Steel or Alloy? You decide...

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alloys all the way. using spacers you can get big enough tyres on. however if you smack an alloy hard then it will break smack a steel and you may be able to fix it!
 
SnowmanV8 said:
alloys all the way. using spacers you can get big enough tyres on. however if you smack an alloy hard then it will break smack a steel and you may be able to fix it!
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This is sound advice........I have flashy alloys with road tyres for every day and tar road use, but if there is a hint I might go off the tar I fit my steels with the more aggressive tyres.
 
Steel, 'specially if you use it offroad at all. A bent steel might be hammered back, a bent alloy breaks ...
 
Excellent the debate is hotting up..... I like it, thanks gents, keep your opinions coming.... and don't forget to vote it might be close.... :D
 
Theres no correct answer for this. Does depend on use and what money you've got to burn. As for wheel spacer,from a trialing point of view is a big no no.
 
Also don't just read it.... VOTE on it, even if you don't comment... 1 vote could make all the difference to which side wins.... and everybody loves a winner :banana:
 
MPfive said:
Theres no correct answer for this. Does depend on use and what money you've got to burn. As for wheel spacer,from a trialing point of view is a big no no.
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Why not spacers - as I am looking into either spaces or offset modulars?

was looking at these spacers:-

Spacers

or

Spacers
 
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Alloys are ok for me, and I drive all day on outback roads never had an issue....I saw an episode of Top Gear on the African adventure thing. May smashed an alloy on a dirt road. It was a Volvo estate with low profiles on FFS, what did he expect.
That said, if I was going back to Africa I would run on steels. only because if I did smack an alloy its all over. With a steel I know I can go to the nearest shack / garage, and a guy with a hammer and a blowtorch will have it as good as new in two beers.
 
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