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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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Anyone purchase wheels and tires online and get exactly what they expected at a great price? Im mostly looking for a good deal but don't wanna get screwed in the process.

Looking for a set of agressive looking 32's w/ steel D windows.

Please post links if you got em. Thanks!
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 01:07 AM
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Bought my wheels from Summit and the tire locally. Got a good deal on the wheels bought all 5 at the same time and scored free shipping.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueXJ
Bought my wheels from Summit and the tire locally. Got a good deal on the wheels bought all 5 at the same time and scored free shipping.
I second summit. They usually have free shipping now on everything. You may have to pay a small packaging charge though. I also had good luck ordering from www.4wd.com. Find a cheaper price and they will beat it. I once found 31x10.5 BFG's for $121 online and 4wd listed them at $156. They beat the price but i ended up with trxus instead....stupid me .

www.tirerack.com has alot of different tire brands to choose from. Ebay has Maxxis BigHorn deals all over the place.

Don't forget about your local wal-mart tire/lube or Same's Club. They sell tires and will order for you. I hear alot of goof stuff about sam's club and cheap bfgoodrich deals.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 08:56 AM
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i've bought my last set of tires from tirerack and had a good experience. and the kumho mt i got i loved them
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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www.nebraskatire.com

i saved $600 on a set of creepy crawlers through them

shipping to ri wasn't bad either
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 12:34 PM
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I just ordered some cragar V5's from Q tech for $172 to the door and I usually get my stuff from them in two days.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 04:27 PM
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I got a set of 31x10.5 Interco Trxus tires M/Ts. They are a great buy! they wear well on the road and arent too incredibly loud and pretty resonable priced. they amazing traction in the snow and mud. I got some crager sim. bead locks...dont get those, they rust all around the the bead locks especially in minnesota where we use a crap load of salt on the roads.
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I got a set of 31x10.5 Interco Trxus tires M/Ts. They are a great buy! they wear well on the road and arent too incredibly loud and pretty resonable priced. they amazing traction in the snow and mud. I got some crager sim. bead locks...dont get those, they rust all around the the bead locks especially in minnesota where we use a crap load of salt on the roads.
Yeah same thing happened to my buddy's dodge ram with those sim locks. The rear wheels rusted so badly after two years. They look ugly now.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:02 PM
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I saw a dodge ram the other day with them on and they were rusted like crap thats a cowincidence.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 05:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Phil99
I saw a dodge ram the other day with them on and they were rusted like crap thats a cowincidence.
It wasn't this one was it?




he's out of town right now....dunno if you are from PA or not. This is about 3 months after he got the wheels.
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truckaddons.com will beat any price and shipping is fair.

Also, summit for wheels.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 11:54 PM
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Nope it wasnt that i live in MN so probably not. Those rims looks nice on it though from far a distance...
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My buddy got a set of the sim bead locks from Summit and added a couple coats of clear before they got the rust and they still look good 18 months later, but we don't have salt on the roads but he goes to the beach alot with it.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 01:38 AM
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Originally Posted by BlueXJ
My buddy got a set of the sim bead locks from Summit and added a couple coats of clear before they got the rust and they still look good 18 months later, but we don't have salt on the roads but he goes to the beach alot with it.
Salt's the big problem. They salt the roads almost everyday it snows here so we get a continuous coat of it most of the winter. It gets kicked back from the front tires to the rear wheels and they start rusting way before the fronts do. His front wheels are almost perfect but his rears are rusted all over the place. He doesn't rotate so the fronts will never rust probably.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 11:29 AM
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That clear coat is a good idea. Even though theres no salt in your area i bet it still would work in the salty regions. Do you guys know of anything i can do to treat the rust. Its only on the bead lock rim part not on any other part of the rim just around beads itself. Is there somethin i can buy to spray on there or something because i cant afford to buy new rims and mount them again.
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