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17' wheels & tires
Posted by Dr. Eric Strauss (more from Dr. Eric Strauss) on Fri, 13 Sep 2002 20:17:27
In Reply to: AERO -- 17' wheels & tires -- damage prone ?, joe r, Fri, 13 Sep 2002 17:38:46
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Hi Joe,
You can check out a former post of mine. I too work in the Boston Area and live on the Cape. I put about 30-50,000 miles per year on my cars and have had four cars with a total of eight sets of 17" tires and wheels (BMW's, Audi TT's, Preludes '02 Aero). I use 17" tires for summer and snow tires. In 180,000 miles of use, I have bent two 17" wheels (one on a killer Rt 128 pothole that I swerved into to avoid a clue-less lane changer and one happened when I lent a car to a "friend"). I have bent 15" and 16" alloy wheels on trucks, cars, etc at approximately the same rate. By the way, the less-bent alloy was an "inside" hit with a snow tire mounted and I pounded it out with a rubber mallet. The other wheel I had straightened at Rim and Wheel Works in Newton.
Stay with the 17's - they are just fine - remember to check tire pressure often (weekly)... low profile tires carry a smaller volume of air and are sensitive to chnages in ambient temperature... +/- five degrees F = app +/- one pound PSI in the tire.
Happy Motoring
Eric
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