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Good aluminum black wheels???


dmanmccann

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Anyone know if anyone makes a aluminum black rockcrawler style wheel??? Cuz i know most everybody gets the soft 8's which are steel, i want alumuinum for lighter weight....oh yeah in a 15x8 or 15x7...thanks
 
why would you want aluminum wheels? the problem with them is that they break (cast aluminum) instead of bending like steel wheels do. steels can be bent back to a certain point. do you actually know how much weight would be saved? compare that to the likely double or more cost and break it down into dollars per pound. you will likely see that its not worth it.

a much better way to save weight is to empty the bed of the little stuff that collects there or to search for tires that are lighter. my 31" procomp mud terrains are heavier by a few pounds than my 32" BFGs.
 
I just wanted them because i read steel wheels CAN throw off the balance and your loose MPG...I dont know by how much or if that is even true??? I see your point about aluminum breaking and steel bending....Guess its some Crager D-windows or soft 8's for me then

There aint nothin in my bed, and i plan on running some Cooper Discoverer ATR 32x11.50 (if they still have them when i want them)
 
Aluminum is lighter, but also weaker so they have to use more of it. If you look at an aluminum rim there is ALOT more material there than with a steel one. Usually aluminum rims come out being heavier than steel, along with a noticable power loss. But they also act as a huge heat sink for your brakes and help them cool better. As usual there isn't really a clear winner.

Steel rims work great (they should, they just about have been used since the begining of time), both my trucks have steel rims and hold a balance fine. I wouldn't mind finding a set of alloys for each truck though, I find both sets tolarable but I wouldn't pick them out of a catalog (they are factory) Black rims really don't do much for me, and aftermarket chrome rims like to rust... so that is about all that is left for me.

I haven't either bent an steel rim or broken a aluminum rim, unless you are pretty hardcore at wheeling or like to biff curbs at high speed it really isn't that big of a deal. Either way you are looking for a new rim once you get home.
 

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