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Most durable wheels? SSRs are forged, right? Any other reasonably priced wheels

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Old 09-02-2003, 09:58 AM
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Default Most durable wheels? SSRs are forged, right? Any other reasonably priced wheels

that are strong?

Looking at 18". Won't pay HRE prices.
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Default Had SSR integrals on my mustang in 18x9....

dunno how strong they are cause I managed to bend one without hitting any type of pothole or other road annomoly that would bend a rim. It was just a slow progression of a vibrating steering wheel and I finally took it in and had all 4 rims checked... 3 were bent out of round, the worst one almost 1/4 inch!!! The roads here are fairly smooth and nice... you'll never see a pothole on the road... at the worst we have thin tar strips where they tar filled cracks or slight undulations or wrinkles from heavy trucks.

I'd look at BBS as well... and OZ. the supperleggaras are supposed to be extremely strong!
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Default My friend's got 18" SSR GT1s on an incredibly stiff-riding S2000. He drives in Wash DC every day

and no bends in over a year.
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ssr's in 18" have been known to bend ....a lot
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that car does not weigh 3000+ pounds.
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Damn. True...
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Ive got SSR integrals...one of the stongest wheels available...mine are 18x8
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Default Lots of posts about SSR Comps being soft...

On the S4 and A4 forums. The integrals And GT series seem to be stronger but weigh in closer to 20 lbs instead of the low teens of the Competitions. Still much better than the high 20's of the ALMS rims.
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my Integrals are 18 pounds in 18x 8...the competitions are like 14
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