i have a 98 maxima GXE and im sick of my hub caps, im planing to buy 17 inch or 18 inch rims, does any one have any suggestion to which rims are most durable to the pot holes in NYC???

 

The smaller the rim, the bigger the sidewall of the tire is and the more tire there is to absorb impact of potholes. I'm in NYC as well, and I've had 15s 16s and 17s on my Max... I drove around on the 15s for months and months and nothing happened, in a three or 4 months of 16s I managed to mess up 1 tire, blowing a big bubble in the sidewall, the cable popped and I had to buy a new one, I bent the rim on the edge a bit but it was easily fixable, thank god.... I had Chrome 17s on for 2-3 weeks and in a few days I got 2 holes, and 1 bubble in 1 tire, which was pretty bad, needed replacement.

There are people here with maximas riding on 18s in NYC.. but I'd personally go for 17s..
With bigger rims, the ride quality gets worse too, it's not really too bad, some don't even mind.

 

thanks for ur help, but wat rims do people suggest?

 

this depends.... do you want to look like a fast car or a luxury car. Do you like crome? you need to give us more to work with... you can always go to tirerack and look around..

 

im thinking about a luxury sporty rim, any suggestions anyone ??

 

go to www.tirerack.com and look for wheels. it will show u a pic of ur car and how it will look with the rim u choose

 

Heres what luxury type rims look like on a maxima(mine in particular)....these are 17" Ultra Nocturno's.....i drive in tn so i dont have to worry bout potholes as much. They are riding on potenza low pros (40). I also have the car lowered to rememdy the gap the low pros created.