Aren't all of them made in China, including GMC OEM stuff? What's different about the Black Rhinos vs. the others?
Aftermarket Wheel Quality
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Aren't all of them made in China, including GMC OEM stuff? What's different about the Black Rhinos vs. the others?
Tonyrodz
Resident Resident
Quality control?
Wow the Black Rhinos are that bad huh?
HiHoeSilver
Away!
You can usually tell the quality by the warranty they carry. Most have 1 year finish and structure warranties... I sell OEM replicas that carry a 2 year finish warranty and a lifetime structure warranty.
Wow, looking at the difference in warranties really is eye opening. The KMCs "lifetime" protection is strictly around structural failure but has all sorts of finish exemptions after 1 year, and polished finishes have NO warranty...whereas the REPLACE wheels that CarID carries have "defects in materials and workmanship" protection. Really good to know. Keep the info coming!
i had 9 of them replaced. its like they used pot metal to make them they were so soft.
NINE?
I'm assuming you have a discussion thread in here about your experience? If so, I'd love to read it!
fozzi58
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24" 2Crave #47s on my Burb. I returned a set of KMCs cause they didn't fit properly with the offset - they were hitting my sway bar on lock to lock. I say stay away from the KMCs unless you are going 8" wide 20's at the most. I still think the 31mm offset wont be enough even though its only off by 1 mm vs the factory wheel (30mm offset). The 2Craves offered a different offset for clearance. They only rub the fender wells cause I went with an oversized tire. But the available offsets they provided pushed the wheel out far enough that it wouldn't rub and mechanical parts or frame and they don't stick out of the wheel well so much that is looks all hillbilly.
Truck came with the factory 18" wheels and whatever tires. They weighed 64lbs. The 2Craves with Falken tires are 90lbs. I didnt think 24lbs was that much of a difference considering it was a 6" difference in diameter and another 2.5" in width. The Dubs I was considering (I think Futures?) were lighter by about 10lbs a wheel but they didn't have the look I was going for.
I have 18" OEM replicas on my Trans Am (C5 ZO6 replicas) They are 15 years old and mostly sit in a garagebut there is very little pitting on them.
Truck came with the factory 18" wheels and whatever tires. They weighed 64lbs. The 2Craves with Falken tires are 90lbs. I didnt think 24lbs was that much of a difference considering it was a 6" difference in diameter and another 2.5" in width. The Dubs I was considering (I think Futures?) were lighter by about 10lbs a wheel but they didn't have the look I was going for.
I have 18" OEM replicas on my Trans Am (C5 ZO6 replicas) They are 15 years old and mostly sit in a garagebut there is very little pitting on them.
i have mentioned it here & there to stay away from the wheels.
it sucks that callaway chose to keep them as a vendor. the dealer i use had other hoes w/ same issue.
that is why i ordered some forgeline rims & just stored the orig ones in garage.
