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Offline Mikerpm4x4

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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2005, 10:33:29 AM »
I prefer 10s. Dont forget about leverage. The further out your tires are, on an IFS especially, the easier it will flex. That also = softer ride on IFS. I suppose the wheel bearings probabally work a little harder but I havent had any problems. As far as blowing beads, I have only blown 2 beads ever in my memory...hardly worth worrying about. I genrally run 4 to 6 psi, bepending on terrain. Im not sure if this is completely factual but it has been my experience that painted steel wheels seem to blow less beads than Chrome or aluminum wheels at low psi's.

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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2005, 09:25:11 PM »
My Tracker still rode like shit on 15x10's on 33x13.50's :P But that's likely due to other factors ;)

As far as painted wheels vs. alum/chrome, I wouldn't go any other way than painted steel. I'm cheap as hell ;)
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #17 on: March 01, 2005, 01:19:08 AM »
Most dented/bent steelies can be repaired on the trail with a hammer.
Cracked alum cannot.

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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #18 on: March 01, 2005, 01:52:08 AM »
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Im not sure if this is completely factual but it has been my experience that painted steel wheels seem to blow less beads than Chrome or aluminum wheels at low psi's.


Well of course, Mike!  Mathematically speaking, we express this as:

P(FUBAR) ~= $(BLING) * SF(GFW) * GAS

Where:

P(FUBAR) = Probability of your rims getting FUBARed.
$(BLING) = How much you paid for those fancy rims.
SF(GFW) = Stress Factor, of having your Girlfriend Watching.
GAS = Give a Shite factor.

So, the lower the $(BLING), or the less you GAS, the less likely it is that you will score a FUBAR.
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #19 on: March 01, 2005, 02:00:34 AM »
It's the same ratio as putting a
roll cage in your Kick.  As much
as I hate to admit it, I actually
understood that equasion   :o
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #20 on: March 01, 2005, 03:52:40 AM »
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Well of course, Mike!  Mathematically speaking, we express this as:

P(FUBAR) ~= $(BLING) * SF(GFW) * GAS

Where:

P(FUBAR) = Probability of your rims getting FUBARed.
$(BLING) = How much you paid for those fancy rims.
SF(GFW) = Stress Factor, of having your Girlfriend Watching.
GAS = Give a Shite factor.

So, the lower the $(BLING), or the less you GAS, the less likely it is that you will score a FUBAR.



Well put Bob.
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #21 on: March 01, 2005, 04:49:39 AM »
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I prefer 10s. Dont forget about leverage. The further out your tires are, on an IFS especially, the easier it will flex. That also = softer ride on IFS. I suppose the wheel bearings probabally work a little harder but I havent had any problems. As far as blowing beads, I have only blown 2 beads ever in my memory...hardly worth worrying about. I genrally run 4 to 6 psi, bepending on terrain. Im not sure if this is completely factual but it has been my experience that painted steel wheels seem to blow less beads than Chrome or aluminum wheels at low psi's.

Mike


10" rims to what tire size?
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #22 on: March 01, 2005, 05:49:22 AM »
i wish i could find some skinnyer rims!, right now im sittin on 32x7 16" tube type bias plys, and the skinnyest rims I could find were 6.5" wide, the only other rims i could think of to look for were stock willys jeep rims, but where does one find a set of those  ???
I havent tryed airing down my tires yet, havent had a chance, but im expecting bead probs
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #23 on: March 01, 2005, 08:51:22 AM »
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i wish i could find some skinnyer rims!, right now im sittin on 32x7 16" tube type bias plys, and the skinnyest rims I could find were 6.5" wide, the only other rims i could think of to look for were stock willys jeep rims, but where does one find a set of those  ???

RockCrawler regular black steelies are what my 16x5.5's are... With that skinny of a tire, does the tire manufacturer recommend a particular brand of rim or anything? They should know where to get the right size.
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #24 on: March 01, 2005, 11:36:48 AM »
i wouldnt know, 2 of em say "registered 1955" on the side walls ;D ... 2 are fire stone and 2 are early bfg's
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #25 on: March 03, 2006, 04:49:24 AM »
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #26 on: March 03, 2006, 06:39:03 AM »
You could always check the manufacturers recommended rim width for your specific tire size  :D
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #27 on: March 03, 2006, 06:10:01 PM »
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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #28 on: March 03, 2006, 09:59:42 PM »
I like a thinner wheel, I run 8" with a 2.5 backspace
RockCrawler with a 33-13.5 Swamper LTB.

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Re: Educate Me (wheel and tire tech)
« Reply #29 on: March 03, 2006, 10:14:15 PM »
What you guys don't have six sets of tires and wheels?  It gets to be a pain changing them all the time so I picked up three more suzuki's it's easyer that way.  ;D
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