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while looking at a used dodge charger the different daylight the shop assistant told me to tap the edge with my finger, it was plastic????? Where do these arrive from? are they shop or can you succeed to them somewhere? no only seems to understand what i am talking about. Answer:

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I understand a couple manufacturers that employ them...GM and Chrysler. The firstly only I recall seeing them on was on a Pontiac G6, they called them "chrome-cladded" wheels. They are relaxed covers that bolt on and adapt tightly over the steel wheels. I understand the Dodge Ram does (or did) here "chrome-cladded" versions of their 20" wheels.

It is a inexpensive manner for manufacturers to succeed to a further "upscale" look. They possibly cause a heap of currency on them as well, considering they accuse $300-$400 for them. No manner it can charge that much.

If done right, they watch attractive convincing. If you don't attention and expectation a inexpensive manner to better the watch of your automobile they are not a badness choice, you only own to understand going in what they are and be excellent with it. Most persons can't narrate from a gap anyway.

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They are not plastic. They are steel rims with a rubber covering. They came on allot of Chrysler, Plymouth, Dodges in the 90s. I had a 97 Intrepid with them.

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They may be relaxed coated. But they aren't relaxed all the manner through. Don't permit the male child ya.

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They aren't rims. They are hubcaps that conceal up the steel wheel. There are cars that arrive with factual wheels (like greatest higher end cars and different usual cars) and there are cars that arrive with steel wheels covered in hubcaps ever since the steel wheels are in fact ugly. The only advantage (in my opinion) to steel wheels and hubcaps is you can always exchange the manner of hubcap lacking spending a heap of currency ($20-40) whereas if you own alloy wheels, you own to pay out hundreds to succeed to recent ones.

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They're called 'hub-caps' and lower-end cars such as the Chargers/Magnums equipped with the 2.7L V6 or 3.5L V6 own them. LMAO!

Edit: 22 inch 'plastic rims'? Come on...be serious.

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Someday road cars may own some sort of complex relaxed rims, while nowadays that sort of technology is reserved for conception cars and specialty vehicles. What you own is possibly some sort of metal edge with a relaxed coating. The coating is designed to care for the disc from stain or corrosion, depending on what sort of metal it is made of. It is also designed as a decorative coating that can be used to competition the automobile or present it an anodized or metallic look. An aluminum disc is further dear than a steel wheel, while if the steel disc is coated with a silver colour relaxed coating, voila, no only can narrate the dissimilarity unless they watch TRUE close. And an aluminum disc coated with gold or different metallic colored relaxed can be made to watch anodized, which is a a great deal further dear process. Since all wheels require to encounter administration standards, there's no protection dissimilarity amongst any of them. It's all done for looks and marketing. Some wheels are lighter than others, which helps with timber reduction and handling. Car salesmen are notoriously uninformed about the cars they attempt to sell. I had only attempt to narrate me that only of the reservoirs beneath the hood was for catch fluid. The automobile had a cable-operated clutch. The difficulty is that only week these jokers are selling Hondas, the following week they're pushing Dodges, the week subsequently that they're selling sofas at Levitz.

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It is possible. When I used to work at Ford back in the 90's, some cars had a sort of edge that was enjoy a relaxed while not quite. It was in fact firm to explain while it was a poly-something. You could put your fingernail in it and cause a stain while then it would go back to the manner it was. You should own asked the salesperson, ever since he knew so much, only what sort of substance it was. LOL. Bet he wouldn't understand the title either.

Most probable it was a especial edge that Dodge put out that not a heap of them had. :o)

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Some inner automobile companies employ plastic-coated steel wheels ever since they are cheaper to cause than aluminum. This is a stain that you are looking at crappy car. Do you believe Honda or Toyota would do this?

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mini automobile ftw 2 oz rims

ftw (for the win)



U R HOMO!!!!!!

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The rims are not plastic. It is the hubcap ( on summit of the steel edge ) that is plastic