Is this just a myth or do 18" wheels bend rather easy. I've always had 17" wheels and I've never bent one. However, I want to move up to some 18" wheel, some FN01R-C specifically, and I want to know how much easier they are to bend?
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Is this just a myth or do 18" wheels bend rather easy. I've always had 17" wheels and I've never bent one. However, I want to move up to some 18" wheel, some FN01R-C specifically, and I want to know how much easier they are to bend?
Thats interesting. I have never heard of that problem. Hell, I have those wheels you're looking at in 18", sometimes take a 1/2 mile long shortcut through dirt roads and bumps if I'm running late to work and don't have any issues *knocks on wood*. Where did you hear this?
good wheels shouldn't bend
It's all been hearsay from people I've talked to in car circles around here and various internet forums. Which is why I asked. I wanted to hear from people that actually know. I think I have my answer. Now I just need to find someone to buy my 17s and I'll be in business.
I have bent many 18" cast wheels in the Milwaukee area on 40 series tires. I have not yet purchased a set of forged wheels which should be both more resistant to bending and are possible to repair should they need it. Mil-town crap roads and Enkei NT-03's = bent city.
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Originally Posted by Polygon
I have never heard of wheels bending, any wheel will bend if you hit a curb hard enough, but just driving nothing should bend. I used to have 20's on my Aurora and never bent one.
You will run into issues if you are running the wrong tires. 18" with tires matching up to stock rolling diameter work just fine. Well, unless you are a kid that thinks AWD=4x4 :)
It's not the diameter of the rim/wheel, it's the size of the tire. Running 18s on a car that came with 15s means you're going to run some really thin tires; less impact absorbing means more impact transferred to the rim, which means easier bending. It's a carryover from the honda/acura/stock 15s people who put 18s, 19s, freakin 20s on their cars then drive through potholes.
On a 3S, an 18 is fine. I've got a few thousand miles on a set of 19x8.5s on one of my 3S, and no troubles at all. :D