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Old 05-18-2008, 12:47 PM
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After what can only be described as a ******* debacle with Centerline and UPS, I finally got my tires mounted and balanced and put the wheels on my truck. In short two of the wheels were damaged when I received them and all four were covered in swirls and light scratches. I can polish out the swirls/scratches but I had to send the two damaged wheels back to be repaired. There's a lot more to the story and I'll post it up soon. I plan to do a quick how-to when I polish my wheels out, I'll probably post the whole story then.

I love the wheels but don't think I'll do business with Centerline again.

*Disclaimer* I'm the worst photographer in the world so sorry for the craptacular pictures.

Wheels are 22x9" Polished Centerline Archers, tires are 285/35/22 Nitto 555r:
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Old 05-18-2008, 01:12 PM
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The rim and tire combo look great. Are you going to keep it at that level or go lower? Another inch might be very nice overall.
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Wheel/tire combo looks awesome! One thing I noticed is that the front and back tires on the driver's side are mounted with the tread pattern opposing eachother inside of in the same direction!
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Originally Posted by D-Max Dreaming
One thing I noticed is that the front and back tires on the driver's side are mounted with the tread pattern opposing eachother inside of in the same direction!
I noticed that too, I would get that handled before you get too many miles on those tires.
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What where the other wheels you had? I like the new ones too!!!!

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Old 05-18-2008, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by BlownChevy
I noticed that too, I would get that handled before you get too many miles on those tires.
Yep, gonna swap the front wheels. That'll fix it.

2005 Silverado - They are 18x9" BBS RWs with 255/55/18 Nitto 420s.

blue2003ls - Truck is only lowered 2" in the rear currently. I plan to go down another 2" front and rear.

One more thing: If there is a difference in acceleration or braking with the 22s vs the 18s I can't tell a difference.

Thanks guys!

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Man that really looks great. My 2k is going to the paint shop soon for new paint. I was thinking of upgrading my 20" wheels. This post definately has helped me make up my mind.
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Looks great man, when you gonna put that blower on?
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Night and day improvement
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looks good... just drop the bitch now... make sure the tires tuck in a bit, I love how that looks


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