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Alloy Wheels - Make You Car Stand Out From The Crowd
By Nick Janaw

All cars have wheels, (an obvious thing to say), well except those that have been stolen, but that's a different matter. The majority of cars now come with alloys, generic factory fitted alloy wheels but alloys all the same. The thing is the importance of them is significant, but we don't realise how significant until we either don't have them or till we have upgraded. Why do we choose to have upgraded or aftermarket alloys over the standard steel wheel?

The Main reason is down to our desire to show off, or to be unique. Style and image are some of the most importance features we look for when purchasing a new or updating the image of the you have currently. The easiest way of doing this is to upgrade to your alloys, it's surprising how much difference a good set of wheels make to the appearance to a vehicle. It goes with out saying that different styles of alloys will suit different cars & portray

them differently for varying reasons, an example of this is putting an aggressive set of alloys on a Japanese performance would make them more sporty and performance ready where as to add stylish wheels would make the whole image more fashionable.

The other reason of upgrading your wheels is one that people don't often realise; the performance. The technology behind alloy wheels now is much more advanced than it was many years ago. Alloy wheels are now much lighter and stronger than the generic steel cousins. This not only reduces the weight of the but they are also designed with more surface area touching the road increasing grip and performance of the wheels, thus increasing speed, handling, wear of the tyres and can often reduce fuel consumption dramatically. Occasionally when performance is increased the ride comfort is reduced so finding the right balance is the key when purchasing new alloys.