Steel vs Alloy wheels

BigMat wrote: Tom have you a pic with your Jimny on 235s pls?

Right here..
bigjimny.com/index.php/forum/8-my-jimny/...ly-getting-somewhere

panosd wrote:

kirkynut wrote:

panosd wrote: Alloy wheels are better.

You have less weight on the wheels, transmision etc and less chances breaking caused to weight.

Try to measure the weight of a alloy wheel with a tire and the same with steel one.

But you want weight sometimes so that the wheel is pressing onto the ground harder to gain grip and traction, in a cross axle situation for example.

Kirkynut

And thats excactly the time you break your cv's .

When you use tires with agressive pattern you need less speed, and there is the help af the low gears.

The opposite when you have tires with less agressive pattern, like bf km2.

You break your CV's in a cross axles situation because you spin your wheels up and they suddenly grip. It is worse with really grippy tyres as when they suddenly grip, they really grip. If you had kept the momentum and speed from before the cross axle situation it will carry you through it so you don't end up with diagonally opposite wheels spinning up which then suddenly grip and snap something.

If you have a heavier wheel and tyre you may not get cross axled, it will be not short from it but that little extra weight might be just enough to keep you going. Therefore you don't sit spinning the wheels to suddenly grip and snap something.

This works on the same principle as Simon's X-springs for Landrovers.

I must say though that the extra weight of a steel wheel over an alloy is not much, so we are splitting hairs with this argument.

Kirkynut

So then a lockright is needed to avoid loosing momentum when cross axled. I love my lockright!

Depends what kind of vehicle your going for.



Proper off roader has steelies



Hairdressers run about has alloys

:evil:

mine with 215/75/15`s freshly fitted today i have the 1.5" budget spring lift fitted also.

iloveics wrote: Depends what kind of vehicle your going for.

Proper off roader has steelies

Hairdressers run about has alloys

:evil:

That's funny.

Alloys do look good though.

This thread was getting all too serious!

Kirkynut