MB wheels from discount tire??

[coobie]

Anyone running the MB wheels from discount tire stores?I don,t like my stock tires and rims(18 inch)so I bought the MB rims(torque series)for my 2011 ford super duty.Anyone have an experience with the MB rims good or bad?coobie

 

[clemsonfor]

Curious if you dont like them why did you buy them on the truck?

 

[Diamondpilot]

I have had 2 sets of them. I put them on both the Saturns I owned. The are a good bang for the buck but lets be honest here, they are the cheapest out there.

That being said, both Saturns had well over 100,000 miles with the wheels and 2-3 sets of tires each and no issues except for the last set having the clear coat starting to come off and fish-eye after 2 winters.

Chris

 

[coobie]

Curious if you dont like them why did you buy them on the truck?

They are what came with the lariat package.Dealer wanted $1200 for 20 inch tire upgrade package.I did not want 20 inch tires.Mine came with 18 inch tires.

 

[coobie]

I have had 2 sets of them. I put them on both the Saturns I owned. The are a good bang for the buck but lets be honest here, they are the cheapest out there.

That being said, both Saturns had well over 100,000 miles with the wheels and 2-3 sets of tires each and no issues except for the last set having the clear coat starting to come off and fish-eye after 2 winters.

Chris

Well I would not call the MB,s I am looking at real cheap.They are $160 per rim.coobie

 

[clemsonfor]

$160 isnt really expensive as rims go. I really havent looked at prices on anything lately other than the cheapest of teh cheap steel wheels guys use to rock crawl put on 4x4s for my truck. But when i use to sell a few rims when i worked at pepboys almost 10 yrs ago that was was not too far off the price of most american racing's better wheels, which now im sure has gone sky high. I really dunno. On that truck you have i would spend some extra cash, otherwise you will have to strip the clear in a few years adn have them re cleared. On a truck that new if you plan on keeping it and as much as it cost you need to have some good looking wheels. My suggestion is to shop CL and find another ford Superduty Owner who took his factory wheels off to buy the big bling ones and get a deal on his take-offs

 

[coobie]

$160 isnt really expensive as rims go. I really havent looked at prices on anything lately other than the cheapest of teh cheap steel wheels guys use to rock crawl put on 4x4s for my truck. But when i use to sell a few rims when i worked at pepboys almost 10 yrs ago that was was not too far off the price of most american racing's better wheels, which now im sure has gone sky high. I really dunno. On that truck you have i would spend some extra cash, otherwise you will have to strip the clear in a few years adn have them re cleared. On a truck that new if you plan on keeping it and as much as it cost you need to have some good looking wheels. My suggestion is to shop CL and find another ford Superduty Owner who took his factory wheels off to buy the big bling ones and get a deal on his take-offs

I did take off my 2011 factory wheels to buy the new MB,s.I don,t like the looks of the factory wheels and the factory conti tires are POS,so I bought new cooper AT3 tires.coobie

 

[Diamondpilot]

Well I would not call the MB,s I am looking at real cheap.They are $160 per rim.coobie

That is dirt cheap for a wheel that size. Look at other brands and you will quickly see you can spend $1000 each if wanted.

I am not knocking them, I had 2 sets. Just stating the facts.

Just to give you a idea of wheel cost. I just took 4 Lincoln aluminum wheels to the recycling center and got $38 each. Remember, that was just for the weight of the aluminum.

Chris

 

[clemsonfor]

I did take off my 2011 factory wheels to buy the new MB,s.I don,t like the looks of the factory wheels and the factory conti tires are POS,so I bought new cooper AT3 tires.coobie

I understand that whatever combo you did not like especially the rims. But im sure there was at least 4 different rims that year alone, not to mention im sure the previous 15 years or so of ford 8 lug wheels or whatever you have will still fit. They dont change lug patters everytime they change headlights. The onlything to worry about is the larger brake calipers and rotors and haveing a large enough rim to clear it, meaning the rims of a 1993 powerstroke with 16"s will prolly not fit. I may be wrong maybe you only have a few years to choose from but i doubt it.

 

[Newblue]

I understand that whatever combo you did not like especially the rims. But im sure there was at least 4 different rims that year alone, not to mention im sure the previous 15 years or so of ford 8 lug wheels or whatever you have will still fit. They dont change lug patters everytime they change headlights. The onlything to worry about is the larger brake calipers and rotors and haveing a large enough rim to clear it, meaning the rims of a 1993 powerstroke with 16"s will prolly not fit. I may be wrong maybe you only have a few years to choose from but i doubt it.

Didn't Ford change from the standard 8 on 6.5 to a metric size in the late 90s?