Types and classifications of car wheels

Depending on the surface treatment process of the wheel, it can be used in different ways, which can be roughly categorized into baking paint and electroplating.

Baked paint wheels are economical and durable. The appearance of the wheels of ordinary models is less considered, and good heat dissipation is the basic requirement. The process basically adopts baking paint treatment, that is, first spraying and then electric baking. The cost is relatively economic, the color is beautiful, and the maintenance time is long. Even if the vehicle is scrapped, the color of the wheel will not change. Volkswagen many wheels surface treatment technology is baking paint, some fashionable and dynamic color wheels also use baking paint technology. This kind of wheel is moderately priced and has complete specifications.

Electroplated wheels have a big price difference. Electroplated wheels are divided into silver plating, water plating and pure plating. Silver plating and water plating wheel color bright and vivid, but the preservation time is short, so the price is relatively cheap, by many young people in pursuit of freshness like. Pure electroplated wheels, color preservation time is long, can be said to be high quality and low price. Some mid-range and high-end cars will be equipped with pure electroplated wheels as standard.

According to the material, wheels can be divided into two categories: steel wheels and alloy wheels.

The main advantages of steel wheels are simple manufacturing process, relatively low cost, metal fatigue resistance, commonly known as cheap and strong. But the shortcomings of steel hubs are more prominent, that is, the appearance is not beautiful enough, the weight is large, inertia resistance, poor heat dissipation, very easy to rust.

The alloy wheel is light in weight, low inertia resistance, high manufacturing precision, small deformation when rotating at high speed, low inertia resistance, which is conducive to improving the performance of automobile driving in a straight line and reducing the rolling resistance of tires, thus reducing fuel consumption. The thermal conductivity of the alloy is about 3 times that of steel, and it has good heat dissipation, which can play a certain role in heat attenuation of the vehicle braking system, tires and braking system.

The original alloy wheels on the market at present are mainly based on aluminum alloy, of course, many modified wheels will choose chrome, titanium and other elements as the base material to meet certain special requirements to improve vision. But compared to steel wheels, alloy wheels are much more expensive, so in many low-end original cars, steel wheels will be found in low-end models, while alloy wheels are standard in high-end models.