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Anyone have pictures of the Bronze option installed in the wild? I have forest Green and was giving serious thought to the bronze options and would love to see how the bronze wheels react in real sunlight.
We believe a couple of customers have this combo and already received their rims, probably they will post pictures s00n.
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Anyone have pictures of the Bronze option installed in the wild? I have forest Green and was giving serious thought to the bronze options and would love to see how the bronze wheels react in real sunlight.
Mine have tires being mounted and road balanced as we speak (dropped off at my friendly local tire shop this morning).
I'm hoping to get them onto the truck today or tomorrow and will provide dirty truck photos, and hopefully can get the truck cleaned up this weekend for some nicer photos :)
 
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Anyone have pictures of the Bronze option installed in the wild? I have forest Green and was giving serious thought to the bronze options and would love to see how the bronze wheels react in real sunlight.
I should have pictures of that exact combo Monday afternoon.
 

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Anyone have pictures of the Bronze option installed in the wild? I have forest Green and was giving serious thought to the bronze options and would love to see how the bronze wheels react in real sunlight.
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Bronze with FG, Blizzak LT, and some skinnier lug nuts.
 

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Alright folks, it's the moment you've all been waiting for. Truck is dirty, lighting is terrible, but here is @Atomic Wheels satin bronze on forest green with Michelin Defender M/S2 mounted by @Discount Tire.

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I'm thinking about doing the same thing when my 21" needs to be replace. Let us know how the efficiency is with that 275/60/20 defender tires. I did not know discount tires would mount these since the load rating is not the same as the original 275/65/20 ?
 

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FYI (Not that I expected any differently, but I'm just confirming for anyone with the question):
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Buying a 5th and using it as full sized spare with Rivians OEM spare kit fits perfectly!
 

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I’m loving the satin bronze + transparent black combo. Wasn’t sure how I’d feel before seeing a picture, but man - nice.
 

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I'm thinking about doing the same thing when my 21" needs to be replace. Let us know how the efficiency is with that 275/60/20 defender tires. I did not know discount tires would mount these since the load rating is not the same as the original 275/65/20 ?
I think the load rating on the 275/60/20 M/S2 is 116, but if not DT didn't raise any fuss. So far, efficiency has been lower than what I was getting on stock 21s, but there's a big asterisk there as I got them mounted right before uncharacteristically cold weather here and I've only driven on them for two days. I don't think I will be able to provide a realistic comparison on efficiency for a few weeks as these will need to wear in before it's a fair comparison. The two concerns that I have for efficiency are the increased wheel width and its effect on aero and the Defender tires potentially being stickier, increasing rolling resistance. Overall this wheel/tire combo is about 12 pounds lighter than stock per wheel, which should help but the jury is out whether it is enough to offset the other differences.
 

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I think the load rating on the 275/60/20 M/S2 is 116, but if not DT didn't raise any fuss. So far, efficiency has been lower than what I was getting on stock 21s, but there's a big asterisk there as I got them mounted right before uncharacteristically cold weather here and I've only driven on them for two days. I don't think I will be able to provide a realistic comparison on efficiency for a few weeks as these will need to wear in before it's a fair comparison. The two concerns that I have for efficiency are the increased wheel width and its effect on aero and the Defender tires potentially being stickier, increasing rolling resistance. Overall this wheel/tire combo is about 12 pounds lighter than stock per wheel, which should help but the jury is out whether it is enough to offset the other differences.

you are absolutely right about the index rating is at 116. I thought it is 115 or lower from most of the tires at 275/60/20.. Yes, it is unfair to do efficiency at the moment since the tires are new and Texas just got hit with cold weather. Please keep us update on efficiency with this tires.
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