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Old May 26, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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So last night I kept getting a strange noise from my front end and as the day went on it got louder..so my buddy needed a ride home from work and about 75 yards from
My house....BOOM.my right side of truck drops and I got the flat tire noise...not to mention here in good ole Indiana it's 50 degrees and major storms..so it's pouring outside and I'm soaked looking at my truck to notice my caliper came loose somehow and rubbed into my rim and dug into it bad!!!ruined my nice fx4 rim and grabber at2.....so now 3 days before I leave for Vegas I'm trying to somehow hunt down 1 new grabber at2...yeah they are discontinued ..which sucks because IMO they are great tires...and 1 rim....wow pricey...

SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A FX4 SET OR RIM FOR SALE PLEASE HELP A FELLER OUT...
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Old May 28, 2011 | 02:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Monsterking254
So last night I kept getting a strange noise from my front end and as the day went on it got louder..so my buddy needed a ride home from work and about 75 yards from
My house....BOOM.my right side of truck drops and I got the flat tire noise...not to mention here in good ole Indiana it's 50 degrees and major storms..so it's pouring outside and I'm soaked looking at my truck to notice my caliper came loose somehow and rubbed into my rim and dug into it bad!!!ruined my nice fx4 rim and grabber at2.....so now 3 days before I leave for Vegas I'm trying to somehow hunt down 1 new grabber at2...yeah they are discontinued ..which sucks because IMO they are great tires...and 1 rim....wow pricey...

SO IF ANYONE KNOWS OF A FX4 SET OR RIM FOR SALE PLEASE HELP A FELLER OUT...
well if your worried about time an money just use your spare an get a decent tire on it if u cant find one in time
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Old May 28, 2011 | 06:33 PM
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Bummer. Go to a local junk yard, pick up a replacement rim and tire on the cheap, go to Vegas, enjoy yourself,and worry about it when you get back.

You may be able to buy a Raptor with cash by then.
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Old May 28, 2011 | 10:28 PM
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I just ordered a fx4 rim for 150 shipped brand new so not bad...I'm hoping to win big in Vegas so I can buy a f250 diesel....that'd be AMAZING
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Old May 28, 2011 | 10:40 PM
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Sucks about the rim. Maybe next time you hear a strange noise, you'll stop till you figure it out.
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Old May 29, 2011 | 11:47 AM
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When you work 2 full time jobs kinda hard ...and actually a mechanic had it on a lift and he thought it was a bad tie rod...
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Old May 29, 2011 | 01:15 PM
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I didn't know they discontinued the at2 I just bought a set last year from tire rack and I love em. Great value. Guess I need to quit recommending them to everyone haha.
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Old May 30, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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Well that's what the guys up here keep telling me..I was definitely disappointed.I love the tires...now what to do??
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Old May 30, 2011 | 09:26 PM
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go on the interweb and order one from the millions of websites that still have them in stock, i have heard that tires are on a big backorder from general, but they still have that tire on their website so i dont think they are discontinued.
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Old May 31, 2011 | 08:01 AM
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Yea I hope not.really good tires
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