Anyone have any experience with these blocks?
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From: Mechanicsville, MD
Factory flare are definitely there. It must be a combination of my 8 year old camera and the sun shining directly toward the lens. Plus with a shadow over the entire side of a white truck its hard to see any body lines at all.
2"high x 2 3/4"wide x 5"long
Finding them that were not aluminum wasn't real easy, so Rather than wasting money, and time, I made what I wanted. It will take time for any aluminum ones to corrode between the two steel parts, but it will happen, and aluminum tends to dust up, and disappear when it corrodes. You can slow the process by putting a rubber skin of some sort both above and below the block I guess, but not sure how great an idea that is for safety, and differential shifting, as the rubber breaks down. I liked steel as a best choice. Thus I went with it. Aluminum would have been easier to work with, and was an option. Do some research on aluminum corrosion when butted up to steel. I think you will decide against it, if you plan on keeping the truck.
Finding them that were not aluminum wasn't real easy, so Rather than wasting money, and time, I made what I wanted. It will take time for any aluminum ones to corrode between the two steel parts, but it will happen, and aluminum tends to dust up, and disappear when it corrodes. You can slow the process by putting a rubber skin of some sort both above and below the block I guess, but not sure how great an idea that is for safety, and differential shifting, as the rubber breaks down. I liked steel as a best choice. Thus I went with it. Aluminum would have been easier to work with, and was an option. Do some research on aluminum corrosion when butted up to steel. I think you will decide against it, if you plan on keeping the truck.
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They do. The difference in wheels is that because they are usually pulled off to rotate tires, or access brakes for inspection, or other maintenance the corrosion gets disturbed, and flakes away. Have you ever taken all the lug nuts off a wheel after jacking it up, and had to boot the living heck out of it to get it to let go? Why do you think that it is stuck there? Corrosion my friend.
Look at the mounting surface of a aluminum wheel on a 10 or 15 year old vehicle. There is a pitting effect to it. If that wheel was never taken off, it would be much more noticeable.
Look at the mounting surface of a aluminum wheel on a 10 or 15 year old vehicle. There is a pitting effect to it. If that wheel was never taken off, it would be much more noticeable.