Finally got the rims installed.....

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Jan 19, 2008 | 06:59 PM

mike690003

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Finally got the rims installed.....

The TPMS sensors I ordered were taking forever! I went to the dealer and spoke with the service manager, who's a good buddy of mine. He had the neighboring chevy dealership deliver a set of sensors for me, which took about 15 minutes. What was even better is that he told me after I had the wheels mounted and balanced at the wheel shop, he would reset the tire pressuse sensors for me (free). Took about 2 minutes to get them reset and of course I gave him a tip.

After a long wait, here are the rims mounted on the car:

Jan 19, 2008 | 07:17 PM

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Interesting choice Mike. Def compliments your black monte with black rims. I like the theme between both cars.

Jan 19, 2008 | 08:24 PM

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hmm different.

Jan 19, 2008 | 09:32 PM

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hmm different.

Different, but I can't say I don't like them....do you mind giving us the sizes and tires used?

Jan 20, 2008 | 09:48 AM

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Good Look on the White.

Jan 20, 2008 | 01:09 PM

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The wheels are Asanti AF115, They are 22x8.5 with 245/30/22 tires. The wheels are 3 piece forged etc. Normal 22's would cost me about $2800, so I just saved up a little extra for really good rims. I plan on lowering it soon, but I had to have the wheels mounted up first to make sure it could be lowered.

Jan 20, 2008 | 02:35 PM

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Sorry, not a fan of them. The white on the rims looks brighter than the paint on the car too. Me no likey.

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Jan 20, 2008 | 06:12 PM

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They won't get too dirty. I don't drive the car every day. It just hit 1000 miles yesterday and I bought it new in April 07. My 2000 SS is my daily driver

Jan 20, 2008 | 07:45 PM

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Wow, that isnt much milage. I brought mine June 20th, 2007 and I just turned over 2880 for miles.

Jan 20, 2008 | 09:23 PM

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Wow, that isnt much milage. I brought mine June 20th, 2007 and I just turned over 2880 for miles.

I had mine since last october, almost 3k miles...

Jan 20, 2008 | 09:28 PM

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wow,that monte looks great. love the rims nice choice

Jan 20, 2008 | 10:30 PM

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but is your car your daily driver?????

Jan 20, 2008 | 10:57 PM

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I think they look awesome..

Jan 21, 2008 | 12:58 AM

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I think they look great. While I'm not a fan of much over 20", I think these look really, really nice. Good job!

Jan 21, 2008 | 08:41 AM

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Hmm, I don't really like rims that big, but they do look pretty good. Nice work. And damn alot of low miles here. I got mine at the end of April '07 and I've got 11,1xx on mine.

Jan 21, 2008 | 09:14 AM

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I Purchased mine in may and have 1100 on it. And like I said mike very nice!!

Jan 21, 2008 | 10:32 AM

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Thanks a lot guys!

We've got to keep these 06/07 Montes with low mileage. Who knows the next time GM will release another Monte....

Jan 21, 2008 | 01:47 PM

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Something about body color and a silver rim for a wheel strikes a good note with me.

With wheels like that you'll have no choice but to keep the miles low!