Ok, (deep breath here) I went to pick up the wheels. Lo' and behold, they fit this time
. That was the good news
. They did not ship with the spiffy center caps. Uh huh, they got half the order right this time.. Dude calls AR while I'm standing there and says AR guy told him it's a problem they're having specifically with the NISSAN wheels. Pphhtt! Enough about that, they said when they got it figured out, they'd be sending mine to me. (On a plus note, 4WP guy sent me out with four of the plain chrome finish center caps in the mean time. They kind of look like they belong, but they're coming off as soon as the ones in the picture above arrive.)
Now, a word or two about AR's craftsmenship. Crappity crap.
There is a lip of maybe 2-3 16ths" on one side of the wheels,(we'll call it 12 o'clock). AT 6 o'clock the lip is non exsistent. (
EDIT- You can see the lip in the pic above from (going clockwise) 10 o'clock around to about 8'oclock.) It seems when the machine routed out the design from the aluminum alloy block, it ran it's pattern
oblong . Now don't get me wrong, you have to look to find the imperfection, but after waiting almost 7 months for these wheels, I looked them over reeal good.
I can say without hesitaiton, this has been a bad experience form the get-go. As noted in other posts here concerning AR, they have some serious issues with service and product quality..
Caveat Emptor.
Pics are forthcoming. (ps, not for nothing, but DAMN! they look good on the X!!)
2nd EDIT- Ok, one last thing. I couldn't wait so I drove down the street to a mountain and locked 'em up. I crawled around a bit and did some brodies in a dirt field. When I got home, what dirt remained, wiped off clean and easy. No film or nuthin'.
Yes Jim (Yzerman) we just
may have steak and eggs one day on the trail
The non-stick as good as any pans I've got