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2. Center cap - Wikipedia

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   Ford Explorer Center Cap (1999 - 2001), shown mounted to a cast aluminum wheel. A center cap, or centercap is a decorative disk on an automobile wheel that covers a central portion of the wheel. Early center caps for automobiles were small and primarily served the purpose of keeping dirt away from the spindle nut and wheel bearings of vehicles. [1]

3. Hubcap - Wikipedia

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   A hubcap is technically a small cover over the center of the wheel, while a wheel cover is a decorative metal or plastic disk that snaps or bolts onto and covers the entire face of the wheel. [3] Cars with stamped steel wheels often use a full-wheel cover that conceals the entire wheel. Cars with alloy wheels or styled steel wheels generally ...

4. Centerlock wheel - Wikipedia

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   These consist of one "centerlock adapter" placed behind the rim and bolted to the hub, followed by a locking nut placed in front of the rim and a safety cap. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] From 1963 to 1967 the Chevrolet Corvette could be ordered from the factory with centerlock hub adapters and knock-off wheels.

5. Spinner (wheel) - Wikipedia

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   Two bladed spinner on a wire wheel 1967 AMC simulated wire wheel cover with spinner. The spinner or "knock-off" originated with Rudge-Whitworth center lock wire wheels and hubs, which were first patented in 1908. [1] [2] The spinner was a threaded, winged nut designed to keep the wheel fastened to the hub. They were screwed on and "knocked on ...

6. BBS Autotechnik - Wikipedia

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   The first hollow-spoke wheel was also developed by BBS, in collaboration with Porsche and Kuka, in 2000. [7] Many of the design elements that BBS has developed and popularized over the years have gone on to be replicated in the automotive and aftermarket industry, such as stepped-lip barrels, Y-shaped spokes, colored center caps, and lug covers ...

7. Rim (wheel) - Wikipedia

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   On a bicycle wheel, the rim is clearly just one component of the assembly, and it can be purchased separately and replaced if damaged or if the sidewalls have been eroded by rim brakes. [17] In discussions of automobiles, however, the terms wheel and rim are often incorrectly used synonymously, as in decorative wheels being called rims. One ...