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power2rice
Apr 15, 2011, 05:08 PM
Rear offsets stated were ZERO rear and 45mm front. However this was achieved by swapping the front 9" wheel faces to the rear 10.5" faces... Rear became 1mm offset and the fronts became 60mm positive front.
Contacted Riverside.jp (they bought out maya/trafficstar wheels) and obtained info for factory specs to confirmt that they were incorrectly face swapped. With the faces back to the proper placement, the wheels became 29mm rear and 30mm front as manufacturer listed.
Listing stated rears were 19x11 and fronts were 19x9.5. Actual real widths were 19x10.5 rear and 19x9 front.
3 of the 4 tires were ripped from inside due to the wheel bends and shedding of inside butyl liner and tire sidewall beads. shipping cost for bad tires not worth it. would have cost $100 to ship 4 rims alone, versus $300 to ship with ripped tires...
barrel lips were painted silver and was not stated in the description.
Contacted Riverside.jp (they bought out maya/trafficstar wheels) and obtained info for factory specs to confirmt that they were incorrectly face swapped. With the faces back to the proper placement, the wheels became 29mm rear and 30mm front as manufacturer listed.
Listing stated rears were 19x11 and fronts were 19x9.5. Actual real widths were 19x10.5 rear and 19x9 front.
3 of the 4 tires were ripped from inside due to the wheel bends and shedding of inside butyl liner and tire sidewall beads. shipping cost for bad tires not worth it. would have cost $100 to ship 4 rims alone, versus $300 to ship with ripped tires...
barrel lips were painted silver and was not stated in the description.
coupetech
Apr 27, 2011, 12:06 AM
Clearly stated to buyer that 3 of 4 rims were not sealing at the damaged sections of wheels, obviously indicating a problem. I told him i didn't want to bust the tires off the wheels due to the damage and low profile. I emailed/posted about a dozen pictures and close-ups of all damage. Obvious paint chipping on 2 wheels. I shipped these rims perfectly, cross country within 2 days of receiving payment. I admit i advertised the rim size (width) off by .5" but the offset i clearly stated i was eye-balling the measurement, which was only off by 2mm. Also stated the measurement stickers on the wheels were faded and illegible.
power2rice
Apr 28, 2011, 05:42 PM
Keith, I'm not here to upset you and I'm sorry you are upset about this. However, it's only fair to state that as the BUYER, to spend $1000 and get something that is not what you expected is painful.
I expected and paid for:
lots wheel bends
usable tires since I had to pay for them to be shipped
zero offset rear wheels and high offset fronts
chipped paint on the face of the rims
9.5" front barrel
11" rear barrel
what i received:
lots of wheels bends (expected)
chipped paint on the face of the rims (expected)
PAINTED BARRELS!? clearly not stated, i even commented about these rims look painted and if you could confirm. you stated you do not know... (you knew)
ripped tires (easily had the tires removed and tossed and bill me, overall cost much less than shipping junk tires and tell me they have 80% tread. i even commented to you that with all these bends the tires are usually no good)
wheel faces swapped front to back. i had to fix this, so zero offset is now 29mm offset. when buying wheels, zero offset and 29mm offset is A BIG DEAL OF DIFFERENCE.
fyi, the sticker though faded still showed the offset number
9.0 front barrel
10.5 rear barrel
what you call .5" of difference is what makes the world of difference with the value of wheels and what is "hella flush" and what is just flush.
with the above stated. it is only fair to give you a neutral review. I feel all moderators will agree with me since i paid for the rims in full, i paid for the shipping.
I expected and paid for:
lots wheel bends
usable tires since I had to pay for them to be shipped
zero offset rear wheels and high offset fronts
chipped paint on the face of the rims
9.5" front barrel
11" rear barrel
what i received:
lots of wheels bends (expected)
chipped paint on the face of the rims (expected)
PAINTED BARRELS!? clearly not stated, i even commented about these rims look painted and if you could confirm. you stated you do not know... (you knew)
ripped tires (easily had the tires removed and tossed and bill me, overall cost much less than shipping junk tires and tell me they have 80% tread. i even commented to you that with all these bends the tires are usually no good)
wheel faces swapped front to back. i had to fix this, so zero offset is now 29mm offset. when buying wheels, zero offset and 29mm offset is A BIG DEAL OF DIFFERENCE.
fyi, the sticker though faded still showed the offset number
9.0 front barrel
10.5 rear barrel
what you call .5" of difference is what makes the world of difference with the value of wheels and what is "hella flush" and what is just flush.
with the above stated. it is only fair to give you a neutral review. I feel all moderators will agree with me since i paid for the rims in full, i paid for the shipping.