wheel max load?

[wilsbrough]

Hi, just need a bit of confirmation here. Looking at a set of alloys which have a max load of 1050kg. Is that per corner, or the total max weight the car can be to have these wheels on? As the x3 is around 1800/1900kg do I devide that number by four to get the max load, or do I need to find wheels that have a max load of 1800? You get the idea.

Thanks in advance.
Andy

[X5Sport]

Per wheel load and that needs to take shock loading (such as a speed hump or pothole into account too).  Divide by four but the nose is heavier than the tail.  I doubt you will hit 4T all round.

There were issues a few years back with look-a-like alloys cracking though it seems rarer these days.  The worst ones were those with very thin spokes and tyre rims.

[wilsbrough]

Cheers for that, sadly the guy had just sold the wheels after i found out the offset and size was the perfect match for the car.... missed out by about 2 mins.... :wall:

[wilsbrough]

Out of interest, would you or anyone on here know if a wheel with max load of 654kg would be ok for a 3.0 petrol x3, or do people think its a little too low a load rating?

Thx