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Old 01-03-2012, 03:52 PM
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I think they look narly on the raptor wheels. Your truck looks good but I'm partial to white Lariats with raptor wheels.LOL
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Haha, thanks!

Oh scratch that, these tires do have wheel weights. They are on the inside. biggest one I found out of 4 was a 2 oz weight...
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They look great. That's a lot of tire for that truck. any rubbing?
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No rub, lock to lock. I have not pushed it under load though. That will be the real test...
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Originally Posted by TexasTexas95
Haha, thanks!

Oh scratch that, these tires do have wheel weights. They are on the inside. biggest one I found out of 4 was a 2 oz weight...
Impressive.

I've heard bad stories about retreads and trying to get them to balance properly. No first hand experience though.
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I asked alot of questions to the reps before I bought them. I haven't heard any horror storys about this compny but hey, this is only day two. BTW I NEED TPMS SENSORS! I guess I figured that since I never trained my second set of tires on the stock wheel that the TPMS wasn't active even though I was getting new wheels. BOY was I wrong! HaHa, now I gotta take the tires off and install TPMS sensors because my truck is throwing a fault that is getting difficult to ignore. Ford wants $83 a peice CK THAT! I know I can get them cheaper elsewhere. Autozone wanted $53 a piece and I aint even budging when I say I aint payin more than $20 a piece. Ain't no way, no how! Anyone have any ideas? I know I can do alot of things to my truck with the $350 bucks Ford wants me to pay for some stupid dingleberry inside my wheel. I may not be a very smart man, but I definitely ain't stupid.
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When you get 4 new tpms sensors just drop your spare, drill some more holes in the wheel and install all 4 there.
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Ok I see how this could help alleviate the problem. But if I have them wouldn't it just make sense to just go on and use them? That truly would only do two things in reality. Make the TPMS completely useless and only help if I regularly air down my tires. Which I only do very very rarely. If I was serious into offroad, I'd do it though.



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