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Transform Your Vehicle With Stylish Custom Wheels
Elevate the look of your vehicle with custom wheels. From sporty to elegant, aftermarket wheels can give your ride some character. Besides the aesthetics, custom wheels may enhance your vehicle's braking performance.
At Auto Fix, our experts can help you with wheel customization, replacing your old wheels with shiny new bespoke wheels. Our technicians can also help you choose the right wheels for your vehicle that complement its design and performance.
Custom Wheels: What to Consider?
Wheels say a lot about a vehicle. More importantly, their size, finish, and fitment should match the vehicle type and style. At Auto Fix, we can help you choose the perfect wheels for your specific vehicle.
When considering installing custom rims, keep the following in mind:
Size
Wheels come in various sizes, with bigger ones for large vehicles like SUVs and trucks. It’s important to pick the right size for your vehicle. The wheel and the tire should fit into the wheel well. It’s usually possible to go up a size or two from the stock wheels.
Our technicians can help you determine the optimal size for your vehicle and the corresponding size of tires. For instance, large off-road wheels must be balanced with smaller side walls of the tire to ensure they achieve the optimal diameter for your vehicle’s specific model.
Bolt Pattern
The custom wheel’s fitment should be compatible with the vehicle. That means it should have the same bolt pattern and bolt center diameter. While most sedans and crossovers have five bolt patterns, larger vehicles have six bolts.
Calculating the correct bolt center diameter can be tricky, as the method differs for odd and even-numbered patterns. If you’re unsure about the bold pattern and diameter on your vehicle, our experts can guide you.
Wheel Offset
Wheel offset is the distance between the centerline of a wheel and the hub mounting surface, measured in millimeters. It can be positive, negative, or zero. A positive offset means the mounting surface is located toward the outside of the wheel, while a negative offset means it's toward the inside. The offset impacts the vehicle's handling, stability, and appearance.
Wheel offset determines how much the wheel and tire would protrude from the wheel well. This is both a technical and aesthetic consideration that the experts at Auto Fix can help you make.
Material and Finish
Alloy wheels are the most popular choice in custom wheels. Made from aluminum or magnesium alloys, these wheels are lightweight yet durable. Other material choices include steel and carbon fiber. Steel is the most heavy-duty, whereas carbon fiber is the lightest. Track wheels are often made of carbon fiber because of their excellent weight and strength ratio.
As for finish, you have several choices: chrome, powder-coated, anodized, painted, and matte. Luxury wheels often have brushed or polished finish, as those are the most expensive. Our technicians at Auto Fix can carefully install luxury wheels on your vehicle.
Rim Styles
The beauty of custom wheel designs is that you can decide their aesthetics. From complex geometric patterns to minimalistic lines, there’s something for every type of vehicle and driver.
Confused about the rim style and finish for your vehicle? Consult with one of our experts to determine which style may suit your vehicle model.
Custom Wheels for Performance
Performance wheels are designed to reduce rotational mass and improve aerodynamics, as well as the overall handling and braking of the vehicle. Investing in custom lightweight wheels can be a good idea if you partake in competitive driving or just want to improve the wheel performance.
There are many factors at play when it comes to improving performance with aftermarket wheels. Don’t hesitate to consult with a professional at Auto Fix who can guide you on what to look for in performance-enhancing wheels specifically for your model.
Cast vs. Forged Wheels
When in the market for custom aftermarket wheels, you’ll have two choices in terms of how the wheel is made: cast wheels and forged wheels.
Cast wheels are made by pouring molten metal into a mold. Forged wheels are made by forging a single piece of metal, heated and pressurized to take the desired wheel shape. While cast wheels are cheaper, forged wheels are more lightweight yet strong.
At Auto Fix, our experts can work with both cast and forged wheels and install them on your vehicle.
Let Auto Fix Install Your Custom Wheels
We have been serving the community in Ottertail, MN since 2011. Our technicians provide professional wheel replacement with tips on maintaining your new rims.
Call us at (218) 367-3670 to book a custom wheel installation or drive in at 151 County Highway 55, Ottertail, MN 56571 from Monday - Friday: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
