Oobs (gmt400) Tahoe Z71 Wheels On K1500

NFSGamerUSA · September 4, 2008

How do you guys think these would look on my truck?

Here's my truck (well, as of six months ago):

Picturing it in my head they would look quite nice, but I wanted to see what you guys thought.

tobias · September 4, 2008

If you are getting new, more aggressive tires, those will look fine. If you are keeping the same tires, stick with the stockers. IMO.

Are the offsets compatible? What year are those wheels from?

NFSGamerUSA · September 4, 2008

If you are getting new, more aggressive tires, those will look fine. If you are keeping the same tires, stick with the stockers. IMO.

Are the offsets compatible? What year are those wheels from?

I would put the LTX M/S tires on there for now and put on BFGoodrich A/Ts once they wear out. They were used on the first four-door Tahoe Z71s, I think from '99-00. From what I've found, the size and bolt spacing are identical to the regular 4WD wheels like what I already have. Considering they were mounted on the same generation Tahoe Z71s as my truck, I'm assuming the offsets are the same.

Here is omegafilter's old Tahoe Z71 with BFG A/Ts, that's what the wheels are from:

tobias · September 4, 2008

How long before the LTX's wear out? IMO, you are going to need the aggressiveness of an A/T to pull that look off. They look great wrapped in BFG's though.

Zembonez · September 4, 2008

Those are the Alcoa wheels from the Z71 Tahoe. They have a pretty severe positive offset. I think I'd try one on to make sure but they look really good.

NFSGamerUSA · September 5, 2008

Those are the Alcoa wheels from the Z71 Tahoe. They have a pretty severe positive offset. I think I'd try one on to make sure but they look really good.

What would the side effects be besides them possibly looking weird? I'd definitely get an alignment done. Did GM put on some type of spacer so that they looked right, or was the hub used different from the regular 4WD hub?

The LTX M/Ss have quite a bit of life left in them, IMO. I'd most definitely put them on black wall out with those wheels (they came white wall out when I bought the truck, I just don't care enough to flip them), so that'd help a bit. What tires came stock on the Tahoe Z71s of that generation?

I don't know if I'll be buying these very soon, but I think I'd like to get them sometime down the line, at least if I could find them for a cheap price. I found a guy on FSC selling a set for really cheap, although his thread was over a year old. I PMed him last night to ask about them since they still hadn't been sold as of the last post in his thread.

EDIT: Just checked my PMs, and they had been sold. I guess it'll be a while before I get a set.

Zembonez · September 5, 2008

EDIT: Just checked my PMs, and they had been sold. I guess it'll be a while before I get a set.

That sucks that they sold! Did a little checking and it looks like they will fit on your truck without hitting anything. I think they have about 10mm more offset which isn't too bad but they would be a small amount further inside than your existing wheels. (should you find another set that is)

NFSGamerUSA · September 5, 2008

EDIT: Just checked my PMs, and they had been sold. I guess it'll be a while before I get a set.

That sucks that they sold! Did a little checking and it looks like they will fit on your truck without hitting anything. I think they have about 10mm more offset which isn't too bad but they would be a small amount further inside than your existing wheels. (should you find another set that is)

Yeah, well it had been over a year. There's a set on eBay for $400 shipped, which too unreasonable (is it?), but it seems like people sell off their factory wheels for a bit less than that. The guy on FSC was selling them for $100 plus shipping. He said they had a few scratches, but even then that's quite a steal! I guess I could just get spacers for them if necessary. I plan on getting 285/75-16 BFG A/Ts for my next set of tires, so if I were to mount those on the Tahoe Z71 wheels a spacer would probably be necessary. I suppose I'll just wait until I need new tires before looking into wheels, anyway. A Black Bear tune and Line-X bed liner are in front of these wheels in line unless I can find another $100 set!

dlobi · October 2, 2008

check on craigslist !

A lot of yahoos are putting 24 and 26 inch rims on their Yukons, Tahoes, etc and selling the good factory wheels/tires cheap.

NFSGamerUSA · October 2, 2008

check on craigslist !
A lot of yahoos are putting 24 and 26 inch rims on their Yukons, Tahoes, etc and selling the good factory wheels/tires cheap.

I doubt I'd have much luck around here, as the GMT400 Tahoe Z71s are rare enough as it is. The GMT800s are another story, though. My friend's Tahoe Z71 is one of AT LEAST three white Tahoe Z71s (not counting Suburban Z71s) in our neighborhood. My neighbor across the street has a black one, too. They're more common than the regular models. I suppose I'll at least take a look, though. There was a set on eBay for $400 shipped for the set of wheels only, but even at that low price, I'd like to spend less.

NFSGamerUSA · November 20, 2009

Well, sorry to bump up an old thread, but I finally found some and am picking them up Sunday. I'm paying $250 for the set and they come with all of the caps and lug nuts (though I'll need some new lug nut caps since a few are cracked), plus 305/75-16 BFGoodrich Mud-Terrain T/A KM tires with null tread ("20%"). The wheels are in great shape, too, and they're just over a mile from my house! Having patience as well as putting off homework pays off!

So, back to the offset issue: does anyone know for sure that the offset is much different than my current wheels. I doesn't seem like it'd be that much since the regular 4WD Tahoes came with the wheels I currently have, and I strongly doubt the Z71 Tahoes' suspension components are any different except for the shocks.

Oh, and should I run whitewalls in or out? I guess I was pretty sure on whitewalls in back when I made this, but I'm undecided now.