{"id":130,"date":"2010-03-02T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-02T20:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2016-05-06T09:42:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T16:42:46","slug":"wheel-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.originalwheels.com\/blog\/wheel-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"OEM Wheels &#038; Their Construction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how those Factory Original Wheels of yours are built? OEM Alloy Rims are usually made in 1-3 pieces. To make it easy, here it is:<\/p>\n<p>-A <strong>one piece wheel<\/strong> is made out of one piece of metal, usually Aluminum.<br \/>\n-A <strong>two piece rim<\/strong> includes two pieces.<br \/>\n&#8211;<strong>Three piece wheels<\/strong> generally have three separate pieces that are bolted together.<\/p>\n<p>Easy enough? Still wondering? Wanna know how they\u2019re put together? No problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>Forging<\/strong> is pretty much placing aluminum into the maximum amount of pressure that generates a strong but light factory wheel. Let\u2019s look at the Plymouth Fury rims for example, most of their OEM wheels are forged!<br \/>\n&#8211;<strong>Low Pressure Casting<\/strong> is when metal is liquified &amp; poured into a\u00a0 template, then removed when it is fresh enough to be taken out.<br \/>\n&#8211;<strong>Counter Pressure Casting <\/strong>involves a vacuum. Cool, huh? The original format of the wheel has some type of gadget that sucks the metal into the template that makes the ending result much stronger than an original wheel that used low pressure casting.<\/p>\n<p>I thought all aluminum OEM Alloy Wheels were the same; I guess that showed me. Wanna know more like I did? Like how the whole thing is held together so it doesn&#8217;t come off? It&#8217;s really not that hard.<\/p>\n<p>Learning something new everyday,<br \/>\nMykalanne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder how those Factory Original Wheels of yours are built? OEM Alloy Rims are usually made in 1-3 pieces. 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