Cracked wheel question

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SonnyZ4

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So, it looks like I have a cracked wheel again. This will make it number three (twice on 107's and once VMR 19" VB3's) :headbang:

I'm been trying to find if there's anything that can happen/be done to the car that causes it to be more susceptible to cracked wheels? (besides larger wheels with small sidewalls) And is there anything I can do to make it less susceptible? If there's nothing I can do, I might just have to go back to an 18" wheel

I drove the car for 3 years without any issues, and now over the course of two years have had three cracked alloys (two in one year). I haven't moved or been driving in areas with poor roads

Thanks!
 
If your car is lowered down on stiffer springs and going to a lower profile tyre you're not helping, the weakest point for the energy to be released from a bang then becomes the low profile tyre as the springs don't have much movement.
The only way around this is to get a good set of coil overs, these have plenty of movement internally, so any big bangs the energy should be released to the coil overs before it reached the tyre wall. A blummin big hole in the road hit at the wrong angle will still kill your rim though.
 
Coilovers are quite expensive aren't they? Do they make any better shocks/springs that would help?

Oklahoma has some of the worst designed and built roads In the US. It's bad enough that I plan my routes to avoid certain roads or will make random lane changes in areas where our highways and interstates are patchy and uneven ...
 
SonnyZ4 said:
Coilovers are quite expensive aren't they? Do they make any better shocks/springs that would help?

Oklahoma has some of the worst designed and built roads In the US. It's bad enough that I plan my routes to avoid certain roads or will make random lane changes in areas where our highways and interstates are patchy and uneven ...
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Come to the UK and see our roads!!

I've just found this Youtube vid that explains how coil overs work, especially the last set he shows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biOLaKSC0sM

From watching this, you'll then understand. If you live in a area of bad roads and want a lower ride, coil overs will be a good investment....
how much will you keep spending on a new rim + tyre each time, compared to a set of Coil overs?
The ride will be much much better in the car too.
 
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