Wheel and lighting advice on '15 Platinum

FX44AU · Aug 17, 2015

One of my first posts here.... great site! I've been a member on another forum for a while but this one seems to be getting more activity. I've got a '15 F250 Platinum with a Carli leveling kit, 4" ReadyLift rear blocks, Bilstein 5100s and 295/65/20 Toyo Open Country AT2s. I am about to do some mods to the truck and wanted to get some opinions. I am going with 20x10 Fuel Mavericks in black/machined with a -12mm offset. I think these will clear with my 295s but I would like to add another 1/2" to 1" in the front just in case. Any recommendations? The other thing I am about to start is another Mini D2S 3.0 retrofit. I've already done one for this truck (actually I'm the one that did the Mini D2S 3.0 retrofit DIY guide on powerstroke.org) but this time I am intending on doing some painting. I plan to purchase the black replica headlights and paint the reflector and projector shroud some sort of matte silver or I may possibly PTM with Ingot Silver. Not sure yet. Any opinions? I like the black headlights but don't want it to look out of place on the silver.

Other than that I'm going to keep it fairly simple. Maybe some red or lightly smoked red LED tails, PTM or paint the mirror caps black and remove the running boards. For those of you that have removed the running boards have you had any issues with rock chips?

gfulton · Aug 18, 2015

Good looking ride......I really like that silver...

josh@thedieselcartel · Aug 18, 2015

You won't need any additional lift to clear those 295s and the Fuel Mavericks with the -12 offset.

Let me know if you need wheel still or any lighting supplies.

FordPSD64 · Aug 18, 2015

Personally I think if you're going to go with black and machined wheels a little black in the headlights would be a nice touch. But that's just my opinion. Also if you do the surround silver it won't look bad at all. Kinda similar to how mine are

FX44AU · Aug 18, 2015

FordPSD64 said:
Personally I think if you're going to go with black and machined wheels a little black in the headlights would be a nice touch. But that's just my opinion. Also if you do the surround silver it won't look bad at all. Kinda similar to how mine are

I think I will do some painting on the headlights but I'm thinking about reversing what you've done; black on the bezel and PTM on the reflector buckets and projector shrouds. I like what you've done with the PTM handles, mirror caps and surround. Did you have the brushed/chrome pieces painted or did you purchase new parts? I'm most interested in the mirror caps and door handles. I read where the chrome handle pulls can be popped off but I'm not sure how to do it without messing them up.

FX44AU · Aug 21, 2015

Got the wheels installed. I think it turned out great! Now I just need to install the smoked tails, smoked third brake light, PTM mirror caps and PTM grill surround. Hopefully I'll get around to the second retro sometime soon.

Seand717 · Aug 21, 2015

In case you wanna know what it looks like ptm grille. Ha good looking trucj

smcox1 · Aug 21, 2015

If it were mine I would do silver headlights with black buckets and a black reflector and paint the projector shrouds black and silver. IMO the black heads with silver buckets may look like someone gave it two black eyes LOL

FX44AU · Aug 21, 2015

Almost twinkies lol........

I think I will do the PTM surround but still not 100% sure on the mirror caps. I plast-dipped the chrome mirror caps and can't decide if I like them black or not.

TrickTruck · Aug 22, 2015

I'll just leave this here

FX44AU · Aug 22, 2015

Who says silver and black isn't a good combo? Ha!

I got a few things accomplished this morning. Cleaned out the garage (had to make sure the wife was happy!), removed the Powerstroke badges from the doors and I decided to paint the fender emblems. All of the chrome is now satin black and the parts that were black are now Ingot Silver. Going to let them dry overnight and I'll put them on tomorrow.

Deep_6 · Aug 24, 2015

Is it possible to run 20x10 wheels with 295/65's on a stock height 250? If so, what offset should I look at for minimal interference?

FX44AU · Aug 24, 2015

Deep_6 said:
Is it possible to run 20x10 wheels with 295/65's on a stock height 250? If so, what offset should I look at for minimal interference?

I'm not 100% sure what offset you would need. I know I'm very close to rubbing with my setup without any trimming.

FX44AU · Sep 26, 2015

Figured I might as well update this. I've finished the retrofit, removed the powerstroke door badges, painted the fender emblems, installed a PTM grille surround, installed PTM mirror caps and installed a radius LED bar in the bumper.