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SILVER Star
Background:
After buying my LX I got a set of tires for the 20” and told myself I’ll replace the wheels and tires later. I am thinking now is “later
Last winter I cleaned up each wheel and plastic dipped the wheels. One unforeseen outcome of this was it is easy to see how beat up my wheels got after one summer of more moderate+ trails.
some sample photos:
So after seeing this much damage for just one year I have a hard time spending 1000+ on wheels when they will just get beaten up. I do want to go down from the 20” wheel to 18”. So I’m thinking of finding some cheap tundra wheels and painting. By painting the wheels I can touch them up and repaint when needed vs powder coating . By getting an easy to find tundra wheel I can replace them for cheap. I think this is why rock warriors are so common to swap out but they are harder to find and for 2-3x the price it’s hard to justify for the 1/2” more sidewall between the wheel and the ground.
Am I wrong here? Will going down to 18” wheel suddenly make this damage disappear? Do people just not care with their expensive wheels?
After buying my LX I got a set of tires for the 20” and told myself I’ll replace the wheels and tires later. I am thinking now is “later
Last winter I cleaned up each wheel and plastic dipped the wheels. One unforeseen outcome of this was it is easy to see how beat up my wheels got after one summer of more moderate+ trails.
some sample photos:
So after seeing this much damage for just one year I have a hard time spending 1000+ on wheels when they will just get beaten up. I do want to go down from the 20” wheel to 18”. So I’m thinking of finding some cheap tundra wheels and painting. By painting the wheels I can touch them up and repaint when needed vs powder coating . By getting an easy to find tundra wheel I can replace them for cheap. I think this is why rock warriors are so common to swap out but they are harder to find and for 2-3x the price it’s hard to justify for the 1/2” more sidewall between the wheel and the ground.
Am I wrong here? Will going down to 18” wheel suddenly make this damage disappear? Do people just not care with their expensive wheels?