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Old Sep 11, 2009 | 12:02 PM
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I currently have:

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17s MSR 92s: They are fat ladies; weighing 22 lbs each.


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I've been thinking about ditching the lip and the weight. Do something like these Italian birds...

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OZ Alleggerita


I didn't realize how much weight difference there is with the Stockies and these fat ladies. I really want to get rid of the lip since everyone else has a lip.
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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eh, they're both pretty ugly to me. oz or not.
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 03:38 PM
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Lip is, by far, the most played out thing to ever hit the car market.

Get Gram Lights or SSRs.
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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or rpf1's
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 05:33 PM
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the OZ's are exactly the best looking wheels out there, but they do have some light wheels. at the cost of those OZ's i would have to agree with NYNCTC, get some RPF1's.
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 07:57 PM
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those oz's are pretty nice. how much do they weigh?
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 08:06 PM
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The OZ ultralagerra (or whatever the eff it's called) are pretty nice wheels IMO.

Otherwise go I'm with carbon on some gram lights or SSR's
Old Sep 11, 2009 | 10:15 PM
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I'm not spending 800 bucks on each wheel....

I am crazy but not that crazy.
Old Jul 29, 2010 | 06:28 PM
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Do all MSR's weigh over 20 pounds? I wanted to buy them cuz they are made in the US but not when they weigh so much. I want rims around 18 lbs or so.
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