What rims on 2000 Freightliner FLD, aluminum or steel

I had some steelies sand blasted primed and painted a few years back; think it was $25 per.
I'd powder coat them if I was to do it again. That'd last a lot longer.

 

Buy Aluminum; if you need to save a little$ right now clean/paint 4 of the steel ones and place on the inside, just make sure you use the nylon seal between the two different metals.
If you do clean and paint the steel, use black, stands out less than white against the outer aluminum.

 

Aluminum will save a bunch of weight, but other than that, there is no real difference.

 

Make sure you got enough lug nut engagement?

Sometimes trucks that came with steel wheels have short wheel studs. Aluminum wheels are much thicker.

 

What he said,

I just spent 200.00 plus a bunch of time replacing studs to mount all aluminum wheels on the back axles. My truck had steel inner wheels and the studs were too short. If your truck had steel wheels confirm the studs are long enough to secure an aluminum wheel BEFORE you make a choice.

Steve

 

To easy to fix bad or short studs, especially if you plan on going all aluminum later.
Don't let that deter you if you're needing an upgrade.

 

My trailer, 2008 Reitneour, has short studs. I'll have to do that when I finish paying for it so I can put aluminum on. Without changing, I think they're long enough for steel inside aluminum outside

 

On an entire truck you're talking a huge difference in weight.

Not to mention, aluminum never rusts to look like hell. If you don't want to polish just leave them gray.... Once in a while have the beacon monkeys hit them with brighter and then they look good again... Super easy.

Steel rims freaking suck imo, they turn into ugly rust pits and add a ton of weight to the truck. You lose the whole way around.

Ahhh darn.



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