Sizing, fitment, and what the jargon actually means.
Most people buying wheels are told to supply an offset and a bolt pattern, and are expected to already know what those are. You should not have to. These guides explain the things that decide whether a wheel fits your car, in plain English.
Will these wheels fit my car? Bolt pattern, centre bore and offset, explained properly
Four things decide whether a wheel fits, and most guides only cover three. Plus the eight fitment figures we found wr...
M14x1.25 or M14x1.5? The wheel bolt traps that catch people out
A wheel can have the right bolt pattern and still come with the wrong fasteners. Same thread diameter, different pitc...
Why your Range Rover wheels will not fit a Velar
Every Range Rover and Range Rover Sport is 5x120 on a 72.6mm centre bore. The Velar is 5x108 on 63.4mm. It is the onl...
The BMW M5 G90 uses a bolt pattern no other BMW has ever used
5x132 appears nowhere else in BMW's range. Every off the shelf wheel on the market needs an adapter to fit a G90 M5, ...
The Porsche Macan changed its bolt pattern. Here is how to tell which wheels fit yours
The petrol Macan is 5x112. The Electric Macan is 5x130. Both run the same 66.5mm centre bore, so the one measurement ...
He wanted an off road wheel for a Range Rover Sport SVR. Nobody makes one.
Off road wheel designs are made for utilitarian 4x4s. SVR wheels are made for road use around a big brake package. Th...
No catalogue, no chart, no stock: building wheels for a Zytek 04S
Every other guide we have written leans on verified fitment data for 50 vehicles. This car is in none of those databa...
Porsche 992 Turbo or Turbo S: identical wheels, completely different hubs
The 992 Turbo is 5x130 on studs. The Turbo S is centre lock. They run identical wheel sizes, which is exactly why the...
A dealer was buying spacers for every Defender. So we designed the wheel instead.
RS Auto in Bulkington retail modified 4x4s and pickups, and every Defender going out on 22s needed spacing to sit rig...
How we got a G 580 EQ onto 23 inch forged wheels when Mercedes stops at 20
Mercedes offers nothing larger than 20 inch on the G 580 EQ. This owner wanted 23. The interesting part of the job wa...
Why you keep ending up with spacers
Nobody sets out to buy a spacer. It is what you are offered when the wheel you wanted was never made for your car. He...
Cast, flow formed or forged: what you are actually buying
Almost every alloy wheel is made one of three ways, and one of them is sold using the word forged without being forge...