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Re: Aluminum vs steel rims
« Reply #30 on: Feb 18, 2010, 09:48:27 PM »
I used to think Weld aluminum wheels were the bomb high dollar super strong rims, until one disintegrated on my F350 doing about 70 mph.  Pretty much destroyed the bed when the 35 flew off and the fragmented center and brake drum gouged into the asphalt.  I will say that Weld warrantied the wheel and got me a replacement, which I threw away.

I live on the corner house along a main road that has a slight bend in it, drunks miss the turn all the time hitting the curb, the aluminum shatters like glass but the drunks with steel wheels can usually keep rolling til the cops catch up to them.

 
 
 
 
 

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