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  2. Fender skirts - Wikipedia

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    Rear wheel partially covered by a detachable fender skirt on 1969 Buick Electra 225 1952 Nash Rambler non-detachable front and rear fender skirts 1986 Citroën CX Los Angeles city bus Fender skirts , known in Australia and the United Kingdom as spats or covers, are pieces of bodywork attached to or part of the fender that cover the upper ...

  3. Alloy wheel - Wikipedia

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    Alloy wheel on a Mercury Grand Marquis. 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.

  4. Tire maintenance - Wikipedia

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    The same rims can usually be used throughout the lifetime of the car. Other problems encountered in tire maintenance include: Uneven or accelerated tire wear: can be caused by under-inflation, overloading or poor wheel alignment. Increased tread wear on only one side of a tire: often a sign of poor wheel alignment.

  5. Spare tire - Wikipedia

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    A spare tire allows a driver to replace a flat tire and drive on A Stepney rim. An early approach to providing a car with a spare tire Dual sidemounted spare tires behind the front fenders on a 1931 Nash Ambassador Temporary use "space-saver" spare tire mounted in the trunk of a 1970 AMC AMX with a single use air canister Full size spare tire mounted in cargo space area of a 1993 Jeep Grand ...

  6. Plus sizing - Wikipedia

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    Plus sizing is the practice of replacing an automotive wheel with one of a larger diameter fitted with a new tire of lower aspect ratio so that the new tire has close to the same diameter and circumference as the original tire to minimize any changes in speedometer accuracy, torque and traction control, while reducing sidewall flex and (generally) increasing cornering ability.

  7. Michelin PAX System - Wikipedia

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    Michelin PAX run-flat wheel. The Michelin PAX was an automobile run-flat tire system that utilizes a special type of rim and tire to allow temporary use of a wheel if its tire is punctured. The core of Michelin's PAX system is the semi-rigid ring installed onto the rim using special equipment.

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