Steel or Alloy..

Ok so after the poll on my current alloys showed 75% of you need new keyboards (see http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/discovering-discovery-basic-rebuild-226465.html) I thought I'd ask and poll which type of wheel I should get.... Please use the poll your votes matter....

So is it Steel?

or is it Alloy?

Who will be evicted from the Discovery build today ..... You decide!!!! :cheer2:

Steels are good as you can get a decent offset but alloy otherwise.

discomark10 said:

Steels are good as you can get a decent offset but alloy otherwise.

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I thank you sir.... especially since I've, quite frankly, subjected you to nothing but abuse.....

alloys all the way. using spacers you can get big enough tyres on. however if you smack an alloy hard then it will break smack a steel and you may be able to fix it!

SnowmanV8 said:

alloys all the way. using spacers you can get big enough tyres on. however if you smack an alloy hard then it will break smack a steel and you may be able to fix it!

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This is sound advice........I have flashy alloys with road tyres for every day and tar road use, but if there is a hint I might go off the tar I fit my steels with the more aggressive tyres.

Steel, 'specially if you use it offroad at all. A bent steel might be hammered back, a bent alloy breaks ...

steel bends ally cracks! thats all you need to know!

Excellent the debate is hotting up..... I like it, thanks gents, keep your opinions coming.... and don't forget to vote it might be close....

Rust...

rust can be sorted out easily though

I voted for both cos I likes both

if its for looks then alloy, steel off road as they can take a beatin

wmiks use alloys

Theres no correct answer for this. Does depend on use and what money you've got to burn. As for wheel spacer,from a trialing point of view is a big no no.

hmmm good points all.... will let it roll.....

Also don't just read it.... VOTE on it, even if you don't comment... 1 vote could make all the difference to which side wins.... and everybody loves a winner

Er.......Bob is gay?

MPfive said:

Theres no correct answer for this. Does depend on use and what money you've got to burn. As for wheel spacer,from a trialing point of view is a big no no.

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Why not spacers - as I am looking into either spaces or offset modulars?

was looking at these spacers:-

Spacers

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Spacers

hoopfish said:

Er.......Bob is gay?

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is he? and how do you know?

Alloys are ok for me, and I drive all day on outback roads never had an issue....I saw an episode of Top Gear on the African adventure thing. May smashed an alloy on a dirt road. It was a Volvo estate with low profiles on FFS, what did he expect.
That said, if I was going back to Africa I would run on steels. only because if I did smack an alloy its all over. With a steel I know I can go to the nearest shack / garage, and a guy with a hammer and a blowtorch will have it as good as new in two beers.