Re: Does anyone have ARE 767 black wheels?

From: mrdancer (mrdancer@camalott.com)
Date: Tue Oct 12 1999 - 00:28:35 EDT


Yeah, I've got these wheels. Got 'em at PepBoys (man, what a hassle!!),
they delivered them within a week (that was back in June, they may have a
shortage since people found out you could get a 15x8 wheel for so little $$
for a Dakota (mine were $36 ea., I think, plus $6 ea. for the center caps
and $0.99/lugnut).

The wheels, with 225/60/15 Firehawk SH30's, weigh about 50 lbs. each. The
old factory alloy rims with 215/75/15 Michelin Weatherhandlers weighed about
45 lbs. each (I didn't weigh the rims without the tires). They look pretty
good on my B5 Blue/Silver Dak (despite the paint cancer). The tires I put
on are 2" shorter than the factory tires, so the truck looks a little funky,
but handles MUCH better :)

If you're looking for ultimate handling, you may want to save your pennies
and get some of those superlight rims for $300/piece. OTOH, the AR-767's
are hard to beat for the price (I don't think you can even get a spare base
rim from the factory for that price!).

You can see a pic of them at http://camalott.com/~mrdancer/DAKwheel.jpg

'92 Dak CC 2wd 318 3.55
'84 GoldWing Interstate



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