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Old May 1, 2007 | 12:32 PM
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Originally Posted by dxl007
Now the first thing I did when I got them home was flip them over and check them for manufacturing stamps.
Any indication on country of origin?
 
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Old May 1, 2007 | 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by matma92ser
Any indication on country of origin?
I believe no, but I'll check again. I'm putting them on tomorrow.
 
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Old May 6, 2007 | 12:12 PM
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So I got my SportMax rims installed and I am very happy with them. I would have loved to go 18", but didn't want to bend rims or buy all new tires. I probably have another 20K or so on these tires before I ditch the run flats for something else.

I expected the color to be a bit more black, but this is fine with me. I actually prefer it being closer to the dark silver than black as my roof is white. I wanted matching lug nuts but something got messed up with my order and I got chrome. I may change out at some point, but they aren't bothering me today. Next decision is whether or not to drop the car a bit and remove some wheel gap which is now more pronounced due to the thin spokes as compared to the stock s-lites.


I have a 5th rim coming on Monday and will post pics of any stamping on it for those who want to compare to Palo Uber.

The only thing I did not like about these rims was the SportMax logo on the center cap, so I got some Jasco and removed it. You can still see the logo, but now its not painted. Much better for me.




 

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Old May 6, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Looks great, Nor_Cal...but it's absolutely begging for a drop!
 
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