Thanks for the feedback on tires. I think I'm going to go with 26x12-12, & 26x9-12 for my '03 kodiak 450. just a little bigger than stock...unless anyone has good reasons not to change stock size... please tell me now.My riding is lots of trails, rocks,boulders, off-balance climbing/trails, some mud, lots of deep water. No sand & not worried about speed at all.

My question; rockymountainatv has Douglas .190 alum rims. atvoutfitters.net (NOT .com) has ITP C series rims that are one piece cast aluminum. They don't give you a thickness guage because they say they are cast and not made from roll stock, and can't be compared that way. They are almost exactly the same price for the tire/rim package ( when you factor in shipping cost). actually, atvoutfitters may be a little better on price because you get centre caps and lugs too. they claim to have had no problems with these rims. is a "C" series rim offset differently than the factory rim? I don't want tires sticking out past fenders,covering me in crud.

anyways, which would you get and why?

please help me out as I'm agonizing over this,and don't want to make a big $$ mistake.

Thank you very much!!

 

I read a ton of topics/ posts here on rims.sounds like alum. bends too easy, and can be "brittle." Nothing wrong with my cuurent rims, so I should keep them and just swap tires.

 

I'd go w/ those ITP C series rims if I was you. I've done a lot of research on this too and that's what I'll be running soon. Same tires too, 26" ITP 589s.