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Light Black 17" wheel??

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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 04:19 PM
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Any suggestions for a lightweight, flat black 17" rim?

I was all set to get black Mamba MR1, but can't find them in stock.

Just wanted to see some good options.

thanks for any suggestions!
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 04:31 PM
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looking for around 4.5 backspacing to fit 35x12.5
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 05:05 PM
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I too wanted the mr1's, but got tired of waiting and found some cheap stock 17's and painted them myself with John Deere blitz black paint. My buddy has the mr1's and our rims look almost identical. I paid $150 for 5 rims and $50 for paint. Saved a lot of money. You'll be able to fit those tires with wheel spacers no problem.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 05:12 PM
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thanks

only problem with that is I have lifetime rotate and balance w/ discount, and they won't touch spacers
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 05:15 PM
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Originally Posted by jawsk2
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only problem with that is I have lifetime rotate and balance w/ discount, and they won't touch spacers
Discount tire policy is they cannot mount the spacers but you can yourself and they are aloud to do mount and balance and rotations etc as long as they don't have to touch the spacers
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 05:20 PM
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thanks



I don't want spacers
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:17 PM
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Any reason you don't want spacers? I haven't had any problems with my spidertrax. I don't bother with the big name tire shops and prefer to rotate them myself or take my ride to a mom and pop tire shop. To each their own though. Good luck.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 06:29 PM
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The Mamba MR1X is 17x8 with 4.75 bs and weighs 28.3 lbs.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...oModClar=Sport

The M/T Classic III is 17x9 with 4.5 bs and weighs 27 lbs.
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels

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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 07:10 PM
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Bigger pic of my wheels. Look just like mr1's, but quarter of the price. I wasn't a fan of spacers at first, but I didn't like any other rims besides the mr1's, so I did the next best thing and couldn't be happier.
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Old Sep 23, 2013 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Sahara Lee
The Mamba MR1X is 17x8 with 4.75 bs and weighs 28.3 lbs.
http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/Wheel...oModClar=Sport

The M/T Classic III is 17x9 with 4.5 bs and weighs 27 lbs.
Mickey Thompson Performance Tires & Wheels

Think this may do the trick!

Thanks!!
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