I have a 600 Grizzly and the person that had the bike before me was pretty hard on it and the stock rims are a little bent. I want to get some new ones so it looks better when I sell it.
Dennis Kirk has a set of steel ones for like 45.00 a piece.
I know alluminum is lighter but what are the other differences and pros and cons of each?

 

I,ve found the typical aluminum wheels (even the douglas .190) are pretty weak as far as bending them on rocks. You really need a rolled edge ($$) or welded rings ($$) to keep the alum wheels strong. Steel is much more "durable" but the penalty is weight - which, is not that horrible.

 

On my 02 grizzly I just have stock aluminum rims and I found that they do bend easily. I was riding a week ago down a rocky trail and hit a rock that bent the rim enough to cause the tire to go flat it was a bit of a pain because I was in the middle of no where. It was the second rim to get bent on it. The Last 00 grizzly that i had had steel rims and I never had a problem. The weight is not that noticibe and they are cheaper to so I would go with the steel. Just my point of view

 

At least with steel rims you may have a chance at straightening them out. Dismount the tire and beat it back into shape. I don't know if you can do that with an aluminum wheel.

Hey, Greengriz where do you ride?

 

Rolled edge aluminum are pretty strong. I've got the stock rims on my Raptor and this weekend a buddy with a Polaris Scrambler 500 with Douglas .190s came flying up behind me and hit me rim to rim accidentally. He hydroplaned over some water and it threw him sideways right into me. It was enough force to knock me off and he actually ran over me going about 30mph! Thank god for safety gear. Anyway, after the collision, the only thing that happened was I had a slight ding on my rear rim, like a little contact with a rock, and his Douglas .190 was ripped to the bead area. It actually tore the metal to the bead somehow and the stock rims were fine except for the little cosmetic damage. I know that the rims hit each other because there was a piece of his rim wedged between my tire and my rolled edge. Quite an eye opener for me on the strength of those stock rims.

 

2tall, I live out in the country not to far from Stratford so thats where I do most my riding but we also have a cabin about 3 hours north of North Bay so I also do alot of ridding up where you can ride for days and the only people you see are the people you are riding with.