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Old 04-23-2014, 07:44 AM
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Old 04-23-2014, 02:57 PM
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just for reference, what's the offset on those?
 
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20mm, looks wide at one angle and just perfect at another.

It's optically delusioning me.
 
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Now an inch lower and you are good to go .
Looks not bad at all ...
 
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I am considering lowering it, but not anytime soon. This is a spring/summer/fall daily driver for me so it's upgrades are generally lower on the list.
 
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