19, 22 & 24 inch tire over them, the tire will fail. Eventually. If you use the correct size tire, they are okay, but no one makes a really lo-pro tire in half sizes. At least not what we would call "lo-pro".

Bottom line: Stock steel wheels, with the correct size tire mounted on them are safe. However, modifying a steel wheel or using a wrong sized tire spells D-A-N-G-E-R. Steel wheels are a no-go for our applications.

Which is kinda a bummer, cause I sorta like the steel wheel look. Very industrial.

thats what i wanted to kno, every bit of that the whole thread was just summed up thanks guys, yall kno what to do now

is there an alum wheel out that looks like a steelie?
Hey ryan i know where a dually for sale is...

Campy pretty much said it all above...Stretching a bead on a tire is a nono...They make certain tire sizes for a reason...Aluminum wheels that are machined are safe as any other aluminum or billet wheel on the road today...

Guilty there are some aluminum wheels that look like the steelies...I can buy them used but have yet to find them new...They come in the 2 hand holes, 5 hand holes, and 6 hand holes...

some 2's wouild be the sssshiiat

For real...I'd straight up paint them white too!!!!

im glad i read this, i have some steelies i was gonna put on the pink dually, looks like they are scrap now...

very good idea to scrap them...

The steelie 19.5's you see on most stock GM heavy trucks, this will ONLY be on the 3500 HD and heavier, are 10 lug. On the front of the 3500 HD they only use 5 of the lugs, on the rear all 10.

Ricksons and probably some other companies offer both steel and aluminum 19.5's in 8 lug to direct bolt to a "regular" one ton. By the way they cost a freakin' mint!

I have 19.5 steelies off an old heavy step van, they're 8 lug. Not too many of these around since most of the step vans you see are regular 1 ton 16's.

Richard