What are the lamest factory wheels and lamest aftermarket wheels?

[Runcharger]

Cleaning: Oh yeah I hand polished the fins on these more times than I care to remember. Factory 440 HD W200 BTW.

 

[Coelacanth]

What made them worse was they were a rough-cast aluminum between the fins. You needed a strong chemical AND a couple toothbrushes to clean those SoB's.

 

[Detective D]

Well likely with millions of semi trailers on the road for many decades, how do you explain no significant reported alum wheel failures?

You mean, wheels designed to be on a heavy truck didn't fail at the application they were designed for? WOW
Pick up truck wheels are not designed for trailers.
This is not a difficult distinction to observe. Dispute it all you want.

 

[j-c-c-62]

Pick up truck wheels are not designed for trailers.

And you know this how?

Are they stamped additionally with that warning amongst all the others on the wheel like PSI, weight, size, etc?

 

[RR Fan Dan]

Pick up truck wheels are not designed for trailers

A quick web search says you can.

https://www.etrailer.com/question-451246.html

 

[Histoy]

I loved these factory wheels on our 2012 Challenger

 

[Detective D]

And you know this how?

Are they stamped additionally with that warning amongst all the others on the wheel like PSI, weight, size, etc?

Oh, so we need anti-lawsuit idiot labels to have common sense now?

You guys are the reason I NEVER follow trailers on the road.

 

[j-c-c-62]

Oh, so we need anti-lawsuit idiot labels to have common sense now?

You guys are the reason I NEVER follow trailers on the road.

You do know when wheels fail on trailers most of their braking is lost also, so also never allow a trailer to follow you, using common sense.

 

[Detective D]

You do know when wheels fail on trailers most of their braking is lost also, so also never allow a trailer to follow you, using common sense.

Correct. Put adequate space in between so if they have an issue they are "way back there".

 

[torredcuda]

You mean, wheels designed to be on a heavy truck didn't fail at the application they were designed for? WOW
Pick up truck wheels are not designed for trailers.
This is not a difficult distinction to observe. Dispute it all you want.

I agree. Aluminum mags, even factory truck wheels, do not belong on trailers. Especially tandems. They were never designed for the forces exerted from the trailer during a tight turn. Aluminum will crack. Usually, the studs are too short to properly torque down also.

I have not seen any evidence that wheels made for trailers are any different than others. If you are ONLY talking about those specific wheels on a trailer then OK but you also said in a separate sentence "Aluminum will crack" and I took that as meaning ANY aluminum wheel will crack and is therefore not suited for a trailer - my bad if that is not what you meant. Obviously any wheel that has incorrect, too short studs is not safe, that is a different issue and has nothing to do with the wheel material.

 

[6PKRTSE]

These aluminum wheels came on my open trailer purchased new in 1995 and have been on it since to this day. My enclosed has had these aluminum wheels on it since 2007. Never any issues with either trailer.

 

[chargervert]

When my brother in law totaled his 70 Challenger R/T 440 Sixpack car back in the 79,I remember we went to the junkyard to pickup the engine and half of the 727 transmission, the center of the Cragar S/S wheel was still on the brake rotor and the outer part of the wheel was stuffed inside the car.

 

[j-c-c-62]

When my brother in law totaled his 70 Challenger R/T 440 Sixpack car back in the 79,I remember we went to the junkyard to pickup the engine and half of the 727 transmission, the center of the Cragar S/S wheel was still on the brake rotor and the outer part of the wheel was stuffed inside the car.

Why NASCAR resisted Alum wheels for decades.

 

[torredcuda]

Cragar S/S wheels are chrome steel.

 

[chargervert]

The center of the Cragar S/S wheel is chrome plated cast aluminum. The outer hoop is chrome plated steel.

 

[torredcuda]

The center of the Cragar S/S wheel is chrome plated cast aluminum. The outer hoop is chrome plated steel.

How do I not know that or maybe I knew and forgot? I know they are heavy wheels which is probably why I thought all steel.

 

[Keith926]

I'm big on chrome steel wheels from the 80s/90s. No center caps, bare hubs, like a hobby stock from the 90s. I like any old school combination, some more than others but no need to deny oneself an experience. I had a 72 Newport, first ran it with 15x7 rust spotted circle hole chromes and 235/75R15 snows, then 15X8 solid chrome (supposed to have the wire wheel simulators) 275/60R15 Radial TAs whites out, then the stock black wheels with 225/75R15 white walls, then put the wheel covers on. This pic of the Newport shows the bare wheels and white walls well I think

Especially with the rougher look of the car, it looks like the bad guy's car in an old action movie, or a grandma fresh baackroad bomber. I had loud exhaust on it, 400 with 2.5 pipe, 12" long Magnaflow 4" round bullet mufflers at the torsion bar crossmember, at first exited ahead of wheels then made tailpipes, idling up on a pedestrian it was reminiscent of a scene from Christine, pretty sinister. I almost tried dog dishes on it though it felt wrong on a Chrysler, my friend encouraged me why not? But sold the car before I got to it

Here's my 77 Olds Delta 88 with chrome 15x8s and 275/60R15 rear and 255/60R15 fronts, then 225/70R15 on stock rims, this car has narrow enough track width vs fender width that the stock tires don't fill the well. At the time I switched this car and the Newport to narrower tires I was tired of the darting with wider tires. The fresh painted wheels on the Olds didn't give the same natural gritty look of the Newport's with the marks from the wheel covers.

My current pickup, 2002 Silverado, chrome wheels of course

84 D150, same wheels and tires I first had on the Newport. It's the Miser model with a slant six and 4 speed overdrive manual trans. Don't quote me but I believe the stock tire size is 205/75R15, smaller than 235/75 for sure. It came to me with 15x6? black wheels with dog dishes and 235s. I have a set of 15x7s from say a Diplomat, the extra width looks beefy but subtle. Thinking of painting them an off white/cream color with dog dishes and 225/70 or 245/60 black walls