jipmpizzle
10/27/2006 12:56:35 AM
My rims keep bending because I beleive my tires are not thick enough to provide a cushion for the rim. The rims I have are Excel C5. The tires I have now are Nankang NSII 215/35/18. I wanted to know what size tire u guys recommend so that my rims do not keep getting bent.
sir_nasty
10/30/2006 5:09:26 PM
are you driving some really nasty roads or something? or are they cheap rims? that tire does sound a bit low but I've never seen one that is a cheap enough rim to make it a constant issue....
jipmpizzle
10/30/2006 9:52:32 PM
yeah the roads in the DC area arent that great and my rims were 420 for all four.
YeuEmMaiMai
10/30/2006 11:06:24 PM
are they steel? it's almost impossible to bend an aluminum rim, they will crack before they bend in most circumstances
jipmpizzle
10/31/2006 4:51:49 PM
so aluminum rims are stronger than steel rims?
YeuEmMaiMai
10/31/2006 9:40:27 PM
generally speaking they do not bend but instead will crack and that take a rather hard impact (like hitting another car) they are usually heavier and thicker as well
JC06Accord
11/1/2006 10:10:21 AM
Yeah DC roads are pretty hard on rims...are you lowered any? Might wanna try a lil bigger tire or different rims cause they gonna get ate up around here with those bands (killed rims on my minitruck with 215/40/17's way too often lol)
