Wheel capacity vs tire capacity
I'm looking to upgrade my stock tires to the Cooper ST that has a 4080 lb rating. This should cover my needs, but it seems most stock wheels aren't rated that high. I'm sure many people are running ...
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covered wagon wrote:Kayteg1 wrote:
I have seen factory rims splitting without alleged overloading, but I take it as occasional design error.
Steel rims usually can take much more than ratings.
With alu alloy it is harder to predict.
Alcoa wheels being that they are forged not cast are stronger than steel wheels. I'm on 16 inch Alcoas rated at 3750 each.
I'm on 16" Steel wheels rated at 3750#
Doesn't mean I would run a higher load rated tire
Wheels need to be load rated/psi rated to same (or higher) as tires load/psi ratings.
