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High quality steel wheels or alternative?

Discussion in '1st Gen. Tacomas (1995-2004)' started by Hamburgler_101, Mar 11, 2020.

  1. Mar 11, 2020 at 10:15 AM
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    Hamburgler_101

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    I’m currently running some steel wheels that I got used and painted. But they were starting to chip, and yesterday on a trail I bent one pretty good. There aren’t any marks on them to show who made them. At this point I just wanna buy 4 new matching ones. But all the ones I have looked at have awful reviews that they don’t hold a balance. Has anyone found a really good quality steel wheel or a alloy wheel that looks similar? I wanna keep the same 16x8. Any input is appreciated, thanks in advance for the help
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  2. Mar 11, 2020 at 10:31 AM
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    IMG_20191007_131834626.jpg I like the painted stock steelies.
    Should be available used from salvage yard.
     
  3. Mar 11, 2020 at 10:40 AM
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    Wulf

    Wulf no brain just damage

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    I picked up a Procomp steel wheel. It's nice and heavy and seems to be well enough made. FWIW the Soft 8 wheels seem to be sold under the Procomp/Vision/Cragar name but are likely all made by the same MFG.

    I haven't mounted a tire to be able to give feedback on how true they run/balance. And I won't likely be able to do that since I turned it into a beadlock wheel so any imperfections from the factory and my work (obviously none :luvya:) will compound. This is a 17x9 with 3.5" BS and it barely clears the caliper on the back of the holes dimpled edge.

    I believe @CS_AR bought a set of 15s or 16s and had clearance issues.

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  4. Mar 11, 2020 at 5:35 PM
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    The pro comp ones are the ones I was initially looking at actually. I just got scared off from all the bad reviews. I might just order them and hope they run true. My 16x8 barely clear the caliper. They are around 1/8” from touching. Anyone know what backspacing I would need to clear the Tundra 231 brakes?
     
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    Any write ups you know of about turning these into beadlocks?
     
  6. Mar 11, 2020 at 6:26 PM
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    Wulf

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    There are the instructions and some pics in my post as well. I'd be glad to answer any questions too.

    https://www.totalmetalinnovations.com/v/vspfiles/PDF/Beadlock install w-IACT.pdf

     
  7. Mar 11, 2020 at 8:43 PM
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    No complaints with my pro comp steelies

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  8. Mar 11, 2020 at 10:04 PM
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    Ray 10's are an option, look a bit like steelies and are great from what I hear but are quite expensive.
     
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  9. Mar 11, 2020 at 10:20 PM
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    Those Ray 10’s look very nice, unfortunately they don’t work with locking hub though. I’m in the middle of a 4x4 conversion with the manual hubs. It seems like quite a few people on here have pro comps with no problems so I will probably order a set. 4 wheel parts looks like they carry them in stock local so I might go buy them in store to check them out. Thank you to everyone for the advice! Also those DIY bead locks are pretty tempting. Might give that a shot down the line
     
  10. Mar 21, 2020 at 8:22 AM
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    Yep, stock steelies are the bomb.... and way durable 24F73746-4211-4C6E-9A92-15C75DA02BA0.jpg
     
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  11. Mar 21, 2020 at 8:32 AM
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    You might need a quarter inch spacer to clear the caliper. They like to rub the "spoke" area on steal wheels.
     

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