- What's going on, guys? Fuller here with Custom Offsets, Custom Offsets TV on the YouTube. Coming at you with another one
of those five things videos. So these are gonna be the five ways that you can build your truck for less. I know a lot of people, you know, they go out and they'll buy a truck and then they want to build it up. But not everybody has the budget to build something
crazy right off the bat. So we're kind of gonna
go over some of the ways that you can save some money
when building your truck. (upbeat music) (drills whir) (sparks crackle) So the first thing on our list today, we're gonna be talking about wheels. So, obviously, that's one
of the first modifications that many people make when they're going to build their truck. What's really hot right now is, clearly, the big, giant, polished forged wheels, but those things come in
at a pretty hefty price. So one of the ways that
you can combat that price is to use a standard cast wheel, but there's a lot of
companies out there now that are making wheel
designs that are, you know, sort of mimicking the
forged wheel patterns. I know one of the ones recently that everybody at the shop is falling in love with is the TIS 544. So, in chrome, that
wheel looks very similar to some of your specialty forged and American Force forged wheels. But it comes in at a
much lower price point, and, in my opinion, it's easier to clean. Forged wheels definitely take some time because it's not a chrome finish, contrary to popular belief. It's fully polished, so
that means you can't just go around and wipe them
down with a microfiber. You really need to take
them in to be polished when they do get really dirty. With a chrome wheel, you can use, like, we have our own wheel care kit. You can use Custom Offset shine kit, and it's super easy. You can do that right at home. Spray them down with some water, and then clean them up
using our shine kit. The other option, too,
is to just stick with the classic, clean Moto Metal 962. Plenty of people hate on the Moto Metals because it's a Moto metal, but there's really
nothing wrong with them. And that 962 in a chrome finish is just really simple and clean. And, again, you're gonna
get that polished look without having to spend the forged price. Number two on the list
is wheel-related also, but in a different aspect. So one of the things that
those forged wheel companies do is, because they're custom made to order, they're drilled to your bolt pattern, so they have, usually, exposed lug nuts. Now, in cast wheels, typically you're gonna
find a dual drilled wheel, so that means that one single wheel can be used on multiple vehicles. And the reason why wheel companies do that is because it allows them to make one mold for two different vehicles. So that's part of how they can keep some of the pricing down. But one of our favorite companies out there right now is Hostile, and that's simply because they make some killer looking wheels and they have exposed lug nuts as well. There's other wheel
companies out there, also, that do the same thing. They give you the exposed lug nuts that you can run the spikes. And there's various companies, also, that are starting to really
make the cap shallower. So, moving on to number
three, we're gonna talk a little bit about lift kits. Now, one of the best ways to save money, two good examples are BDS and Zone. So, it's pretty commonly
known in the truck world that BDS is the parent company of Zone. So, if you're buying a Zone
kit, you can save some money, but you still get the
same engineering aspects that go into the BDS kit. But they're able to produce the Zone kits for a more affordable price point. And a lot of that has to
do with material selection or finishes, and then, as well, as just the shocks that come with it. So, like on a BDS kit, most people are getting the Fox shocks. On the Zone kit you can get, like, the Zone adventure series,
and that helps, again, keep that cost down when you're
looking to build your truck. Then again, if you don't want to step up to the Zone price point either, and you're literally just looking for the cheapest thing possible, there is nothing wrong with Rough Country. One of the guys, actually,
multiple people at the shop run Rough Country kits on their trucks, because, if you just want a six inch lift and you don't necessarily
care how good it rides, you get the Rough Country. It's not like it's that terrible. In fact, they ride pretty decent. You can check out, we
actually did a history of Rough Country video. Check that out. It kind of explains in detail, you know, the history behind Rough Country and what goes into their kits. The fourth way to save some money when you're looking to build your truck is to cheap out on tires. Now, some people are gonna say that you shouldn't cheap out on tires. I personally agree. I think tires are really important because that's the only
thing keeping your vehicle attached to the roadway. Really important in cars, but in trucks, if you're just driving a show vehicle and you're going to and from the meets, you're not taking it off road, you're not doing any high speed driving, if you want to get a cheap tire, that's fine by me. So a couple companies out there that do make good, cheap tires, we just did a five things
video about cheap tires. You want to specifically check that out. But, just off the top of my
head, AMP makes a good tire. We run those on our Hummer. Atturo makes a good tire. We've had that on a
couple different vehicles. And then Federal with the Couragia M/T, super aggressive mud tire
and really affordable. I had a set of those and, I mean, they do what you need a cheap tire to do. So, lastly, number five. If you're looking to save
some money on your truck, initially, right off the
bat, there is one thing that you can do that can
save you a ton of money, especially if you're
just looking to show up at the Walmart meets and
look cool, just buy a gasser. Not everybody needs a diesel. (engine revs) But, then again, they are pretty fun. So Sean, actually, he has a gasser. C-O 2, which is our big, giant white 2500. Probably gonna make some people mad by telling you guys this,
but that's a gasser. It's not the diesel. I'm driving a Duramax now, but our white truck is just a gasser. And people love it, so there's
nothing wrong with them. So thank you guys for watching. Definitely appreciate everybody coming out to check out these five things videos. If you have a suggestion,
make sure you drop it in the comments. I have to figure out how
to get back to the shop, because I've just been driving and talking and I have no idea where I am. For real. Like, I'm lost. Help me.
