Steel Vs Aluminum

"HammerheadFistpunch" (hammerheadfistpunch) 10/20/2018 at 10:59 • Filed to: None

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Scientific? Nope. S till, neat.

Alfalfa > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 11:08

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Slightly more scientific than GM’s bear and cage  ad.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 11:35

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Don’t forget the toolbox falling 12" and  punching through Ferd’s aluminum bed 

wafflesnfalafel > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 11:43

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I figured the alloy ones would take more to dent then shatter, but it’s interesting to see that the clear weak spot is the rear tire bead - dents first (so it’s likely to be what ends up out of round if you hit a pothole) and then completely separates from the main part of the rim.

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 12:33

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It’s interesting how the steel wheels crumpled into themselves, while the aluminum ones just shattered.

smobgirl > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 15:45

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This channe l is the entire point of the internet.

HammerheadFistpunch > winterlegacy, here 'till the end 10/20/2018 at 18:45

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This is the thrust of the ongoing AL vs Steel wheels debate in the off road world.

“alloy is stronger!”

“but if you damage an alloy you can’t fix it with a hammer!”

silly stuff.  

winterlegacy, here 'till the end > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 19:31

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I don’t care. So long as it’s a wheel with reasonably good construction quality, it doesn’t matter.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > HammerheadFistpunch 10/20/2018 at 20:11

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This is precisely why we have the Internet.

bob and john > HammerheadFistpunch 10/21/2018 at 23:22

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if you bang EITHER one of those wheels to do anything close to that kind of damage, you probably have FAR bigger issues to worry about. 

HammerheadFistpunch > bob and john 10/21/2018 at 23:51

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Exactly.