Which wheels for offroading?

Scimike wrote: The property of each,although different, is not really going to make a big difference for the off road trips we tend to do in the UK. I suspect if you trash an alloy you would also have a bent steel wheel as well, which you are probably going to replace rather than hammer it straight. So it boils down to your need to fix a wheel "in the bush" rather than fitting the spare and driving to Quickfit.
That said new steels are a lot cheaper than new alloys, so if you do make a habit of bending them they are the cheaper option. They can also look cool with bigger off road tyres.
But you have no need to put steels on just to hit the off-road tracks, they are perfectly acceptable for this.
Just my opinion, may differ from others etc.
Mike

Yeah I wasn't thinking they were necessary just which is better in general for the job at hand, that's a good point about replacing them, steel is much cheaper.

I think that you have been overthinking a problem that doesn't exist and everyone has been overthinking it to do their best to help you.

I mean what's the profile on the Volvo C70's tyres? It's at least 70 on a Jimny, which is miles more than the Volvo no doubt and therefore potholes are not going to damage them.

Off road they're fine. The speeds involved in greenlaning are far too low to damage a wheel and at an off road site you'd still be some sort of crazy driver to do damage to a wheel, other than cosmetic.

So don't worry about it!

Kirkynut

Good point that. I have over a hundred thousand miles on my alloy wheels including off road every day and have yet to do more than scratch one. Though my old Audi 80 was a pig for bending alloy wheels but that was an 80s car and things were worse then.