Painted 20" wheels in Area 51 body color

[Dad]

17s look better
better ride, cheaper tires too
rubber bands are just a horrible look and don't provide any real world benefits, IMO

Agreed. I don't care for the slim tire look on any truck. Looks a bit too "delicate".

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[Lightning]

Agreed. I don't care for the slim tire look on any truck. Looks a bit too "delicate".

Just need someone to slap some racing slicks on one of these puppies. Bet it would look pretty dang good.

 

[Poultrygeist]

Wouldn't lower a hybrid and chance that expensive battery pack hitting road debris. A tire retread from a semi can destroy the battery.

 

[Dad]

Just need someone to slap some racing slicks on one of these puppies. Bet it would look pretty dang good.

I suppose it depends on one's purpose in buying the truck. My considerations were gas savings, hauling stuff, driver conveniences, and ability to flat tow. Others, of course, have different reasons and that's what makes the Maverick so unique . . . flexibility.

 

[Alan the Pool Man]

Picked up a set of Vossen 20” rims & sprayed them Area-51. How do they look? I need a bit more rubber on them- maybe 245/45r20s…..

IMO the color match looks good, just that wheel gap needs to be filled, if you like the rubber band tires go to a 22 on 40’s, and drop it down 1”, paint your calipers flat black. Heres a little photoshop.

Its a subtle clean look.

I have the same truck.

I aswell tinted the bumper corner lights and going to tint head and tail lights, color match the hoops/halo’s that hold the emblem/ lights someone has done it in on the forum but in blue not area51

 

[Montana]

I'm not a fan of black on black and this, to me, is the same thing. Overkill. Like painting all the plastic trim the body color. There needs to be some contrast.

If they were machined with a light touch of body color then maybe, but still the tires are WAY too small. Even the blue one with chrome rims shared in this thread has too thin of tires. They look great on some rides but our Mavericks has so much wheel well it just doesn't look right.

I'll be interested to see how it looks when you get bigger tires but tbh, not a fan of the thin spoke wheels anyways. Just my 2 cents. Not my thing at all. Even slammed I don't think it would look right.

 

[GFLukasik]

Love the color and 20"s, I have 20"s as well

Sweet Mav. Are those 245/45r20s? They look nice

 

[GFLukasik]

IMO the color match looks good, just that wheel gap needs to be filled, if you like the rubber band tires go to a 22 on 40’s, and drop it down 1”, paint your calipers flat black. Heres a little photoshop.

Its a subtle clean look.

I have the same truck.

I aswell tinted the bumper corner lights and going to tint head and tail lights, color match the hoops/halo’s that hold the emblem/ lights someone has done it in on the forum but in blue not area51

That looks pretty cool. I would have loved that when I was 20 yo. . I still have some desire to tighten it up and make it unique….

 

[Bobby Chapman]

Sweet Mav. Are those 245/45r20s? They look nice

Yes exactly, speedo off by .2 mile an hour at 60

 

[Poultrygeist]

Not a fan of the boy racer look. When I look at a truck I want to see more rubber and lesser wheel. I'd put the ride of my stock XL hybrid up against any of the modded combinations on this forum. If I ever go with aftermarket wheels they'll be seventeens as that was what the XL was designed to ride on. My CRV sport came with big wheels on low profile tires and rode like a buckboard. Glad to give it to my daughter.

 

[GFLukasik]

Put a new set of 245/45r20 tires on the rims to bring it back to stock size. I like the ride with the wider tires, feels a bit more sporty but not rough.

 

[Bobby Chapman]

Did the same size on mine and it is as smooth if not smoother than the factory 17" conti's

 

[surfstar]

Is it a FL thing?
20"s on a stock Mav just don't look good.
[at least from the photos above - could be way different in person, I'll give you that]

Just my opinion, and it is worth what you paid for it - nada.

 

[mfergel]

Is it a FL thing?
20"s on a stock Mav just don't look good.
[at least from the photos above - could be way different in person, I'll give you that]

Just my opinion, and it is worth what you paid for it - nada.

I think the issue is that 20's don't look that great on a Maverick that HASN'T been lowered. My personal opinion, and this really depends on what you plan to use your truck for, is that it should be lowered before you put on aftermarket wheels (unless of course you are using it off road). I just think the gap between the wheel and wheel well arch should be equal.

The new tires definitely make it look better than it did originally.

 

[Bobby Chapman]

H & R lowering springs is next on the list, it will make a difference.

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