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Old 10-18-2021, 02:05 PM   #9
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Re: widening front fenders

All too often now that "correct offset" means a serous ugly or gaudy wheel that looks like it belongs on a front wheel drive car. The offset give the dually look if that flies with the build plan.

Throw in that unless you are building a donk your eye should never see the wheels before they see the whole truck as one package. Go back and take a look at Youngrodder's old green and black truck. Your eyes just see the complete truck when you first look at it, even the paint combo doesn't overpower the total look in fact it makes for the total look. That was the first big wheel truck that I thought was presentable simply because the wheels are the third or fourth thing your eyes see and you don't see wheels and then see truck.
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