robbie said:
Let me start something here. Why do you want the old heavy fuel robbing steel wheel any way? The last several years of real hard wheeling I have done and all the miles I have acculumated so far tell me I have no need for the steel wheel to date. the Alloy ones have done every thing I needed and not broken, or ended up wobbly. Maybe it time to come into the twenty centry and give up steel. dan have you ever had to bend a steel wheel back yet, or replace a alloy one for any one you know that wheel? I personally have only seen a couple of steel wheels bent up bad, where I have only seen one broken alloy wheel (aftermarket) broken where it could not be used. I have not seen any toyota stock wheel destroyed, (not to say that does not happen, I have not seen any yet from wheeling). Just a thought or two. later robbie
Hi Robbie,
good points but simple answer for me: $$
Alloy wheel new: $pipe dream
Alloy wheel used: at least $100 each if you're lucky
OEM LC steel new: $110
OEM LC steel used: can't find it
Aftermarket LC Steelie new: $70 or so in 16x8
All the new ones above have either tax or shipping
Tundra/T100 etc alloy new: $unaffordable
Tundra alloy used: $100 plus each
Tundra steel used: $25 or so.
You can find used Tundra steelies very cheap around, nobody into bling bling wants them.
So, by getting used Tundra steelies you save at least $300 for 5 -or much more- which makes getting a second set of wheels more affordable which in turn means you can save fuel and rubber by running your heavy wheelin' tires only for those special days...
Of course, I would have used the OEM alloys if I was just changing tires and having only one set.
E