Archive for August, 2010

Custom Wheels – Color Matched

August 31st, 2010

Custom wheels can make a big difference in a car, truck or SUV. They offer improved handling and a beautiful appearance. Because of this, auto enthusiasts have been upgrading to custom wheels for years, replacing basic steel wheels and hubcaps on their vehicle to set them apart from others and to provide a smoother ride.

Most Custom wheel manufacturers offer chrome, aluminum and alloy wheels in their inventories. They also have been offering custom wheels in colors such as the very popular silver along with bronze, gun metal, gold, anthracite, white, black and gray.

The custom wheels industry is growing and as it grows it gives us more and more choices including the hottest trend in the market today, custom painted wheels or color matched custom wheels. For the most part this trend is popular among owners of small import tuner cars and small trucks. Several manufacturers of custom wheels such as Forged Metal, Hipnotic Wheels, Rota and Sport Max now offer color matched custom wheels in two toning or color and chrome. These two and three piece custom wheels have a color matched center and a chrome or machined lip. MOMO wheels offers a custom wheel with removable insets on the spokes that are intended to be custom painted to match the vehicles color or any other color you choose. Some custom wheels are offered with small color matched center caps.

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Cheap Custom Wheels

August 31st, 2010

Looking for cheap custom wheels? Cheap custom wheels don’t have to be of poor quality. Cheap wheels can mean great looking custom wheels at a low price. Here’s how to find them!

Many of the custom wheel manufacturers change their line of custom wheels frequently. When they do they are often left with old stock. Many of these custom wheels are then sold to “discount wheel warehouses”. On line discount wheel warehouses are the place to buy cheap custom wheels. Visit discount wheel warehouses on line and shop around. You don’t have to settle for scratch and dent sales. You can find last years great looking custom wheels at a price you can afford.

It’s not that unusual to find custom wheels selling from about $100.00 to $150.00 each especially if you own a small import tuner car. Here are a few examples of wheels pricing by manufacturer for custom rims that will fit a 2001 Honda Accord .

The manufacturer ASA (Artisan Spirited Alloy) makes a model JS1 custom wheel that sells on one web site for $99.00. This wheel is silver with a machined lip and the size we priced was 17X7. TRMotorsport’s model RB5 is bright silver painted wheel that sells for $124.00 in size 17X7. Also don’t forget eBay for cheap custom wheels.

You can save hundreds of dollars just by taking some time to compare the discount car rim deals you can find online. Many online automotive merchants offer your wheels balanced and shipping all for free. Something to consider if you want the cool custom look without the expensive payments.

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Why Buy Aftermarket Custom Rims – Custom Wheels

August 31st, 2010

The performance benefits of custom wheels should be your answer. In the 1950s and 1960s race car drivers developed lighter magnesium wheels to reduce weight and enhance performance in all form of racing. Magnesium wheels used in modern race cars are often forged to make them stronger and reduce weight. As a result contemporary forged magnesium custom wheels are very expensive. The oxidization problem is the reason you don’t see contemporary custom wheels made of magnesium.

Fortunately for the custom wheel market today manufacturers developed light weight aluminum alloy wheels that provide the strength needed and come in numerous finish options while reducing wheel weight. Trendy wheel finishes include chrome and polished aluminum, plus painted aluminum alloy come in hyper-silver, silver, white, black, gray and Anthracite. While many of us choose aftermarket custom wheels for their good looks, there are many important performance benefits resulting from reducing a wheels weight compared to factory steel wheels.

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