aluminum rims

[big boi]

are aluminum rims good for racing or just bashing or should i just save my money and get something else

 

[robriguez]

If your racing you will be going through tires ALOT. I dont think you'll want to throw your alum wheel away each time you kill your tires so you will be doing alot of mounting/unmounting.

Be careful, if the alum rims are heavier than the stock plastic ones it will take more tourqe to turn them. This will cause a decrease in overall performance. Some of the best racers out there run nothing but plastic disk wheels and win all the time.

IMHO alum rims are for show only.

 

[big boi]

i thought so:thumbup:

 

[Nitroaddict]

big boi -i second that. the overall weight of the rims, combined with the pliability of the aluminium makes them a bad choice for racing. plus, i crack a rim almost everytime i race at tracks with unforgiving boards, and that would get expensive at 50.00 a rim

 

[NCNitro]

I have a set of HG five star aluminum rims that I polished and use strictly for show. When I run I use my plastic rims.