Wheels or Rims?
 

Do you call them wheels or do you call them rims?

:confused: them
:D wheel = rim + tire

:cheers: yes...no...maybe?

no here in the U.S. when people say rims they are referring to the just the wheels.

Bran, they also call them dubs. So the next time you see a friend say he's got supergeil dubs brah.

rims are rims
rims and tires = wheels

Wheels.

And on a similar topic...

it's an engine, not a motor...

engine sports?

When I hear someone refer to the wheel rim, I take that to mean that a rim is a part of a wheel and not the whole unit. Also, plenty of online companies like TireRack specialize in selling "tire and wheel" packages.

http://www.tirerack.com/wheels/wtpack.jsp?camefrom=wtpack

I love semantics!

incidentally, I listened to an interview with Dr. P at Porsche discussing the 918 and he reffered to the wheels as rims. That's what prompted this poll, typically it seems to me that I hear Europeans refer to wheels as alloys.

And in the cheaper secondhand car yards in Australia, the term 'the car has mags fitted" refers to mag(nesium) wheels, which is really old fashioned even for Oz! I don't remember magnesium alloy being used for wheels....

From Wikipedia:

The rim is the "outer edge of a wheel, holding the tire".

Good enough for me!

Is the mounting part called a wheel or rim job ?

It's an engine while sitting still, a motor when you are moving. :cheers:

Exactly....

Getcher motor runnin......

wheels = rims + tires (for no Reason I can support)

Motor = electric

Engine = combustion

And why do we drive on a parkway, and park on a driveway?

Wheel = hub + spokes + rim.
Tire = fits around a wheels rim for better performance.

Rim = slang term for a wheel.


Calling a wheel a "rim" is akin to saying that it's "a whole nother" subject, "irregardless" of opinion ;) :p

great point. Where in the heck did that term come come from?

when I was a kid mag wheels referred to five spoke BMX wheels.

http://mauricemeyer.com/BMX/tuffs/images/BMXA_8401-2.jpg

Back in my teens (70's) the term "mag wheels" covered virtually any wheel not requiring a hubcap. Now, it seems "rims" refers to just about any aftermarket wheel. I'm sure regional slang comes into play.

5-spoke Cragar S/S's were the most common mag wheels seen back then.