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[Clean07Burb]

Clean07burb, That esky is not mine. I do want to lower mine almost as low as that but im afraid ill smash my fenders. I am running 305/35/24 for tires and the color is called stealth gray.

Mines not quit as low as the one in your pic but I would like to go a little lower then it sits now but also dont want to hurt ride quality.

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I think the Esky in the pic is on bags. Just a guess, though. Thanks for the tire size. How bad does your rub, if at all?

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Clean07burb, That esky is not mine. I do want to lower mine almost as low as that but im afraid ill smash my fenders. I am running 305/35/24 for tires and the color is called stealth gray.

Mines not quit as low as the one in your pic but I would like to go a little lower then it sits now but also dont want to hurt ride quality.

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I think the Esky in the pic is on bags. Just a guess, though. Thanks for the tire size. How bad does your rub, if at all?

Oh, and don't remove the roof rack! Not on an Esky. Looks too classy with it. I swapped mine out FOR an Esky rack. Just my opinion, but I love them.

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So we're up to nine votes for TBSS and only two votes for 375's! Surprising!

 

[08grey]

35 tire height will vary slightly by brand. Do your research first.

 

[Clean07Burb]

35 tire height will vary slightly by brand. Do your research first.

Cool. Thanks for the tip, man. I'd more than likely go with Nitto NT420's. I love my current Toyo Proxes STII's, but it doesn't look like they're made in a 295/35/24, unfortunately. The only other tires I've found in 295/35/24 are some cheap ass brands like Lionheart, Lexani, etc., so it looks like the Nitto's would be my best bet for a high quality tire.

 

[Goodinblack]

Just get a really nice quality wheel like a Concavo

 

[08grey]

I liked my Lexani tires. They were good.

 

[Clean07Burb]

Just get a really nice quality wheel like a Concavo

Yeah, yeah! I've really got my heart set on another set of reps, just BIGGER.

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I liked my Lexani tires. They were good.

I know a lot of people run the Lexani tires, I just assumed it was because they were a cheap tire. I could be wrong, though.

 

[scryfst]

TBSS reps all the way. CK375's are everywhere! However, if you decide to part with your 22's I'll take them off your hands for my winter set-up.

24s are heavy overall.

Only 24 said to be light is the DUB Future

TBSS look awesome on any nnbs

That's one Badass wheel! Damn things have been on back order since late may

 

[Keanen55]

I vote for the TBSS reps myself! But both are some nice wheels!

 

[Deephaven]

You can count my vote based on what I bought. No brainer, but I am a bit biased. I like clean and simple. Only thing that would be better IMO is a 5 spoke. Less wheel = better look IMO.

24s are heavy overall.

Only 24 said to be light is the DUB Future

TBSS look awesome on any nnbs

My 24" TBSS wheels are more than a pound lighter than the 22" wheels that came on my truck. I do think the DUB future is about another pound off that. Of course weight follows my desire above in a wheel. Less metal also weighs less.

If your truck was lifted I'd do the CK's otherwise no.

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As an aside, I would have bought the DUB's if they came in polished aluminum. They didn't and the color choices they do come in just don't work with all the fake ass crap chrome that GM puts on the Escalade so I had to get a chrome wheel. I orginally ordered the polished aluminum TBSS reps, but those didn't get made in the first run so I had to swap for chrome

 

[Clean07Burb]

Damn! 10 votes for TBSS and only 2 votes for the 375's!

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TBSS reps all the way. CK375's are everywhere! However, if you decide to part with your 22's I'll take them off your hands for my winter set-up.

That's one Badass wheel! Damn things have been on back order since late may

Hey @scryfst, how you been, man? And I've got another guy interested in them if I do decide to let them go, but if things don't work out with him then you'll be my second call and they'll be yours. They'd actually make a really nice winter wheel set-up, especially on your Denali. Its such a beautiful color! They'd be a much better looking winter wheel than the PPV wheels I ran last winter! Lol. But at least that was before all the chrome when everything on my truck was still body color and they at least looked decent then.

You can count my vote based on what I bought. No brainer, but I am a bit biased. I like clean and simple. Only thing that would be better IMO is a 5 spoke. Less wheel = better look IMO.


My 24" TBSS wheels are more than a pound lighter than the 22" wheels that came on my truck. I do think the DUB future is about another pound off that. Of course weight follows my desire above in a wheel. Less metal also weighs less.

If your truck was lifted I'd do the CK's otherwise no.

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As an aside, I would have bought the DUB's if they came in polished aluminum. They didn't and the color choices they do come in just don't work with all the fake ass crap chrome that GM puts on the Escalade so I had to get a chrome wheel. I orginally ordered the polished aluminum TBSS reps, but those didn't get made in the first run so I had to swap for chrome

Deephaven, I figured the TBSS reps were lighter than the CK375's, but I had no idea they were THAT light. So your 24" TBSS reps w/ tires are over a pound lighter than your 22" standard spoked style Esky wheels w/ tires were? I'm really surprised at that because those Esky wheels have some pretty thin spokes, but I guess they're seven spoked vs the six spokes on the TBSS reps so that one less spoke is probably where the weight savings is coming from.

 

[01Konvict]

As far as tires, the nittos are great tires and made in USA. Also the company is owned by Toyo so either of those are great tires.

 

[Clean07Burb]

As far as tires, the nittos are great tires and made in USA. Also the company is owned by Toyo so either of those are great tires.

Yeah, I was pleasntly surprised to see that my Toyo's were Made In USA when I got them. Gotta love supporting companies whose products we make here at home.

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As far as tires, the nittos are great tires and made in USA. Also the company is owned by Toyo so either of those are great tires.

The only downside to the 295/35/24 Nitto NT420's is that they're expensive. I think I'll end up dropping somewhere around $1250 for the set. WAY more than my Toyo's were, and I consider the Toyo's to be just as good a tire. In fact, I like the tread pattern better. I only spent about $650 for all four 305/40/22 Toyo Proxes STII's. Not sure why the Nitto's are so pricey??

 

[Deephaven]

I wasn't comparing wheel weight with tire but without. The 24" TBSS are lighter than the stock 22" wheel.

As for the tire weight, my guess is that they are close. Losing 2" in diameter of rubber and gaining some width is about a wash and will depend on the tire. Either way that weight isn't as much of a concern to me as the difference will be closer. If the TBSS wheels were heavier I wouldn't have bought 24's. I am building this truck to drive aggressively every day and what hurts that as a compromise I will try to avoid.

 

[Clean07Burb]

I wasn't comparing wheel weight with tire but without. The 24" TBSS are lighter than the stock 22" wheel.

As for the tire weight, my guess is that they are close. Losing 2" in diameter of rubber and gaining some width is about a wash and will depend on the tire. Either way that weight isn't as much of a concern to me as the difference will be closer. If the TBSS wheels were heavier I wouldn't have bought 24's. I am building this truck to drive aggressively every day and what hurts that as a compromise I will try to avoid.

Ah, gotcha. I'd like to know the difference in weight between 24" TBSS and 24" CK375's. I'm sure the TBSS's would be lighter, but by how much I'm uncertain.

 

[Deephaven]

I'd guess a lot. 22" CK375 probably are close to stock weight if I go by looks.

 

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[Clean07Burb]

I'd guess a lot. 22" CK375 probably are close to stock weight if I go by looks.

You mean probably close to the weight of your stock 22" seven spoke Esky's? If that's what you mean, I'd guess the CK's are even heavier because they've got an eight spokes instead of only seven.

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Woo hoo! Another vote for the CK375's! I've been secretly hoping the CK's would win, but so far its not happening. Lol. I'm starting to change my mind, though, because the weight of the 24" TBSS being even lighter than my current 22" 375's is really appealing. Can't beat stepping up to a larger wheel and at the same time DECREASING rotational mass!

So that's 10 votes to TBSS and 3 votes to CK375. Damn I really wish I knew how to create a poll when I started this thread. Lol. I didn't see an option to do that.

 

[doc_sun]

Sorry I'm late to the party. CK375s!!!

 

[Clean07Burb]

Sorry I'm late to the party. CK375s!!!

Thanks for putting your vote in!

So far:

10 votes to TBSS and 4 votes to CK375

 

[LADenali]

I'm a fan of the smoothness of the TBSS rims, not to say the CK375s don't look bad either. TBSS wins by an inch