Those look great. I tried stainless cap heads on my spare last night, but I think your black is ideal. Where did you buy them from and what is the cost for the 120 or so we need? Thanks.
Nice! Hope it takes less than a month to get it now.
I've done both and it didn't really matter. I take them off to get new tires put on and so the techs don't have to worry about them. I put them back on and I don't notice any out of balance. When I get a regular balancing, I just leave them on.
Awesome. Thank you.
The Discount Tire that I got mine from asked me to remove them. I think they didn't want to be liable for any damage. I'd ask whoever was going to install the tires though.
After installing mine this weekend, my hunch is that they stick out far enough that you'd want to remove them before they used their tire machine on the wheel. It's "substantial" in terms of thickness, in my opinion.
I can see that, especially if you have some chunks missing out of them from rock rash. Discount Tire said I could return right away for another balance if I felt i needed to after putting them back on after they put the new tires on. I didn't feel the need to go back, but will at 5K miles since they are lifetime rotate/balance with the tire purchase.
Ya, there's a lot of metal there. TBH, it gave me a reason to pull mine off, clean up some rash and respray them when I got new tires.
That's the primary reason that I opted to not get them. There's the thickness of the ring itself, then the bolts stick out another quarter inch or so. That's going to get hit on the trail significantly more than if they weren't there sticking out that far. Hopefully it's not a half inch overall, but I'm thinking that it might be close to that.
All of this is completely plausible, John. I'll be interested to see if mine get any rash in Moab this weekend. Stay tuned.
