New wheels installed with pics (56k warning)

[dale_gribble]

Here it is... I know you guys don't care much for the shiny wheels here, but truth be told, this truck is my toy hauler/fam hauler and only sees light off roading. I just thought I would share anyways. I really like how it flattened the sidewalls of the BFG's out- they were ballooning with the 17x9s. The handling feels better too. I am happy with them. I think 17" is a great wheel size and am happy I stayed with this size. You will have to give me a break on the pics- it's snowing and cold today.

My next mod is gonna be a 2 1/2" - 3" cowl hood and then from then on, its time to focus on the drivetrain.

 

[walla2k5]

Stay outta tha hood....

 

[dale_gribble]

???

Oh the 'hood' as in ghetto 'hood'. I got confused since I mentioned a cowl hood.

I live in a rural part of Northern UT, with a job that only takes me a few miles away. Not too many ghettos around. I have done all I can do in terms of wheels locks and stuff.

I have a big advantage since it is hard to stuff 37s on lowrider Tahoes, trucks and Escalades. That would be one hella big 'donk'...

 

[Chevy305]

tits on a bull

No just kidding, but in order to pull off those wheels you need more bling on your burb

 

[Goose]

Very nice, since you have a Silverado package it all works.

 

[BKinzey]

If you like 'em that's all that matters. I think they look fine.

 

[Confedneck79K30]

very, very nice truck, me thinks you should paint the hub the same color as the plastic hub face...

 

[cbbr]

Nice Burb.

 

[burban89]

Clean truck looks good

 

[Hogback Fabrication]

I like 'em!

 

[83ZZ502_Jimmy]

Very nice burb!

 

[dale_gribble]

Thanks guys! It feels pretty intimidating on this site to have a truck without 1 ton running gear, lockers, all 4 doors still and no trail damage. There is a place for all types here!

I decided to wave the cowl hood and just bought a set of these- Thorley headers with y-pipe. Headers are 14ga, y-pipe is custom made for 4-6" lift, and the rep claims 30-40lb/ft torque around 2100 with decent gains above and below that. With this setup, my exhaust will be totally custom- Thorley Headers-Thorley y-pipe-3" pipe-High Flow 3" in/out cat-straight 3" shot to 40 series delta flow 3" in/out-3" mandrel bent tailpipe-ss tip.

After these, I need to get into burning my own chips and doing it WELL so I can start working on a better cam, intake and head combo. This truck has an Edelbrock MPFI setup in it's future.

 

[dale_gribble]

My goal is to get a totally streetable and reliable 300HP and 360-380lb/ft torque.

 

[4xcrazy]

Nice wheels, i was looking at some very similar, but with more spokes,,,,like 8 of them along with 8 lugs too

ended up going with H2's though,,,

 

[eclipse]

Looks good on there. If your old ones with 17x9s what are these?

 

[dale_gribble]

These are 17x10s.

 

[muddybuddy]

do you have any before pics with the older rims? looks great