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micowen
PostPosted: Thu May 28, 2009 9:14 pm 
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Hi AGAIN, not sure of the ID on me new mags.
Can anyone ID them, or are they just a cheap remake of someone elses?



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There a cheap knock of of the superlight. only narrow & usually fitted with a 145 tyre, usually bought from Tempe tyres or similar places

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Correct, they do have 145's on them. Dont really care if theyre a genuine rim or not. Should look good though.
Thanks Doogie.

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the problem with them is the offset, they end up tucked underneath the guard and dont look right.

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Mini Mad wrote:
the problem with them is the offset, they end up tucked underneath the guard and dont look right.


.... which is very useful if you want to run 8.4" brakes without flares. :)

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the problem with them is the offset, they end up tucked underneath the guard and dont look right.



will using cooper stepped drums fix the problem and untuck them?

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With the discs up front it may the only way to tell for sure is to wack them on and hope they don't rub on the inner arch at the rear.

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Stepped drums give the same front track width as S discs do.

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Ta guys, will just have to plop them on, and check it out.

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