18X9 fit on 02+ 4-Door X?

[james t]

all i can say is you guys need to move down south. the only rims i have ever bent were offroad (the lip).

FYI, my front tires are 255/50/17, which have the exact same sidewall height as the 275/45/20 that just about everyone here uses. i have alot of GT/Cobra/LS1 friends, and most run a 245/45 or 255/45/17 up front. none of them have ever bent a wheel either. you guys need to write some letters to your mayors.

 

[Heath]

Screw that, if I move down there then the urban offroading has to end... Thend I'd have to jump medians and curbs and stuff instead of finding the deep potholes...

 

[Stephen]

The roads here are hell on earth lol, I've bent one of the wheels on the Lexus (stock 16 inchers) and one on the Explorer (stock 15 inchers).

 

[Explorer46L]

So then why is everyone arguing that 18s and 20s don't bend?

 

[Hartman]

As long as you drive carefully, you will not bend a rim. I don't know how the heck Stephen bent a stock 15 inch rim with all that tire sidewall. Must've hit a pothole at 60mph or something.

 

[Stephen]

The theory is that the Explorer's rim was bent from the factory, but I hit a really big pothole on the beltway in the Lexus. I was surprised it didnt flatten the tire actually.

 

[james t]

i guess i must live in some Utopia state were no one bends wheels... ive been into sport trucks/cars for 12 years and i have never bent a wheel. to my knowledge, none of my friends have either.

im now considering swapping to my stockers when i travel.