[BigD9146gt]

ski wagon is on it, 100%. No matter how great the welds are, no matter how good the material is, the engineering for this application is not applicable. I don't care what any aftermarket company says, its race only for good reason.

island911: Yes, not the welds... however, i worked for a shop that wouldn't touch aluminum rims for this reason. Heat, regardless of where the failure occurs, will affect the finished product. Aluminums' heat coefficient is unreal. Even if you've got a machine doing your dirty work, your going to have to heat treat the part. Now your going to respond with "what shop?"... and my response: Precision Machine. The inventor of Motion Control equipment (from Star Wars on up), the first successful down hill full suspension bicycles (Rad 1), and countless other inventions that you love and hate in your daily life (I personally helped with printing machines for what we call junk mail...sorry, it was a job.) I'm a metal machinist and welder by trade, study materials on a daily basis, and cracks typically come from brittle parts... Please show me pics of the 15x11 fuchs that do the same as this. Cheers.