Today was a total kick to the groin.
I showed up at the nearest Discount Tire, which is 75 miles away in this rural area. I arrived a half hour early, which is good because I don't know how completely archaic and complicated their computer system is, but it took 15 minutes of standing there while the guy clicked constantly on his keyboard before I could actually hand over the keys and walk out the door.
I walked a block to my favorite Mexican restaurant and ordered my favorite lunch; the shrimp chimichanga. I was told that the install and all that would take an hour.
The Chimichanga had shrunk quite a bit in the few months since the last time I'd been there...
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After I finished my meal and my beer while browsing my phone for a headache rack for about an hour, my phone rings and it is Discount Tire. I assume it is them calling to let me know that my truck is done.
Nope. They had bad news.
They informed me that the wheels do not fit my truck. They said the bolt pattern is fine, and the offset is fine, but the wheels hit the brake calipers. Crap.
I walked back to the shop and the manager explained that it was really common for these new trucks with upgraded braking systems to not work with normal wheels. I pulled up the Summit Racing website on my phone and did a search for wheels that supposedly fit my truck and my exact wheels came up. He said they have seen this before with various wheel manufacturers who don't check the new upgrades to larger calipers and such.
He also pointed out that the wheels I bought were rated at only 2600lbs per wheel, which was a 10,400lb total. My truck's GVWR is 10,000lb. He said those rims are just not adequate for my vehicle and they never should have sold me them based on the weight rating alone.
So, I at least got to see my new tires in person...
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We returned to the computer and after another half hour of clicking away, he located a set of rims that I was happy with and got them ordered. I have to make the 150-mile round trip next week to get them and my tires installed.
They are a Mickey Thompson Classic II wheel in black...
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17 x 8 rim with a zero offset and 3500lb per wheel capacity.
They will offer a somewhat retro look while being lighter and stronger than the factory wheels.
Now, I have to contact Summit Racing and try and get refunded and arrange to have the wheels sent back. If I had to start over, I would have just gone with the MT rims in 17x9 and the same tires in a 37". Maybe in a couple of years.
I'll check back in next week when hopefully I can get everything installed.
