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Originally Posted by Yaemish They are actually 18" on a STS so its not a truck application. The car weighs about 4600 lbs and the tires I had were a 50 series so they aren't terribly thin.
I live in Upstate NY, but only ran the 18"s in the summer and managed to avoid most potholes. Still, I had some rubber on them. |
Back before they *finally* started fixing the streets in our area, my wife and I bent rims running 50-series tires all the time...factory, aftermarket, it didn't matter. Sooner or later we'd hit a pothole and that was that. Makes me uncomfortable, even today, with really low-profile tires for daily drivers.
IMO it's gonna boil down to the condition of your roads. But 50s aren't goofy-extreme even for a good sized sedan, I'd think you'd be OK with quality wheels unless your roads are as bad as ours used to be.