American Racing RTS wheels?

blazinlow89

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Jan 25, 2012
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A lady at work has them on her truck, they look pretty sweet. She wants to upgrade to 20"s, and hers are 18"s. I told her if she ever switched up to let me know so I can buy them.

For $200 unless they are completely f-ed up, is a really good deal.
 

TexazReece

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Dec 4, 2011
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Those are sweet......I agree I hope she didn't mess them up to bad but all 4 for $200 go for it and try cleaning .em up a bit
 

jimmyjam

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Nov 18, 2011
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i think i paid around $200 per wheel back in the day

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TollKeeper

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Brighton, CO
Those wheels would look sweet on my XUV!
 

jimmyjam

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TollKeeper said:
Those wheels would look sweet on my XUV!
too bad they don't make them any more

bought them around 2006 probably and about 10 months into owning them i started having some clearcoat peeling on one of them. they were discontinued and they could not locate another rim anywhere.

great looking wheels IMO just basic and tasteful.
 

TollKeeper

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jimmyjam said:
too bad they don't make them any more

bought them around 2006 probably and about 10 months into owning them i started having some clearcoat peeling on one of them. they were discontinued and they could not locate another rim anywhere.

great looking wheels IMO just basic and tasteful.

Theres a rim shop near me that could fix that problem easily thou..
 

jimmyjam

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TollKeeper said:
Theres a rim shop near me that could fix that problem easily thou..
yeah i was trying to get them warrantied through the company but they couldn't do anything for me. anyone with a spraygun could fix it
that truck along with the wheels is no longer mine
 

gmtrailblazer

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Dec 17, 2011
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to start..... I DID SEARCH,

I currently have 245/70/16 tires, I bought wheels with 270/45/20 tires installed - I was told they rubbed when turning (Fronts are warn down to the metal insides). My question is, what is the biggest tire size without spacers? I noticed alot of people are running 265/50/20, which I am assuming do not rub? Let me know, Thanks
 

jimmyjam

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the picture of the red truck above is sitting on 275/45/20 that don't rub

might be an inappropriate offset on your wheels? are you running a drop kit? which one?

are they wearing on the sidewall or the tread? if it is the tread, that would denote negative camber
 

blazinlow89

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Jan 25, 2012
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Looks like the previous owner needed an alignment really bad. Bit of positive camber issue.

Was the other vehicle lowered. Would be a good cause for rubbing.
 

gmtrailblazer

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Dec 17, 2011
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blazinlow89 said:
Looks like the previous owner needed an alignment really bad. Bit of positive camber issue.

Was the other vehicle lowered. Would be a good cause for rubbing.

I dont think so, they reccommended going with the stock SS tire size though. I'm just wondering if 265/50/20 are going to fit these without any rubbing or turning issues?
 

blazinlow89

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gmtrailblazer said:
I dont think so, they reccommended going with the stock SS tire size though. I'm just wondering if 265/50/20 are going to fit these without any rubbing or turning issues?

Measure the offset to see if anyone has any input.
 

Code Red

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Dec 11, 2011
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I used to have a set on my colorado years ago
 

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