Posted by Marty on Thursday, November 25, 2004 at 12:09PM :
In Reply to: Re: Took A Picture Of My New Wheels I Made.... posted by Allen Patnode on Thursday, November 25, 2004 at 9:41AM :
Allen,
Those wheels are off a 1990 Chev P30 Milk Truck!
I did some machining on them to make them fit so that I could run 19.5" Tires.
These trucks come with 17" rims & there's just no acceptable tire available in this size & since the 2006 is rumoured to be changing to 18" rims...I doubt there ever will be.
The 17" tires it came with are 6ply tires made for a Cadillac Escalade or the like. They wear out in 20K miles & are expensive.
The 19.5's I installed are 14ply & rated for 5000lbs each...they'll easily go over 100K.
If anyone wants these rims for their truck you can buy them new for $125ea (Accuride #29015) & the machining will cost less than $100.
Yes, I sandblasted & painted them...the new ones come in grey powder coat.