Let's talk about 18" Wheel Fitments

[BRINK WHEELS]

Hey Team,

So as of recently we've been getting a decent amount of 18" wheel requests not only from this community but also from the GMC, Chevy, RAM and Tundra folks.

This has helped me push it up the roadmap to the point where we're gathering fitment data in prep for production.

With that said, what is an 18' fitment you find to be ideal? What width and offset combination would you run?

 

[Yeti]

18x9 ET20 is the current go-to. Our stocks are 18x7.5 ET34. My perfect world (for off road 18s) are 18x8.5 ET 24 for the 21+ F-150 Tremor.

 

[FaKtor34]

I agree with @Yeti, add in a couple of different ones like you did with your other wheel sets as well, but 18x8.5 or 8 would be perfect width, personally I think 9 is too wide for the wheel unless your running 12.50 width tires, most would be better served with an 8 or 8.5. as for offset what you've offered in the others and what @Yeti said would be good. An oem fit and an oem+.

 

[Yeti]

I agree with @Yeti, add in a couple of different ones like you did with your other wheel sets as well, but 18x8.5 or 8 would be perfect width, personally I think 9 is too wide for the wheel unless your running 12.50 width tires, most would be better served with an 8 or 8.5. as for offset what you've offered in the others and what @Yeti said would be good. An oem fit and an oem+.

You would need to check oem (et34) with wider wheels. I'm sure the Brink guys know more than I do about it but in my mind, adding a 1/2 width from the centerline of a wheel, I would want to push that wheel out close to that half inch. Hence et24

 

[1warmtremor]

I’d offer at least two options (et 20 with 9 or 8.5, I’m running 12.5 tires but I’m fine with 8.5) but also somthing with poke. Like et 12-18 range with 9. Id end up going with the poke version as long as the trimming isn’t too much. So I guess what Yeti said on the first option since I’m giving my two cents and prob wouldn’t even buy that option.
Yeah that sounds like more than two! Lol and for sure offer them in bronze!

 

[BRINK WHEELS]

18x9 ET20 is the current go-to. Our stocks are 18x7.5 ET34. My perfect world (for off road 18s) are 18x8.5 ET 24 for the 21+ F-150 Tremor.

I agree with @Yeti, add in a couple of different ones like you did with your other wheel sets as well, but 18x8.5 or 8 would be perfect width, personally I think 9 is too wide for the wheel unless your running 12.50 width tires, most would be better served with an 8 or 8.5. as for offset what you've offered in the others and what @Yeti said would be good. An oem fit and an oem+.

I’d offer at least two options (et 20 with 9 or 8.5, I’m running 12.5 tires but I’m fine with 8.5) but also somthing with poke. Like et 12-18 range with 9. Id end up going with the poke version as long as the trimming isn’t too much. So I guess what Yeti said on the first option since I’m giving my two cents and prob wouldn’t even buy that option.
Yeah that sounds like more than two! Lol and for sure offer them in bronze!

Thank you so much for the feedback Team. At present we're considering a 18x8.5 +25 and a 18x8.5 +0 for those who want a poke and or other vehicles such as the GMC AT4 and RAM that have issues with the upper control arm of most lift kits. I'm seeing cases where 12.50 width tires are being ran with 8.5 wheels no problems and even on stock 8" wide wheels. Being our wheels are Flow Formed we could technically stretch the inner barrel to make it a 9" width but I'm not sure we'd want the additional part #s.

 

[Badmothertrucker]

Thank you so much for the feedback Team. At present we're considering a 18x8.5 +25 and a 18x8.5 +0 for those who want a poke and or other vehicles such as the GMC AT4 and RAM that have issues with the upper control arm of most lift kits. I'm seeing cases where 12.50 width tires are being ran with 8.5 wheels no problems and even on stock 8" wide wheels. Being our wheels are Flow Formed we could technically stretch the inner barrel to make it a 9" width but I'm not sure we'd want the additional part #s.

I would be in the market for the 18x8.5+0 option.

 

[Mr Hobby]

How much poke would my Tremor have with a set of stock Raptor wheels and tires? Those General tire didn’t last very long and I have a connection for the Raptor set. My truck is leveled with a set of King 2.5’s.

 

[Yeti]

How much poke would my Tremor have with a set of stock Raptor wheels and tires? Those General tire didn’t last very long and I have a connection for the Raptor set. My truck is leveled with a set of King 2.5’s.

TLDR: about 1.5" more than stock Tremor wheels if they don't hit the suspension.


Those are 17x8.5" with the same offset. So to start, they have 1/2" poke but are also 1/2" (in reality more) closer to the suspension components. They are 34.4" so fitment there should be OK with 1.2"+ of front lift but they are fat at the cross-section @ 13" (might be kind of close for the Tremor suspension)

 

[BRINK WHEELS]

Here's some interesting news on the smaller wheel front. So we have our latest design the B3 Alpine in transit to us which is a wheel we're offering in 17x8.5 0 offset in addition to 20x9. We received a sample in advance and we decided to bring in my 1794 Tundra which is also known for having larger brakes and did some test fitting. The good news is that the 17x8.5 cleared the brakes even with stick on weights on.

We're eager to test fit on a Tremor to see if that is also the case. Are the Tremor brakes the same as an F150? If so I have an F150 we can test it on to confirm.

As a side note, You guys are the first to see our B3 Alpine wheel! Looks much cleaner with the cap on.

For you old schoolers the wheel may look familiar as the design inspiration came from the classic Canonica Safari wheel seen below. Our founder has been in the industry since the mid 90s and has a thing for classic designs lol.

 

[Yeti]

Same brakes and hub. The knuckle and control arms are different