So I did a little trip to Utah this past week and on the way through Vegas somebody pulled up beside me and started pointing at my back tire and telling me I had a flat. I pulled over at the first exit and sure enough my tire was still holding air but was about 90% flat. I thought, okay, at least I'm not riding on the rim. I swapped it out with the spare and was on my way. I just took the tire and the rim to the local shop here expecting to have my tire patched but the only leak we could find was coming out of one of the spokes on the back of the rim. I have never rallied my SMB, have never had it off-road, and have never even engaged the 4x4. Has anybody ever dealt with these rims before. What do you think happened? Over torqued? Warranty?
And I'm trying to figure out my replacement rim. I'm pretty sure it is the 16x8 but I don't know if its the 8 on 170mm or the 8 on 6.5. Here's what i'm looking at:
http://www.4wheelparts.com/Wheels/Serie ... &t_pl=5450
I'm also thinking about just swapping the rims out with the standard ford rims. Similar to the ones geoff has in this pic. I really dig the minimalist look geoff has going on with his rig.
Anybody have a set of these laying around their garage they want to get rid of?
I'd like to get a replacement ASAP because I want to head up to Mammoth this weekend. Thanks for the help guys.
Veg Hed