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Steel vs Aluminum Wheels


Want to turn it into a real pig? get some of the 3/8" thick steel wheels they used on Crown Vic cruisers.

They have to be that thick, have you seen what police do to vehicles?!

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That movie is even better when it keeps repeating itself.

I always assumed that scene wasn't actually part of the movie, they just inserted a news clip from a typical day in Chicago to save money...
 
I didn't weigh them, but there is a noticeable difference in the rusty 16" steels I had on my truck and the aluminum ones I replaced them with. Like two aluminum wheels don't weigh as much as one of the steels.

I can verify the weight of the PI wheels. Mom has one for a spare in her Mustang. It's insane. Ass of the car dropped 3 inches when I put it in the trunk.
 
I didn't weigh them, but there is a noticeable difference in the rusty 16" steels I had on my truck and the aluminum ones I replaced them with. Like two aluminum wheels don't weigh as much as one of the steels.

I can verify the weight of the PI wheels. Mom has one for a spare in her Mustang. It's insane. Ass of the car dropped 3 inches when I put it in the trunk.
3 inches?!? She might be due for new springs.
 
Maybe they filled the tires with lead instead of air by mistake? :oops:
 
Crown Vic cruisers used to come with factory steel wheels and full wheel covers. Under hard cornering, steel wheel flex a little and the $60 - $70 wheel covers flew off and cities and towns got sick of buying them so Ford started using super heavy duty wheels with small center caps.
 

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