Any idea what these wheels are [Vossen VFS1]
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So much is made on here about fitting correctly load rated wheels, almost to the point of hysteria some might say. Now, I understand the potential implications if something was to go wrong with an incorrectly fitted/wrongly weight rated wheel, but I was wondering if anyone has any experience of a wheel failing catastrophically and causing an accident as I don't think I have ever heard of it happening? I have heard of cheap 'copy' wheels starting to crack, but I believe this is more down to being of very poor quality rather than being under-rated as such.
@Thogg as one of Her Majesty's finest, is this something you have ever come across as I imagine it's a pretty rare occurrence, but the reaction on here to this possibility makes it seem sometimes that fitting a 20kg underated wheel is akin to playing pass-the-parcel with a grenade with the pin out.
I'm not for one second saying you should deliberately fit under-rated wheels, just that the risk may be slightly over-played.
@Thogg as one of Her Majesty's finest, is this something you have ever come across as I imagine it's a pretty rare occurrence, but the reaction on here to this possibility makes it seem sometimes that fitting a 20kg underated wheel is akin to playing pass-the-parcel with a grenade with the pin out.
I'm not for one second saying you should deliberately fit under-rated wheels, just that the risk may be slightly over-played.
Here is a article from vwt magazine
I understand what your saying as you can tell it's a PITA but it don't change the fact that mot and insurance require it as does the law.
Class 7 mot wheels and ties in my experience
That's cleared that up then never had a class 7 mot vehicle
For the sake of insurance for me.. not nessersarily an accident being my fault.. bit there are alot of idiots drivers out there, I dont think it is worth not getting insurance cover because of a few kg's.. we all know regardless of fault insurance companies dig deep at trying to get out of paying.. regardless of fault or reason.. so why give them a potential get out of jail card..
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And how many people have ended up with cracked or bent alloys as a result of hitting a pothole at speed? The likelihood of this happening is increased by fitting under-rated wheels and if drivers can miss seeing tyres with pronounced bulges on the inner side of the wheel are they any less likely to miss seeing a crack on the inside of an alloy wheel?
I am not qualified to answer this categorically, but my rational head would say 'probably not'. I would think that a safety factor will be built into the design of the wheels of at least 50%. The stresses encountered with the wheels are both axial and radial- they need to withstand a fully loaded vehicle cornering at max grip levels so they'll need to withstand more than 815kg per wheel.
Tyres failing, wheel nuts coming loose etc are all far more likely in my opinion.
Think you need steel rims fish As that game we played dodge the pot holes on the way home from oxford was not nice.
Horrendous (sp) mate.. like that every day for me and we were at a steady pace..
That would be interesting to find out!
Just to clarify, I am not saying anyone should fit underrated wheels, just that if they did, the risks may not be as high as is being made out.
Potential insurance factors when involved in an unrelated incident is a different conversation altogether however.
