Wheel /Tire/which combo?
I have never seen anything posted on this so here goes. If you were going to upgrade your tire/wheel combo to haul more weight, which would you go with? 1) Vision 81A Heavy hauler 19.5" Rims with s...
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I'm sorry but I have to post this although I got a lot of flack the first time.And I will probably get flack this time also,so be it.
I wanted to up grade to 19.5 so I got some Vision wheels and tires. Other than the tire selection on 19.5 tires ie: drive and steer,which you will get used to.There is the way Vision wheels are made.If you look at the back of the wheel you will notice that where the wheel is machined behind the lug holes there is a recess to allow for the clip on the lug stud that is to hold the drum or rotor and installed from the truck manufacturer. This clip is removed and discarded whenever you have a brake job and is only need during the manufacturing of the truck.This is where the problem arises. As there is a void between where the lug nut meets the mounting surface of the rotor/drum it does allow for a solid connection between the 2. In short,if a tire shop or other person should over tighten the lugs they will pull through the wheel thus making them useless.This happened to me when I bought my Vision wheels. It got me to thinking,what would happen if one of the wheels was damaged while I was driving and I wasn't aware of it. This did happened to me but to there credit Vision replaced the wheel. But I was not willing to take that chance while hauling my camper so I sold the tires and wheels at a loss and stayed with my stock 18" wheels and got some Toyo"s rated at 4080 lbs.
I am only posting this so as people that use aftermarket wheels are aware of the problems that can occur.
I wanted to up grade to 19.5 so I got some Vision wheels and tires. Other than the tire selection on 19.5 tires ie: drive and steer,which you will get used to.There is the way Vision wheels are made.If you look at the back of the wheel you will notice that where the wheel is machined behind the lug holes there is a recess to allow for the clip on the lug stud that is to hold the drum or rotor and installed from the truck manufacturer. This clip is removed and discarded whenever you have a brake job and is only need during the manufacturing of the truck.This is where the problem arises. As there is a void between where the lug nut meets the mounting surface of the rotor/drum it does allow for a solid connection between the 2. In short,if a tire shop or other person should over tighten the lugs they will pull through the wheel thus making them useless.This happened to me when I bought my Vision wheels. It got me to thinking,what would happen if one of the wheels was damaged while I was driving and I wasn't aware of it. This did happened to me but to there credit Vision replaced the wheel. But I was not willing to take that chance while hauling my camper so I sold the tires and wheels at a loss and stayed with my stock 18" wheels and got some Toyo"s rated at 4080 lbs.
I am only posting this so as people that use aftermarket wheels are aware of the problems that can occur.
