Ford, GM and Chrysler cash in on posh pickups
......... Detroit is cashing in -- and not necessarily because of brands like Lincoln and Cadillac. Rather, it's because of high-end pickup truck and SUVs. The "luxe truck" phenomenon, dressed-up ...
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DirtyOil wrote:Driven by the fashion statement crowd...
Am expecting the Lambo like swing up door kits to make it big this year. A kid
down the street has that setup on his Escalade and draws a crowd whenever he gets in/out...
20's are now OEM
Like on one thread someone was stating that a passenger side view mirror was
over a thousand bucks. Gads...it is a mirror !?!
All the more potential failure points, IMHO
Yes in your time dated humble opinion... 18/20" rims required now a days due to the larger brakes found on "modern" vehicles... unlike your 96 burb with its itsy bitsy 16" wheels or your 80 chevy 1/2 ton with its even smaller 15" rims...with larger tow/hual caps with the "modern" vehicles, larger brakes are required to stop em.... your itsy bitsy teeny weeny brakes from yester-year wouldn't... couldn't stop today's "modern" vehicles! Hardly a "fashion statement"!
As for cost of replacement parts... all relative...betcha in 1980 that driver side mirror was a heck of an expense at that time as it is now. Love how some continue to try and get us to swallow the old ... "had to walk 10 miles up hill both ways to school every day... and in a blinding snowstorm at -55 degrees..." :B
Agreed... The larger diameter wheels accommodate large diameter Rotors.
