alloy vs steel

The most important reason to choose alloy over steel is that for the same diameter and strength, alloy/aluminum wheels have significantly less unsprung, spinning weight. Less unsprung, spinning weight means far less wear and tear on almost all parts of the vehicle. 20 to 40 pounds of weight savings doesn't sound like much, but it's rather huge over the life of the vehicle when you're talking unsprung and spinning weight, which has impact on everything from the suspension to the axles to the bearings to the brakes to the road feel. It's much more important than a few pounds added to the cab of the truck.

This is ignored in the video even though the vehicles being used as examples all spend much more of their life on pavement at much higher speeds than rock crawler speeds.

In my decades of overlanding, I have never seen a wheel damaged in the way they demonstrate. Mostly it was a small knick or dent to the rim. And usually it did not impact the bead and therefore wasn't important enough to be a problem. The very few times it was a problem, the wheel was replaced with the spare and we kept going. Once we were home, the damage was assessed by an expert and either the wheel damage was ignored, repaired, or the wheel was replaced. But we had spares in the field so it really wasn't an issue that required field repairs in the manner suggested by the video.

I certainly would never ride a pressurized tire on a wheel that had been hammered back into shape on the side of the road by a non-expert. The stresses involved and the microfractures caused by that hammering are too dangerous to take up to pressure or up to speed. Throw the spare on and stay safe.

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Steel Rims... are some better than others?

I'm thinking specifically about winter rims here. Are the 'Steel winter rims' offered at one place ever better than ones from another place? Or do i just go with the cheapest if all i want is something that will hold my winter tires?

A long long time ago i was told that 'better' steel rims will fit correctly on my car while some generic ones might not center properly since they're designed to fit a wider range of vehicles?

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