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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billtex wrote:covered wagon wrote:
I thank you for finding the video.
I think you failed to mention how the Alcoa withstood greater pressure than the steel wheel before failing.
I did not see the Alcoa or the steel wheel fail in the video. The only failure was the foreign wheel tested.
Interesting. Originally they had the test with a steel truck wheel and when the steel wheel was deformed they released the pressures and showed how the Alcoa returned to it's original shape. They did not increase pressures until the Alcoa failed however.
