Builds wiseinvestor's budget build of "Big Slick" (8 Viewers)

[wiseinvestor]

I used the claim and purchased a new set of K03 and put them on my son's Nissan Titan Pro x4 which just happens to have 275/70R18 as well.
I decided to try a different tire and purchased 5 Toyo Open Country ATIII.
Toyed with going bigger as my bp51s and lift would easily allow it. But ultimately decided it wasn't necessary.

I thru the tires on the factory wheels for a minute while I refreshed my 5 year old poor man heritage wheels.
First on road impression of the tires are that they are loud as hell and feel lighter. They spec taller but they don't give off that impression.

I replace all 5 tpms with oem while I had the rubber off. My tire shop (belle) told me they couldn't program them. I went by Discount Tire and they came out and did it for free in about 10 min. Looks like discount tire will be getting my next tire order.

 

[wiseinvestor]

Wheels. After 5 years they had accumulated some battle scars.

So I just decided to repeat what I did originally. Sandblast and respray with prismatic powder.

My diy caps lasted 5 years before I lost one, so I'm just going to do them again.

We'll talk about it again in 2030.

Cruisers on the Rocks 5 is later this month... so Ill be scratching stuff up again in no time.
Cheers

 

[wiseinvestor]

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[kcjaz]

Wheels. After 5 years they had accumulated some battle scars.

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So I just decided to repeat what I did originally. Sandblast and respray with prismatic powder.

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Did you DIY the powder coat? I messed up one of my new bronze wheels on my Taco. I just bought a new one because getting it blasted and PC’d was going to take too much time and cost about the same as buying a new wheel.

 

[wiseinvestor]

I had a shop do it. Per wheel it was $50 bucks for the sandblasting. $100 for the powder coating. Unless you can get the factory powder codes you could have a hard time getting it to match. I bet the new wheel wasn't cheap.

 

[kcjaz]

I had a shop do it. Per wheel it was $50 bucks for the sandblasting. $100 for the powder coating. Unless you can get the factory powder codes you could have a hard time getting it to match. I bet the new wheel wasn't cheap.

It was $240 so not stupid expensive but not cheap either. I figured repowder coating would be $200 and I’d have trouble matching the color.

 

[wiseinvestor]

It was $240 so not stupid expensive but not cheap either. I figured repowder coating would be $200 and I’d have trouble matching the color.

Sounds like you made the right choice.