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2. BBS Autotechnik - Wikipedia

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   BBS produces wheels for motorsport, OEM, and aftermarket applications. The company is often credited as pioneering the three-piece wheel and advancing the aluminum wheel industry over many decades, and remains one of the largest producers of automobile wheels in the world. [1] It is a part of KW Automotive since 2021.

3. Alloy wheel - Wikipedia

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   Alloy wheel. In the automotive industry, alloy wheels are wheels that are made from an alloy of aluminium or magnesium. Alloys are mixtures of a metal and other elements. They generally provide greater strength over pure metals, which are usually much softer and more ductile. Alloys of aluminium or magnesium are typically lighter for the same ...

4. Magnesium wheels - Wikipedia

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   Magnesium is the lightest metallic structural material available. [1] It is 1.5 times less dense than aluminium, so magnesium wheels can be designed to be significantly lighter than aluminium alloy wheels, while exhibiting comparable strength. Many competitive racing wheels are made of magnesium alloy. [2]

5. American Racing Equipment - Wikipedia

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   The Baja was one of American Racing's first aluminum truck wheels. It is a one-piece, 8-hole design with a polished finish. This wheel is still used with trucks, Jeeps, and other off-road-type vehicles, as well as hot rods and muscle cars. It is available in various sizes, offsets, and lug patterns. [citation needed]

6. Custom wheel - Wikipedia

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   Uses. Custom wheels are one of the most common ways in which automobile enthusiasts customize their vehicles. Competition-oriented enthusiasts typically switch to lighter, stronger, or larger wheels, while appearance-oriented enthusiasts more often choose larger and more visually distinctive wheels. The most-desirable characteristics of custom ...

7. Wheel sizing - Wikipedia

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   Many aftermarket wheels come with "hubcentric rings" that lock or slide into the back of the wheel to adapt a wheel with a larger centerbore to a smaller hub. [8] [9] [10] These adapters are usually made of plastic but also in aluminum. Plastic rings only provide initial centering, but are not strong enough to help support the wheel in case of ...