Big rims, big risk?
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From: Van Alstyne, TX
Originally posted by RON430
Not to mention slowing the car down. But then again having participated in more than one discussion with people who increase unsprung weight by 50 or100% with wheels, wrap them with glorified rubber bands for tires that they pump up to 40 psi, increase spring rate and reduce suspension travel with lowering springs, stiffen shock absorber values by 50 or a 100% but then post how stabilizer bars really degraded the ride demonstrates about the same knowledge of automotive suspensions as that exhibited by the average school of carp. So please keep posting some of these articles. Maybe we can save some folks a few bucks rather than make the mistakes many of us have made over the years. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of money to be made selling those blingy big wheels. And you can even get an income stream from replacing the bent ones. Ain't life grand.
Not to mention slowing the car down. But then again having participated in more than one discussion with people who increase unsprung weight by 50 or100% with wheels, wrap them with glorified rubber bands for tires that they pump up to 40 psi, increase spring rate and reduce suspension travel with lowering springs, stiffen shock absorber values by 50 or a 100% but then post how stabilizer bars really degraded the ride demonstrates about the same knowledge of automotive suspensions as that exhibited by the average school of carp. So please keep posting some of these articles. Maybe we can save some folks a few bucks rather than make the mistakes many of us have made over the years. Unfortunately, there is also a lot of money to be made selling those blingy big wheels. And you can even get an income stream from replacing the bent ones. Ain't life grand.
It's an excellent article and the industry realizes that oversized wheels keep getting bigger every year which is why companies like rotora have developed bigger brakes..For example Rotora realizes that owners of the H2 hummer are up sizing their wheels up to 28 inch wheels 
and an 8-pot brake upgrade should be mandatory when going this big..At SEMA lexani had on display their 30-inch wheel!! When will it ever stop??? 
and an 8-pot brake upgrade should be mandatory when going this big..At SEMA lexani had on display their 30-inch wheel!! When will it ever stop???
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From: California
Originally posted by ArmyofOne
tell that to 1QWKLEX. his car has alot of HP and his tires are those "glorified" rubber bands you are talking about. car seemed to ride ok to me.
tell that to 1QWKLEX. his car has alot of HP and his tires are those "glorified" rubber bands you are talking about. car seemed to ride ok to me.
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From: New York
Originally Posted by RON430
One man's "ride OK" is another man's buckboard.
word.....previously when I had my 03 maxima, everyone kept saying COILOVERS, COILOVERS, COILOVERS....I heard "oh yeah they ride like stock, trust me.." blah blah blah blah blah....
so I bought them, and yes while they looked GREAT, the ride or shall I say lack there of, got old and tired fast!
the metal to metal sound of the replacement pillowball mounts clanking against the stock metal also got old real fast.
the fact that whenever I hit a bump, I felt a kidney shift and my dashboard sounded like it was gonna break in half also got real old real fast.
one man's trash is always gonna be another man's treasure.....our tolerances of what is acceptable and what is not is always gonna be subjective and different and that's what makes us human.
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