mixing brands of wheels

I got a good deal on some new polished wheels to replace the crappy durabrights on my trailer, only thing is the polished wheels are Accurides and the others are Alcoa. Any issues with mating the two brands together? I thought I read somewhere not to do that but was wondering if it's more of a liability protection statement or if there is something more to it?

 

I hear you, nothing worse than mismatched rims. I always make sure the outside wheels match on my personal equpiment. I know an outfit that on almost all their trucks they run modular style Alcoa durabrights on the drives and the Frieghtliner style polished wheels on the steers, it looks terrible IMO. I don't even like to mix small hole wheels with large hole.

 

Should look good, all outside wheels on truck/trailer will be large hole modular style polished wheels.

I'm going to take the durabrite wheels and have what's left of the coating sanded off and then re polish the wheels for future use.

 

They were on my trailer and lasted about 2yrs before they really started getting dull. Passenger side is worse than drivers side. I do drive a lot of gravel but limit my speed to 15 mph or less which eliminates most of the rock throwing and dust being kicked up so I'm pretty positive that the dirt kicked up off the highway shoulders is what ruined the finish. They are now 6yrs old and the passenger side wheels have a slight amount of shine left around the face but the dished section looks like a wheel that has been sandblasted and never polished.

People say they last longer on the tractor but my truck had the Accuride version on it when I bought it and they looked good from 10ft away but up close they look rough. The truck was 4yrs old and has 300k on it when I bought it. IMO, unless you trade every couple of years or don't care if the wheels shine really good don't waste your money on coated wheels.