Thursday, July 24, 2008

Choosing a rim for your car


What is Rim?
A circular metal structure around which a wheel tire is fitted.

What is Alloy Rim?
So called mags. It is a homogeneous mixture or solid solution of two or more metals , the atoms of one replacing or occupying positions between atoms of the other.

How to choose the right size?
Well choosing a size is depend on you, how you like size either small or big. Mags Size variants it have 13 inch, 14 inch, 15 inch, 16 inch, 17 inch, 18 inch, 19 inch, and 20 inch of diameter 13 is the smallest and 20 is the biggest diameter. Well it also have the width it have an variants of 5inch, 5.5inch, 6 inch, 6.5 inch, 7 inch, and 7.5 inch.

What is offset?
This is the distance of the hub and the center of the rims or mags.
If the offset is:
  • Zero the hub mounting is in the centerline of the wheel.
  • Positive this is the new design for new car, the hub is toward the front or wheel side of the wheel.
  • Negative the hub mounting is towards the back of the wheel.
What is Number of Stud?
Its the number of holes that can fit to your car common cars have 4 holes and 5 holes, other cars have 6 holes, 8 holes, and 10 holes.

What is PCD?
It is the distance of the holes in the hub of the rims or mags common in 4 holes have PCD 100 and 5 holes have PCD 110

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