by "E92M3" (E46M3)
Published 10/19/2017 at 20:57
by "E92M3" (E46M3)
Published 10/19/2017 at 20:57
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This is sad.. I had a classmate in middle school die the same way, on the same road, just a few miles north of where this accident happened.
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
10/19/2017 at 20:59, STARS: 0
when you get into larger diameter wheels like that are you suposed to upgrade the hubs or anything like that? I’ve heard stock brakes are less effective as the diameter increases.
"Tristan" (casselts)
10/19/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 8
Go figure... A fucking brodozer with heavy ass cheap Chinese chrome wheels.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
10/19/2017 at 21:00, STARS: 2
Stock brakes are indeed less effective on larger diameter wheels.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
10/19/2017 at 21:03, STARS: 16
Everything becomes less effective with larger wheels.
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
10/19/2017 at 21:10, STARS: 0
:(
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
10/19/2017 at 21:12, STARS: 0
I’m curious to see if the hub is still attached to the wheel
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
10/19/2017 at 21:14, STARS: 2
I’d have put it differently, but I would echo your sentiment.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
10/19/2017 at 21:15, STARS: 0
Yeah, it’s hard to tell in that picture.
"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
10/19/2017 at 21:17, STARS: 3
I wish I could have gotten a picture of the pickup truck I saw yesterday. It was a standard pickup with a paletized unit of blocks in the back and like 24s with rubber bands for tires and those were so mushed that the rim couldn’t have been half an inch off the pavement. Morons.
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
10/19/2017 at 21:22, STARS: 1
tire from a truck
I was expecting this to mean an 18-wheeler. But I managed to find a link to the source article, where it says “ pickup truck ”. Eesh
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
10/19/2017 at 21:27, STARS: 0
Y’know, that reminds me- I totally forgot about it until now... Monday morning, I saw a lone wheel rolling downhill along the shoulder coming my way. Then just a few yards beyond, a man on foot, chasing after it. Then at the top of the hill, a pickup truck was parked on the shoulder of the oncoming lane. It was a ’90s Dodge ram, an old beater of a truck judging by the mismatched body panels. Sure enough, it was missing its LF wheel.
"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo)
10/19/2017 at 21:44, STARS: 3
Oh look cheaply made bro truck wheels and mud tires. Shocking,
"gettingoldercarguy" (gettingoldercarguy)
10/19/2017 at 23:18, STARS: 0
If larger is heavier or with a greater moi, then yes. Otherwise I’m curious where you got this? If the weight is similar to a factory setup but has an increased amount of grip, everything will work better. You will usually find the limits of your car’s suspension and brakes with stickier tires.
"RacinBob" (racinbob)
10/19/2017 at 23:30, STARS: 1
Yep. 22 years ago my Civic Si centerpunched a runaway wheel from a pickup on I-90 outside of Chicago. My buddy and I were on the way to a racing banquet to pick up our class champion trophies. We both got away without a scratch.
The margin between us and the beyond is never as much as you think.
"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
10/19/2017 at 23:47, STARS: 0
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"merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc" (merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc)
10/19/2017 at 23:49, STARS: 0
I can attest to that, my life has been a game of inches more than a few times.
"SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media" (silentbutnotreallydeadly)
10/20/2017 at 06:37, STARS: 1
Anyone else catching the I’m Fucked vibe from the dude standing on the back of the truck? May that never be me...
"E92M3" (E46M3)
10/20/2017 at 07:02, STARS: 0
He hasn’t been charged with anything, and probably won’t be. When a reporter interviewed him, he said “I’m not drunk or anything, I was just going to work”.
Maybe he was drunk when he put those wheels on?
"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus)
10/20/2017 at 07:49, STARS: 0
I think it has more to do with the torque of the larger diameter. Think of using a ratchet , but the bolts stuck, so you use a breaker bar and with the extra length you snap the head of the bolt off.
"haveacarortwoorthree2" (haveacarortwoorthree2)
10/20/2017 at 09:18, STARS: 0
Just curious as I don’t have, need, or want a brodozer and haven’t shopped for wheels for one. How can you tell these are wheels from China?
"Tristan" (casselts)
10/20/2017 at 12:41, STARS: 1
I don’t, but most of the bigly, hideous chrome/black painted cast aluminum monstrosities *cough*KMCRockstars*cough* people are bolting on in place of well-engineered, forged aluminum (I’m pretty sure Super Duties come equipped with forged Alcoa wheels, not sure on Ram/GM) are made by the world’s finest suppliers of Chinesium.
"gettingoldercarguy" (gettingoldercarguy)
10/20/2017 at 13:45, STARS: 0
MOI or moment of inertia
"gettingoldercarguy" (gettingoldercarguy)
10/20/2017 at 13:54, STARS: 0
I went from the factory wheel/tire setup on my WRX where the wheels weigh roughly 22lbs and the tires are ~24lbs to an 18x9.5 setup where the wheels weigh 18.4 pounds and the 265/35 18s weigh ~24. There was no perceptible change in my driving dynamics (if anything it was better) nor should there be aside from greater grip.