what would be the purpose of a multi-piece wheel?
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what would be the purpose of a multi-piece wheel?
5-10 Grand Master
modular construction allows many options cheeper, different back spacing, front spacing and widths with the same center section on 3 piece, the only part actually made for one car is the center hub piece with the design
all america wants is cold beer warm cat and a place to take a poop with a door on it
Grand Master
Multi-piece (composite) wheels are used to maximise the choice of offsets and tyre choices. On a given vehicle the center (hub section) can be used with a wide variety of outer rims. The different parts of the wheel may be forged, cast or spun alloy (usually rims). Also if the outer rim is damaged it can be replaced without the need to buy an entire wheel. Composite wheels are more commonly used on race cars and are designed for both strength & lightness and of course the reasons already stated above. They are also very expensive when comparing them with stock alloy wheels. Cheap aftermarket wheel manufacturers now make a squillion fake look-a-like composites and I would expect most of them to be pretty ordinary at best.Originally Posted by infinity5
1990 E34 535iA, 215,000kms (130,000 miles).
Dual Climate, Rear Headrests, Rollerblind, M-Tech Wheel,
Memory Seats, EAT Chip, T-Stars.
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ooo thanks for the information. i'm alittle embrassed, but i honestly have always wondered why the hell people had little bolts all the way around the rims for... guess i know now.
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