Alloy Wheels And Tyre Packages

The wheels and their tyres make up a fair proportion of the weight of a car, but they are the one component that you can change to reduce the weight of your car. The best way of doing this is by looking for alloy wheels and tyre packages. Alloy wheels are quite expensive, so buying alloy wheels and tyre packages does give you the opportunity of trying for a discount on buying the alloy wheels and tyres separately.

Alloy Wheels And Tyre Packages

Alloy wheels (also known as 'rims' or 'mags') can be bought for cars, trucks and two-wheeled vehicles. Alloy wheels are usually made from alloys of either aluminium or magnesium, but the two elements can also be mixed together to form an alloy.

These wheels are normally expensive, but you can sometimes get some discount by buying alloy wheels an tyre packages. Why would you want alloy wheels? Well, alloy wheels are usually lighter than their steel counterparts and reducing the weight of the vehicle, should improve the rate of fuel consumption.

Alloys will also conduct heat away from the brakes more efficiently, which will prolong the life of the brakes and even permit the driver to go faster more safely, knowing that the brakes are less likely to overheat and fail.

Other people buy alloy wheels and tyre packages for cosmetic reasons. Alloy rims usually look a lot nicer than the steel ones that come standard with the vehicle. The tyres too could be special all-terrain tyres or mud tyres.

One of the problems with alloy wheels, besides their high cost, is the fact that they begin to corrode after four or five years, although this corrosion can be treated. If the corrosion is not treated, the metal will weaken and perhaps warp which leads to leaking tyres.

It seems that alloy wheels, especially wide alloy wheels, or 'wides', are perceived as a sign of luxury, wealth and sportiness. However, wide wheels increase fuel consumption, increase road noise and slow down the car.

There are some specialist alloy wheel rims that produce strange special effects. The Spinner Wheel is a good example: the centre of the Spinner Wheel keeps spinning after the vehicle has stopped and another is the Floater, which stays still as the wheel turns, which gives the strange impression that the vehicle is not moving.

Magnesium wheels are the most expensive and the lightest, typically weighing six or seven kilos each, and are used on many racing and sports cars. This obviously adds to their appeal to the trendier driver.

Actually, it is in this area of magnesium alloy wheels that you might find the best deals on alloy wheels and tyre packages. If you are interested in alloy wheel and tyre packages, have a look at some of the dealers on this and other pages on our web site.

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