is there an marked advanatge of aftermarket rim verses stock other then the obvious of weight . I am thinking stock is stronger and being an novice wheeler stock might be better .

The backspacing is the most important thing. Unless you get aftermarket rims in the same backspacing, you'll be at a disadvantage. I have wheeled my stock rims hard for years with no problems. I am running 33's with stock rims.

what type of lift package are you running? . I just got started on my lift with add an leaf and then tort twist. Wow 33s nice have an pics?

I'm running 33's with stock rims....works great!



(My rims are not painted yellow like Dagger's though)

Yellow rims do help you go through deeper mud and pull you over bigger rocks.

The smooth surface of the painted wheels aids in the wheels cutting thru the mud...

If you bend a steelie it can be hammered back into shape.

If you break a stockie, you can buy another one for $25.

Ummmm..... where? I'll take 4....

-Matt

Steelie? (Stocky?)

The stealerships want around $250 a rim for the 16" alloys, on e-bay or here you can get four for closer to $200 - 300 ($50 - 75) each-ish)...depending upon condition, greed, etc.

Steelies are more like $25 a pop.

The stock alloy is pretty tough, anything can be broken, but, I haven't seen one break yet (I'm sure others have...they just didn't tell me )

If you paint them yellow though, they are impervious to damage....it intimidates the rocks.

I have been looking for 4 steel stock wheels.

I guess I haven't been looking hard enough...

25 bucks a pop sounds great to me!

-Matt

so 33s are the limit with 3" lift. can rememeber when people thought 31s were the shit . Oh wait thats me . Thanks Tj for your help . Still waiting to get the Po boy lift . I went with the add an leaf over the shackles

PML w/AAL not shackles is a less poor (More expensive), better on road/worse off road, but 1.5" higher way to go....I would have done just the shackle version myself.