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Black Rhino Launches 14 Wheels for Lifted Trucks

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Lifted truck and off-road enthusiasts are a dedicated subculture geared to conquering any obstacle in their path. Whether it’s bombing a big hill or simply building the most stylish truck in your city, there is no limit to what lifed truck owners will do. So it is no surprise that big truck owners demand wheels that are big, bad and add some swagger to their vehicles. Black Rhino was created to deliver just that and has some pretty sick truck and SUV wheels that combine strength with style in high-performance wheels.

Black Rhino segments its product lineup as wheels designed to complement the rugged off-road attitude of lifted trucks and SUVs and equally tough looking custom truck wheels for more street friendly applications. The first group features a negative offset of 12 mm while the second classification is defined by a positive offset of 12 mm.

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Typical of Black Rhino off-road styled wheels is the new Moab, an eight-spoke design that features a hard-angle V-groove in each spoke. Each spoke is visually connected to the outer rim with a prominent, heavy-duty hex bolt, and the outer rim itself is studded with an array of hex bolts. The Moab model is available in Gloss Black with a machine-cut lip, and Matte Black, either a perfect complement to the look of your stock or lifted truck, off-road vehicle or SUV.

“Lifted trucks, SUVs and off-road vehicles place extraordinary demands on wheels and each of the off-road truck wheels we offer, like the Moab, are built to take the punishment,” pointed out Black Rhino president Terence Scheckter. “And for those street warrior types, our truck wheels like the Traverse also evoke the off-road ethos,” Scheckter added.

Check-out how each of the 14 models of Black Rhino wheels will look on your truck by clicking into the Black Rhino Online Garage. Simply choose your model, trim and color vehicle, then “try on” the Black Rhino wheels of your choice. By pre-visualizing Black Rhino wheels on your vehicle, it’s easier to choose the rims that make exactly the statement you want.

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Black Rhino Wheels are part of the TSW family of aftermarket wheel companies. TSW wheels was founded by a former Formula One racing driver and TSW has been involved in motor racing around the globe for over 30 years.

Black Rhino wheels will cost you anywhere from $150-$250+ per wheel. We think it will be interesting to see how much Black Rhino gets traction amongst the lifted truck community. They seem to have a following with lowered trucks and stock trucks, but we’ll have to see if that translates to big trucks. We’ve see a few others like KMC pull this off, but it’s not easy. So far though, we like what we see.

For a dealer near you, in the U.S. or Canada, call 1-800-766-7775 or visit Black Rhino Wheels on the web to search by zip code. Black Rhino dealers are located throughout North America and worldwide, including Discount Tire Direct on the web at discounttiredirect.com/.

Sierra

Big, Big GMC on SoCalTrucks

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Great looking, stylish lifted truck that seems pretty interesting at the current price. This beast is guaranteed to turn heads with the 18″ of lift (15″ susp + 3″ body) and 41″ tires. Even though the miles are on the higher side, you would never know by looking at the truck. It’s pretty amazing to think you could buy a stock new mid-sized sedan or a huge truck that can compete in shows. Make sure to examine the truck carefully, but so far, we like what we see.

Lifted! Closer to Heaven!

This Guy is the Exact Opposite of a SoCalTruck Owner

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The SoCalTruck owner is known to drive a lifted truck, maybe ride a snowboard, motocross, wakeboard or surf, and probably dresses like most other SoCal residents. Although different from the other 99% of the U.S., it’s usually pretty easy to spot one. Well, so what’s the opposite a SoCalTruck person? We could throw out a bunch of different descriptions, but instead, just watch the video below. It’s this random guy who videos himself talking for 7 minutes while driving. Who would want to watch that? 17 people…or one person 17 times.

He rambles on about maximizing gas mileage, graduation, the new Mac, and hitting the gym. It’s like he was built for the movie Best in Show. The best part occurs around 4:35 when he breaks his monologue about hitting the gym to mock a lifted truck in front of him. He asks the question, “Seriously, why is your truck that high off the ground?” There it is! That’s exactly how you know the opposite of a SoCalTruck owner. It’s someone who would ask a question like that. Some answers that come to mind as to why a truck would be high of the ground include: 1) offroading, 2) running over things, 3) sitting higher than almost every other truck on the road, 4) looking amazing, 5) all of the above.

It’s not working out or loving Macs or even maximizing gas mileage that makes you non-SoCal. What puts you at the opposite end of the spectrum is when you ask dumb questions about big trucks. Enjoy the video…if you can get through 7 minutes of awkwardness. Click here to watch it.

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

SoCal Trucks fan wins regional truck show

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SoCal Trucks fan, Kurt Neidlinger wins a regional truck show in Syracuse, New York. Kurt placed first in the Regional International King Of Trucks All Truck Super Show. The show consisted of mud bogs, diesel sled pulls, tug-o-wars, and show and shine. Over 500 trucks showed up for the weekend, from lowered trucks all the way to eighteen wheelers from all over the northeast. Kurt’s truck won 1st place fan pick, King Of Trucks ,which is the overall “winner” of the show, as voted by spectators at the show. First prize was a ten pound stainless steel crown with laser engraved initials from the show.
The goods on Kurt’s truck:
2004 Dodge Ram Quad Cab 1500 5.7L HEMI Magnum.
6in Rough Country lift w/ swapped out Skyjacker shocks
3in Performance Accessories body lift
37″ Nitto Mud Grapplers
18″ Moto Metal Skull wheels
Dual stainless magna flow exhaust
Smoked Recon headlights, cab lights and taillights
Westin push bar
Bushwhacker fender flares
Go Rhino light bar / KC lighting
Custom air horn
SoCal Says: Congrats on the big win Kurt and sweet shirt!!!

SoCal Trucks and 4 wheel parts partner for rate my truck competion

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Vince Lombardi once said; Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to is. Competition has always been a driving force in sports, business, and the like. As many of us know our lifted trucks and SUV’s are no different. With the emergence of our new “Rate My Truck” section we found it fitting to host the first ever SoCal Trucks competition.

Here’s how it works:
After many calls, emails, tweets and facebook posts regarding our “Rate My Truck” section we decided we needed to make a few changes. You folks asked to be able to rate all features of the posted vehicles and we have responded with an interactive section which gives you control to rate a truck from top to bottom and inside and out.

Beginning March 1st all trucks posted to “Rate My Truck” will be entered to win our grand prize. The contest will run from March 1st through March 31st. At the end of the month the truck with the highest overall rating will be crowned the SoCal Trucks winner. If your truck has already been submitted on “Rate My Truck” go ahead and resubmit it. Votes will only be counted for the month of March.

So what do you win?
Our good friends Chris and Hank from 4 Wheel Parts have generously donated a $100 4 Wheel Parts gift card. Use it however you would like, just make sure to send us a pic of your new purchase. The winner will also receive a SoCal Trucks t-shirt, stickers and a feature story on the SoCal Trucks homepage.

This competition starts today. So tell your friends, take some cool pics, add those last minute mods and submit your truck or SUV. We are looking forward to all of your entries and to seeing some innovative trucks and SUV’s.

Best of luck,

Dan

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Murf Decides

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For those of you who have been loyal SoCalTrucks.com followers we would like to thank you. For those of you who are new to our site, we would like to thank you as well. This segment of our website is dedicated to my opinion, thoughts, rants and babbling jargon. It won’t necessarily always have to do with trucks, but will hopefully entertain, inspire or simply annoy you. Although, the latter is not our mission.
SoCalTrucks.com was started nearly 10 years ago while two guys were attending college in San Diego. They were inspired by passion for lifted/custom trucks and the active lifestyle that people lead on a daily basis. Our goals today have not changed much. We plan to provide a periodic post you can all look forward to when “Murf Decides.”