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$650 each is way out of the range I’m willing to entertain for wheels (and they’re 3” too tall), but the design/styling is very nice.
Agree! Great look, but those prices are out of my price range.
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Looks great and plenty of sidewall for average use.
 

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I dig the wheels (color and look). Just don't like them on a bronco. Looks off
 

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I enjoyed the video. Nice high resolution shots of the Bronco static, and in motion.

I think the wheels actually look pretty good.

Functionally, they should work fine for daily drivers with some light off road usage. My last off road truck had 32" tires and 16" wheels. I felt like I had a ton of sidewall there, and 35" tires on 20" wheels is only 0.5" less sidewall height.

I won't say too much on price, but I scraped the bottom of the barrel with the purchase of the previously mentioned set, and they definitely had a fair bit of wobble to them, which made them hard to balance tires on.
 

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Method 305 in matte black would be my choice, but not my money, not my Bronco.
 

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The wheel design is good, but the wheel size is too big for my liking.
Airing down and rock crawling is what I'm after. street stuff doesn't impress me at all. IMO that's for a Lincoln or Denali. I need less wheel and more sidewall.
 

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The old rule of thumb has been wheel diameter should be roughly half the diameter of the tire size to allow for proper sidewall flex off-road. So 33"s-35"s are right where they need to be on 17" wheels. That being said, I'd entertain 20"s if I were looking at 37" tires. It'd be just below that old adage but it seems to be that a lot of the better i.e. flow formed and forged off-road wheels don't get started until you hit 20" for some reason.
 

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I don't think they look all that bad although I'd prefer matte black. Anything is better than steely doughnuts that look like you hit some potholes and lost all of your hubcaps.
 

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The reason why Boutique wheels companies do not make 17s is because the bulk of their business is in sports cars. Look at any one of the companies (HRE, BC, ect.) and you will see that 19s is the smallest size they make. 19s do not fit on trucks because no one makes a truck tire in 19".

So 20s is the next default size for trucks mainly due the availability of tires.

The BIG BIG advantage of Boutique wheels companies is that you can order them in a multitude of colors as all these wheels are custom made. One more advantage is that Boutique wheels companies tend to use cutting edge technology when producing their wheels.

Compare a Method wheel against a HRE wheel and you will clearly see which wheel is the better made wheel

These companies are beginning to design more and more wheels for trucks with custom offsets or anything you want ... assuming you have deep pockets.

The old rule of thumb has been wheel diameter should be roughly half the diameter of the tire size to allow for proper sidewall flex off-road. So 33"s-35"s are right where they need to be on 17" wheels. That being said, I'd entertain 20"s if I were looking at 37" tires. It'd be just below that old adage but it seems to be that a lot of the better i.e. flow formed and forged off-road wheels don't get started until you hit 20" for some reason.
 

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Nope to much rim 17's maybe 18's max beyond that and its sports car territory!
 

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Like you said high end for people who dont do real off roading .
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because not proper size or the price? There will be people off-roading $60k Broncos so $600 a wheel really isn’t much. Agreed 20” wheels with no rubber isn’t a good off-road choice.
 
 


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