5 CHEAP ways to build your truck!

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 buy a truck and then they wanna build it up, but not everybody has the budget to build something crazy right off the bat. So we're kinda gonna go over some of the ways that you can save some money when building your truck. So the first thing on our list, 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. And 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 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 a 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 so 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 wanna 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, 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 kinda explains in detail 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 wanna get a cheap tire, that's fine by me. So, a couple companies out there that do make good cheap tires, we actually just did a five things video about cheap tires, you wanna 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 MT, 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's one thing 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. But then again, they are pretty fun. So Shawn actually, he has a Gasser CO2, 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 it. 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.