24x14 Offroad Wheels On An AT4

[Chad G 1979]

Looks nice, but did you turn your wheels to full stop in both directions? If not, it sure doesnt look like you have room for those without either putting a lift on your ride, or some major bodywork.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

Looks nice, but did you turn your wheels to full stop in both directions? If not, it sure doesnt look like you have room for those without either putting a lift on your ride, or some major bodywork.

I was able to turn the wheels, but not full turns. I have no problem widening the wheel well, so that's an option I'm willing to take.

I'm not one of those guys that needs a new car every few years, so this Yukon is a keeper. At this point, I need to assess what is the best method to widen the wheel well. I'm in no rush, so I have no deadline to make it happen right away.

 

[Fast_AT4]

Lazy powder shop owner or lack of tools/knowledge on how to do 2-tone. Yeah, just do them all in one color and be done...lol. You'll get it all worked out. That is some BEEFY setup. What was that old show theme intro...were venturing in the uncharted areas or something to that effect. #Props

 

[mikew2069]

Obviously to each his own but I think you could easily roll with the wheels color pattern as is. They look great on the test fit.

I recently dropped wheels at a powder coater. I asked about doing the barrels gloss black and the face satin black and it was twice the cost to do two colors because they basically have to do it twice. As with everything in this world, it only takes money. I'm cheap so I opted for all satin black, lol.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

Obviously to each his own but I think you could easily roll with the wheels color pattern as is. They look great on the test fit.

I recently dropped wheels at a powder coater. I asked about doing the barrels gloss black and the face satin black and it was twice the cost to do two colors because they basically have to do it twice. As with everything in this world, it only takes money. I'm cheap so I opted for all satin black, lol.

That's not a bad option (all satin black), except it's been done before, and by many. These wheels are two-piece, so if I took the time to do so, I could unbolt the center hubs and just send the barrels out for powder coating. The center hub is machined with a dark clear tint, so it really brings out the swirls and grooves in the metal. It's got me thinking of just doing the barrels only and leaving the center hubs.

 

[R32driver]

I'm curious to see where this goes but I honestly don't see you pulling those wheels off with anything less than a 6" lift and that might not even be enough. I was at a cars n coffee meetup yesterday and there was an escalade there with a very aggressive wheel setup like that and it had probably a 12" lift on it

 

[Eusibius2]

I'm really interested in seeing where these land, too. Just happy to be part of the journey and discovery.

Love the knobby tires, those look great. And the wheels are really slick too.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

I will end up cutting into the fender for more turning space for sure. I've been thinking long and hard about it these last few days, and I'm not turning back now... Now I have to source some shops that might be willing to take up the challenge.

One this is for sure, these are very heavy wheels for being aluminum. Big brakes will eventually follow, but not anytime soon.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

Today I drove over to the top powder coater's shop and he saw the rims for himself. Like the other shop, he was impressed by the factory tinted clear over the machined finish... but sadly, he said he also couldn't do what I was trying to achieve. He said it's difficult to mask because it's a two-piece wheel with small gaps between the barrel and hub. He said my best course of action would be to take it to a rim shop and have them disassemble the rims and send out the barrels to be powder coated. Otherwise, if I chose to do it my way, it would be astronomically expensive.

So, my next course of action is to contact a rim repair shop not to far from home and see if they can disassemble and powder coat the rims. If not, I'm going to leave the rims as-is and focus on getting the body modified to accommodate the rims, and be done with it. And if that's the case, I'll just have everything mounted and balanced and hand them and the vehicle over to the custom fabricator and say "make them fit"... okay just kidding, I'm not packing that kind of swagger or cash.

I'll keep you guys posted as usual.

 

[Dlayne]

“First off... My truck, my rules. That's all that matters.”

Totally respect that, not trying to be a dick, but always wanting to learn. Is this strictly personal preference or is there a functional component to that wheel set-up? Respect either way. Thx.