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Old 03-11-2009, 02:57 AM
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Arrow Changed The Looks Of My Disco A 'Bit'

Got my AB steel wheels in today, went and immediately had the tires mounted and balanced. Made a HUGE difference.

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The installer that did it was a great guy and even pulled the valve stems that where already in the rims and put these on it for me.

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Also did some touch up painting while we were at it.

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Old 03-11-2009, 06:27 AM
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Nice. I like how you blacked it out.
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 08:24 AM
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looks real nice...I'd go bigger on the tires but I'm one of the few that likes the guy's rover with the 49 inchers on it. I have the same color and had never thought about using black wheels but they look good
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 09:05 AM
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Looks good. You need to get the black lug nuts though.
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 09:08 AM
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Looks nice. Do you have a side by side before/after comparison? Might look into the black steel lugs and black plastic hub caps to finish the black out look..

Looks really good. Making me want to drop the $$ for a lift even more....
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 10:35 AM
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Those lug nuts are not safe to run on steel wheels, they will vibrate loose, read my LRO post and e-mail to you, Don't drive it.
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 01:21 PM
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looks good man... but yeah like mike said those lugs arent designed for those wheels... i had a wheel come clean off a car due to incorrect lugnuts once... u think u freak out when you get a flat, wait till your whole wheel/tire combo passes you on the highway...
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 05:04 PM
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Thanks for the compliments.

I'll be getting a slightly bigger and more aggressive tire for them fairly soon, but nothing that's going to kill my gas mileage too much. I've got 34" SuperSwampers on another set of rims for that if I really need something.

I wasn't aware of the lugnut thing or I wouldn't of put them on. They're just the lug nuts off of the stock 16 inch wheels that I had swaped over when the rims were.

Best thing I could do for a 'Before and After' picture for you okdiscoguy was this.

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Old 03-11-2009, 05:57 PM
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How in the hell do you guys get cheap gas?
It's over $2 per gallon for premium here.
YOU SUCK!
 
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Old 03-11-2009, 06:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Spike555
How in the hell do you guys get cheap gas?
It's over $2 per gallon for premium here.
YOU SUCK!
Who posted about gas costs??? It is well under $2 here in South Carolina for 93
 


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