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Old 12-19-2008, 02:04 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Russelt3hPirate View Post
I don't have enkeis.

So my CCWs will bend on your roads? but they weigh 25lbs for a 17x10?

please help me understand your logic and where your basis of argument is coming from.

by adding more material increasing weight does not automatically make a wheel "stronger" then a lighter counterpart.

I've also seen higher weight wheels bend. Alot of times it's due to the tire pressure being overly low, or the sidewall height being too short for the type of road.

Wheels are designed to bend when an extreme situation happens, it's better for them to bend then break.

by your "weight" standards those 17" centerlines wouldn't put up to squat. So what makes you think their 15" version is worth anything? because the website said so? :lol:

I feel spoke design (less spacing between spokes), proper sidewall height, proper tire pressure, and as much as safe pothole avoidance is going to save your wheels more then adding 2lbs of metal somewhere.
I'm telling you that any "RACING" wheel isn't designed for STREET use.

Period.

That's because the barrel sections and the spoke sections are much thinner than what would be considered appropriate for STREET use.

Race tracks are SMOOTH, so thinner walls (which means lighter weight) are OK there.

Those Centerlines are thick-walled, FORGED 6061-T6 wheels.

They are MUCH stronger than any thin walled, cast wheel.

6061-T6's mechanical properties (e.g. yield strength) blow away the properties of cast aluminums.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6061_aluminum

Compare those propertied to A356 aluminum, which is the most common aluminum used in cast wheels:

http://www.mse.mtu.edu/classes/my413...inum/a356.html
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