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Originally Posted by Thunder86
I put on TRD lowering springs and mounted my 18" Work wheels a month after purchasing my vehicle (owned the car about a year and a half now).
My wheels are 18x8.5 with 245/35/18 tires (absolutely ZERO rubbing). I have driven the car basically everyday since ownership and have been from San Diego county to Sonoma county multiple times.
I have bumped into curbs a few times parallel parking, and because my fat tires, have 0 damage to the wheels. I've also hit a handful of pot holes.
My setup is very comfortable for a "sports car" and as a daily driver through some shitty streets.
HOWEVER, if you run wide ass wheels with tires that don't fit properly (i.e. "stretched") and slam your car to the ground, the ride quality will obviously be garbage.  |
Give it time
My first wheel I cracked was a 40 sidewall on a 17 on a civic in the late 90s. I had those wheels on there 3 or 4 years in atlanta without a problem, then one day I hit one of those little reflector lights in the road at the wrong speed/angle or something and it blew out my tire and cracked the wheel. In 2005, I had a bmw z4 that came new with 18s and 40 sidewalls in new york city.... I replaced a tire or wheel about once a month. I'm in socal now as you and the op are and I'd say the roads are worse than atlanta, but definitely better than nyc. At the macy's parking lot down the street from me, I see someone pop a low profile tire on the curb by the entrance about once a month or so. They always come in fast and cut too close where the curb starts to slope up and bang - i'll see the curb push up right through the tire into the wheel. Totally get if that's a risk worth taking for many people, but I've had my fill. This risk aversion coming from a guy who has crashed a motorcycle off a cliff and still tracks a liter bike
Nothing pisses me off more than mild inconveniences.