This whole thread has a Euro-pean feel to it.

Coin new ones, even.

I guess I’ve got to give you credit for that.

But if they weren’t using their birth names, one could say that they had to change them.

Sidewall enthusiasts, unite!

It’s all about the look. Plenty of SUV drivers use those thin racing tires. I predict that the next “mean” look will be “racing car with bigfoot-style mud tires”.

A minivan does not need 20 inch wheels.

We got an Odyssey Elite recently which comes with 19 inch wheels. Which are some gorgeous wheels for a minivan, I’ll admit. I asked some Odyssey folks about moving down to 18s for better ride, and they all acted like I was crazy, most people were putting 20s on instead.

Agreed, I prefer a 16" wheel with decent sidewall for a daily driver. Works better in the real world, especially here in the third world infrastructure of Pittsburgh.

Yes youll lose some handling, but for a daily driver? More sidewall.

Said it before and I’ll say it again, I like my tires’ aspect ratio how I like my retirement communities, 55 and up!

Said it before, will say it again. Sidewall=good. The more sidewall, the less of those forces transfer into the car. Yes youll lose some handling, but for a daily driver? More sidewall. 

This of it like this (and he even said something this effect in the article): This part in order to fail due to damage would absolutely need other parts of the vehicle to be damaged as well due to it’s location and the need to over-build it because of the stresses it endures. Cars routinely go 20+ years and hundreds…

I’m still going with poor quality.

the image isn’t big enough to be sure, but that looks like a cast aluminum control arm. Casting aluminum can be tricky; it oxidizes almost immediately on exposure to air, and if those oxide inclusions make it into the cast part they can be a stress raiser and the source of a fracture.

My Ancient Elantra had corrosion in both front control arms. Hyundai replaced both for free on a recall (which is a form of warranty) even though the car was 15 years old.

need more pics, need to see the face of the wheel, kinda looks like wheel has scrub from a curb - curb contact can definitely pop a ball joint.

I’m okay with trying new and weird things, but the notion of the texture of watermelon plus a bun growing increasingly soggy from the juice sounds unpalatable. 

In fact, I bet that’s what’s going to happen. The straight-cut-gear-whine is going to be the sound of the 2040s.