Posts Tagged ‘Rims’

“How do I find the offset of my OEM wheels?”

Sounds hard, right? It’s not! All you need to do is plug in a few simple numbers! So here are the 2 formulas that you need: Overall width / 2 = Centerline Backspacing – Centerline = Offset Step #1: Find the width of your factory original wheel. (Here’s how to do it: http://www.originalwheels.com/blog/2010/02/figure-out-your-rim-size/) Step #2: […]

Wheel Hop? My OEM Rims Can Jump?!

No, not necessarily. The term “wheel hop” refers to when your wheels aggressively vibrate, wobble, or any kind of motion like that whenever you accelerate. If you keep driving like this, then you can eventually damage not only your factory wheels, but your axles & sometimes your transmission. Here’s the whole process: 1. Acceleration starts […]

What Type of Factory Used Wheels & Used Rims Do You Have?

It’s a simple question, right? Well, a couple of months ago I would have said, “What do you mean? I have the regular Toyota Camry wheels on my car , not chrome? Are there more than one type?” It wasn’t until recently that I found out that there are different types of factory original rims. […]

What is the Offset on my Used Wheels ?

Many of our factory original rims-like the Lincoln Mark Series wheels or the Audi A6 rims -show an offset measurement and many of you might be wondering what exactly that is. Most people are unaware of the effect on performance that could occur with a wrong wheel offset. So, what is wheel offset? It’s simply […]

Proper Care for Wheels and Rims

We field many phone calls each week with questions ranging from the best way to clean/polish rims to removing the brake dust and rust from their wheels. We will try to cover all of the possible questions that might arise as you try to keep your wheels looking as new as they did when they […]

Introducing OriginalWheels.com!

Introducing OriginalWheels.com; a great place to locate used rims. This is our very first blog from all of us at OriginalWheels.com: home of our huge warehouse of OEM wheels and OEM rims. Most of what we stock are used wheels for all cars & trucks but we also carry many specialty remake replica new wheels. […]