The best thing I've found to correct hard steering is to restore your factory steering and front end to original specs. Check the king pins, the tie rod ends, the alignment, the spring shackle pins and rebuild the steering box. Do all that and I bet you will be amazed at how much better your truck steers and handles.
Unless your truck has been modified (with an IFS of some sort, for example). If that's the case ... never mind.
FWIW ... On the wheels ... if undecided, let the math geek in you decide. All else being equal, the choice between steel and chrome is highly personal, I would think. The beautiful paint job on your truck is set off rather nicely by those chromies, though. They're tasteful and classy. Personally, I prefer steel. In black, as original. Those red steelies are garish to me. I'm with Rich -- I'd make them black or match the body color.
But I'm the guy who paints his schoolbus skoolie project flat desert khaki and the wheels flat black with a rattle can ...
John
