ok so some of you might have read about my bad luck with my wheel and leveling kit selections

well anyway 4WP calls me today letting me know if they have an 18x9 6 on 135 black XD hoss's anywhere in the U.S.

turns out they dont and will be out of stock for 3 MONTHS!!!!!!

anyway he told me about the new XD badlands in black chrome and i looked them up online. Now typically i hate chrome and even though its black it still takes alot of cleaning etc. after looking at the picture however i kind of like them but i would want a photoshop on my car before i went with them.

heres a pic


so really i have a few options

a) i can go with the wheels pictured above for the same price as the hoss'

b) i can go with the bronze XD hoss if a get a different lug pattern

c) i can continue to wait for the 7005's

d) i could go with the XD ambush if they make my lug pattern (dont know how i think of them though)

e) i could get any wheel in chrome and just have it powder coated


So what do you guys think? heres a few pictures of everything



truck before AS kit



truck with bronze XD hoss

 

Hoss' are my favs with the Badlands a close second. the ambushes aren't bad but look like mini-monsters to me.

 

yeah im actually thinking i could just get the hoss in chrome and then have them powder coated?

 

I love the Badlands and Ambush wheels! Honestly, I don't care for the bronze finished wheels on your truck.

 

yeah i really like the badlands too but i really dont want black chrome, i could go get the PC'd flat black

 

ugh im stuck

 

i like the badlands over the Hoss, and like you said you can always have them powder coated flat black

 

i like the badlands better than the ambush. neighbor has hoss's in chrome on his blue vortec max. they look good, so if there worth it to you wait.

 

yeah its really the choice between the hoss powdercoated black or the badlands powder coated black now i think

 

well i talked to the powder coating place today and they said that to sandblast and powder coat them it would be $85 a wheel, but he said since they are chrome they cannot guarantee adhesion and would probably cost $40-50 to go get them de-chromed

so basically i would be spending alot of money, wayy more than i want so idk

 

i have the pro comp knight chrome which is black chrome and they are easy to keep clean. just some soap and water, no scrubbing or polishing.

 

from the picture they look good but i just dont know without seeing them in person. i think the look of matte black would look better on my truck the more i think about it.

even the hoss' seem too shiny

 

i really like the black badlands and think they would look the best

 

ahh i know they look good in the picture but i was trying to stay looking for like an off road truck kinda, black chrome kinda still seems to make it more "streety"

 

I think the badlands would look good on your truck.