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      11-15-2011, 10:20 PM   #7
nachob
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As I said before, it might be urban legend but our Canadian friend was told by the ///M folk that they chose those wheels for strength. They also told him that "if he replaced them, to do so with something as strong" as the original [359 wheels.] That makes it seem like wheel strength should be taken into careful consideration. They didn't warn him about weight or size of wheel, just strength.

So not being an engineer, I defer to the experts on this. I will not take a position saying it's safe or not on this topic, I just thought that people should think it through first.

What I will do is fire off an email to BBS in and post the result here. I will also try HRE since they are here in San Diego to see what their experience is with powdercoating?
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