I say trade and paint the rims. I ran those tires for 2 years on mine. Got almost 60,000 out of them. When they were brand new they were great in the mud but when they wore down to bout 80% they didn't pull worth a damn.
I agree, I'm not crazy about the rims, but the tires look pretty killer. The rims may not look bad cleaned up and worse case Abe could just spray em black.
I have to agree I just can't make myself like the style of the chrome ones. And I just don't think I'll like a 33" tire after having 35" tires. I've thought hard and heavy about it tho.