John K Member 141 Member For: 17y 5m 4d Location: Sydney Posted 08/02/08 12:11 AM Share Posted 08/02/08 12:11 AM We have 3 Holdens in our company fleet with 17" alloys and all of them have cracked a wheel. These cars do a lot of country driving but hardly any dirt. The guys say that one good pothole is enough to do damage.I'm a little worried that I'm going to have problems with the Ford factory 18" rims.Any one had reliability issues?CheersJohn K Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42479-factory-18-wheels-are-they-tough/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Full Monty Member 513 Member For: 17y 11m 22d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 08/02/08 01:05 AM Share Posted 08/02/08 01:05 AM Mine have been fine so far, apart from having one of them scrape a kerb slightly and needing the lip machining and re coating nothing to report...They actually seem really beefy, compared to my old B15 simmons which buckled at the sight of a ripple in the road...lolthey will be fine, unless you go hitting any major potholes, which will buckle anything. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42479-factory-18-wheels-are-they-tough/#findComment-631601 Share on other sites More sharing options...
senna_T Forged Member Lifetime Members 15,818 Member For: 18y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: SW Sydney Posted 08/02/08 04:18 AM Share Posted 08/02/08 04:18 AM far out, if all 3 of your blokes are running into potholes big enough to crack a rim, maybe they should be concentrating on the road a little more! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42479-factory-18-wheels-are-they-tough/#findComment-631679 Share on other sites More sharing options...
sickd Member 128 Member For: 17y 7m 29d Posted 08/02/08 09:10 AM Share Posted 08/02/08 09:10 AM if you hit half a brick on the freeway at a 110 they will crack :(just happened today 18' gt p 7 spokers I think they are now I got to find a new one Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42479-factory-18-wheels-are-they-tough/#findComment-631828 Share on other sites More sharing options...
John K Member 141 Member For: 17y 5m 4d Location: Sydney Posted 08/02/08 08:10 PM Author Share Posted 08/02/08 08:10 PM senna_T said: far out, if all 3 of your blokes are running into potholes big enough to crack a rim, maybe they should be concentrating on the road a little more!Heh heh! They are racking up a lot of Ks - 60,000+ each year, so they do get lots of opportunities to find them on our rubbish country roads.One had a VE with only the space saver tire - what a crock. He was 4 or 5 hours from home ............................ Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42479-factory-18-wheels-are-they-tough/#findComment-631935 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chalkie Member 18 Member For: 18y 2d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 26/02/08 12:00 PM Share Posted 26/02/08 12:00 PM I've cracked one of my 18's and I did not hit anything big just a small pot hole at about 80 klicks.Chalkie. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/42479-factory-18-wheels-are-they-tough/#findComment-638780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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