About 2 months ago I leveled my F350 after putting on a winch that made the front sag, and the stock Rugged Trails looked waaaay to tiny. So I ordered up some BFG A/Ts on black ProComp 7005s. Now winters in CT get pretty bad with all the snow, and I know those A/Ts will perform better than the Rugged Trails. However, I'm not sure about the alloy wheels vs. my stock XL steel wheels. Will the salt and sand destroy these rims?

 

i think the black will handle it waaay better than the polished eagle alloys i have

 

Thats semi encouraging haha but I'm a little bit more concerned with whether or not it will cause any damage at all. I understand that every day my wheel is damaged ect, but will the salt eat these up or will they be okay?

 

Swap your wheels/tires out for a set of stockers with decent AT treads. Save yourself the trouble of learning the hard way that many aftermarket wheels are coated/plated with minimally durable finishes.

In the mountains of NH, where I live. It's not unusual to see nice lifted trucks running stock wheels/tires. Ya, they look small, but who cares.

 

im running my ealge alloys this winter. just keep em polished. last year in NJ we didnt have a bad winter at all

 

I'm running my Pro Comp 7005's this winter along with my BFG AT KO's. I just got them put on a couple months ago and just don't feel like using the stock wheels. Besides, the tires on the stock wheels i have now are crap, and the wheels are 17's vs the 18's i have now. I'm not about to go buy another set of tires when i just paid $1160 for a set of BFG's. The way i see it is, the wheels are black and should hold up good as long as they are cleaned often, which i dont mind doing. I think they will be fine as long as they are taken care of.

I've personally gone through hell trying to get these wheels balanced out right, and i'm still waiting for one replacement wheel if 4wheelparts ever gets one in for me. They keep telling me backorder!! Which is basically another reason why i'm not even going to bother switching them out. If you want to play it safe and really don't want to worry about it at all, then i would suggest taking svt2205's advice.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

 

I just swapped my pro comp 6079 to my stock wheels for winter. Trust me Road salt will destroy alloy wheels.

 

Polished alloys don't really like road salt in the winter. I still run em year-round anyway. Just start the winter with em clean and throw on a couple good heavy coats of wax. Wash em down every couple weeks and maybe redo the wax at least once over the winter and they should survive fine.

The OP mentioned he's running black coated rims. Those should hold up better to the salt spray but (unless they're a matte finish) I'd do the wash/wax treatment on them as pre-winter prep anyway. If they're matte finished I don't know what a person could do to help keep them away from the salt.

 

i use the mothers aluminum polish.boy do they shine! im gonna invest into the powerball mothers has to speed it up a bit

 

as long as you dont let the salt stay on them youll be fine,(wash em like once a week) down here when the town heres the word snow they coat the roads with like an 1 inch of salt!

 

Here's a trick if you are going to run polished or chrome wheels in the winter coat you wheels in a couple coats of paste floor wax and grease on top of that in the spring just use some kerosene to clean up, I learned that from a buddy's dad always worked great for him

 

Ideally, it's great to have a set of winter wheels/tires. But if you are stuck- here are my recommendations starting with thebest...
1. Powder coat the rims in clear
2. spray the rims with wheel-lac (a clear coating designed for rims
3. wash the rims real good and apply a very thin coat of vasoline to them

 

Ideally, it's great to have a set of winter wheels/tires. But if you are stuck- here are my recommendations starting with thebest...
1. Powder coat the rims in clear
2. spray the rims with wheel-lac (a clear coating designed for rims
3. wash the rims real good and apply a very thin coat of vasoline to them

 

Yeah same here in North PA, Winter is coming early though and may be a bad one this year so, keep up on the polishing.