Broken & bent rims?
I drive 30-35k miles a year and have always have wide low profile tires on my cars, even in the winter, for the past 25 years. (We are talking less the 2" side wall). I've never broke or bent a rim here in Michigan.
Exactly. Millions and millions of late model cars have 18" or larger rims.
California ranks around 7th for worst roads in the country. They suck, we never do road maintenance. I've broken suspension parts, but not rims. So yeah, I'm not worried about it.
Too bad you can't find a decent tire compound in anything less than 17". And I'm not talking race tires, I mean DOT legal street tires in the right width and profile for an A body set up for handling. I don't give a crap what it looks like, it's about function. I prefer 17's, but you can't run 275's up front on an A body with 17's without major fender surgery or a tie rod end-ectomy. And it makes running 13" brake rotors a piece of cake. And they don't suck either.
