That’s a fair comment. But while I’m not an auto mod enthusiast, I have been an enthusiast for other things, and have found that shop A may be pushing giant brand bikes because that’s their partner, shop B is pushing brand Y of this widget even though its crap. Basically, I don’t know who the coke and Pepsi are for aftermarket wheels and what’s available is confusing.

Thanks for that. Good to see two reputable manufacturers referenced.

See, I don’t know enough to know if this is a snarky comment or not. Either way, some link to here are reputable wheel brands would be a helpful resource.

That guy is on fire. Thanks. And to be sure, I don’t want a lift, I do want my tires not to rub. Which is why I’d like to stay stock wheel size and close (I guess) to stock offset. I can’t imagine my needs requiring an aggressive tire.

Wow. Thank you so much for taking the time to write this. The three manufacturing recs are awesome. The explanations are even better, honestly this should be like a pinned post in the page reference section. I need to reread your section on interplay of offset and backspacing. I get the offset concept, I know the stock is 15, so it’s “tucked” more than offsets that approach zero or move to negative. I imagine if the only wheel variable you changed was the width of the wheel and no other geometry, like a 17 x 7 to a 17 x8, then the offset would inherently change as you’ve added a half inch to each side of the wheel.

Honestly, I feel like after reading I at least have enough vocab to have a meaningful discussion at a 4 x 4 parts store. Thanks for taking the time to help a stranger.

For what it’s worth, my ultimate vision is like a better stock truck, or like a stock plus. So maybe marginally less positive offset but not super aggressive, a dark gray or black wheel that can take a little abuse, capable shocks and springs, and some sliders as opposed to running boards.

Ya ya ya. New guy here. Are the wheels wider too? In addition to the offset being closer to 0 instead of 15, I see almost no wheels that are 7 in wide.

Thanks 🙏

Thanks for weighing in, 3k/wheel is more than I want to spend whether or not they are good. Appreciate method reference, they’ve got cool stuff and a “no rubbing” search filter. Which is helpful.