Whento

Upgr
ade
Wheel
s

Fr om ti
met oti
me,vehicl
eownerswanttoupgradethei
r
rides.Onear eathatshopper
scanimprovei
sthewheels
thatador nthei
rvehicl
es.Bef
orebuyi
ngnewwheel sor
upgr adethem,shoppersshouldcr
eateabudgetand
sticktoit.

01 Di
scoverWheel
s

Whenpur chasingwheelstoupgr adeacurrentvehi

cle,shoppers
mustfir
stdeterminewhattheywanti ndesi
gnandf inish.This
i
ncludesthesizeofthewheels,howmanybol tsthewheel shave,
whethertheywantt oup-
sizeitornot,andanyspeci alfeat
ures,
suchaswhet hertheywantafinishont hewheelsorwantt oinstal
l
asetofwheel swithspi
nners.

02 WhyUpgr
ade?

Forvehicl
eowner swhowantt oimprovethelookofthei
rvehicl
es
whil
ealsoincreasi
ngt hevalue,shopperscanreplaceasetof
al
loywheelswi t
hsteelwheel s,whichcostl
essthanall
oywheels
butaremor edurabl
e.I nadditi
on,vehi
cleownerscanupsizea
wheeltoincreaseit
sappealbymaki ngitbi
ggerwhilest
il
lkeepi
ng
i
twithi
nanaccept ablesafet
yr ange.

03 WheelBasi
cs

Whenbuyi ngwheel s,shopper sneedtokeepinmi ndthelookand

per f
ormancet heydesire,whi l
ealsoensuri
ngthattheystaywi t
hin
theirestabli
shedbudget .Theyshoul dal
soconsiderthewheel
mat eri
alstheywantt ouse,suchasast eeloral
loy,aswel lasthe
diameterandwi dt
hofwheelt heyneed.Shoppersshouldal so
considerhowmanybol t
st heyhavef orl
ugholeplacementandt he
offsett
hatt heyneed.Finally,theyshoul
dconsiderthefi
nishthey
wantont heirwheels.

04 WheelMat
eri
als

Ther
earebasicall
ytwotypesofwheel
savail
abl
e,steelandal
loy.
Whil
eini
ti
all
ysteelwheelswer
eusedonmostcar s;however
,with
t
headventofaluminum wheel
s,mostcarmanuf
acturer
sputall
oy
wheel
sont hei
rvehicl
esasastandar
dfeatur
e.

05 WheelDi
amet
er

Thewheeldiameteri
sthecircumfer
enceofthewheelmeasured
f
rom wher
et hebeadoftheti
r er
estsontherim oft
hewheel.The
l
istbel
owincludeswheeldi
ametersfrom 10t
o30i nches.

-10inches -
20i
nches
-12inches -
21i
nches
-13inches -
22i
nches
-14inches -
23i
nches
-
15inches -
24i
nches
-
16inches -
25i
nches
-
17inches -
26i
nches
-
18inches -
28i
nches
-
19inches -
30i
nches

06 WheelWi
dth

Measur
edfrom theinsi
deofonef
langet
otheother,t
hewheel
widt
hdeter
mineshowmuchofat readsurf
aceareaisavail
abl
efor
t
ir
es.Thetabl
ebel owli
stst
hevar
iouswheelwi
dthsavail
able,
f
rom 4to15inches.

-
4inches -
11i
nches
-
5inches -
12i
nches
-
6inches -
13i
nches
-
7inches -
14i
nches
-
8inches -
15i
nches
-
9inches
-
10inches

07 Pl
us-
Sizi
ngWheel
s

Plus-sizi
ngt i
resi stheprocessofi ncreasingt hesizeofatir
e,
typi
cal l
ybyonei nchormor efrom t heor i
ginalequipment
manuf acturer,toimprovet hevi sualappealoft hetir
e.Theonly
l
imittot hi
sincr easeisthesizet hatfi
tssaf elywithi
nthefendersof
thevehi cl
e.Al so,whenpl us-sizing,thet i
repr ofi
l
ecanbe
decreasedt okeept hetir
ewi thint heper f
or mancer angeofthe
vehicle.Thet irewidthshouldal sobei ncreasedt okeeptheoveral
l
diamet erofthet i
re.

08 Bol
tPat
ter
n

Everywheelalsohasanumberofbol
thol
esdeter
minedbythe
numberofbolt
sont heaxl
ehub.Thi
shuball
owsthewheeltobe
att
achedtotheaxleandti
ght
enedtoi
tthr
ought
heuseofl ugnut
s.
Belowisali
stofsomeofthemorecommonboltpatt
erns.

-3x112mil
l
imeter
s
-4x100mil
l
imeter
s
-5x100mil
l
imeter
s
-5x139.
7mill
i
meters
-6x139.
7mill
i
meters
-7x150mil
l
imeter
s
-8x165.
1mill
i
meters
-8x170mil
l
imeter
s

09 WheelFi
nishes

Thevar iet
yofwheelsi zes,boltpat ter
ns,spi nners,andoffset
optionsavailablegivesshopper savar ietyofchoi ceswhen
selecti
nganewsetofwheel st opur chase.Anot herwheelupgr ade
thatcanr eal
lybr i
ngawhol enewdi mensiont oavehi cl
eiswheel
fi
nish,suchasapai ntedf i
nishi nacol orthatmat chesthevehicle
colororonet hatcr
eat esapl easingcont rast,amachi nedlook,a
polishedfini
sh,orachr omedf inish.Chr omegener al
lyprovi
desfor
themostdur ablefi
nish,whi lepol ishedf i
nishedrequiremor e
l
abor -i
ntensi
vemai ntenance.

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