Difference between Wheels and Rims?

**JaCe** · 22-07-2006 07:25 PM

Just wondering what the actual difference is?

I'm under the impression that wheels are the things which tyres are on, and rims are the things they can like.. put on top of the wheel (a bit like a hubcap?)?

I'm looking at these- http://www.tempetyres.com.au/product...t=&part_no=677
... are those wheels or rims? I'm thinking wheels; but I'm a n00b!

**destrukshn** · 22-07-2006 07:28 PM

my assumption
wheels = rims.

**NeRV** · 22-07-2006 07:29 PM

yeah i thought its the same thing?

**DOHCTR Coopz!** · 22-07-2006 07:31 PM

mags??

**JaCe** · 22-07-2006 07:32 PM

Well the reason I asked is because someone asked me if I was planning to get 'wheels' or 'rims'... and at first i thought, hmm... aren't rims the thing which the tyre sits on? but then i thought, that's the wheel.

*shrugs*

I also thought they were same thing until I got asked the "OR" question.

**destrukshn** · 22-07-2006 07:32 PM

ah.. mags is a different story.
mags were short for wheels that were made out of magnesium or part.
that's why they are called mags.
lol.
so mags are a different league to wheels/rims.
in my opinion. lol

**DOHCTR Coopz!** · 22-07-2006 07:42 PM

haha nice 1 destruction! i didnt know there was a difference.. i thoughts mags was the 80's/90's term for rims/wheels...! u dont hear 'mags' much these days..
"oooh check out the JDM mags yo!!"

**destrukshn** · 22-07-2006 07:43 PM

lol, yeah it was kinda.. to a certain respect.
it's becuase mags were the IN thing back in the day.
lol.

**JaCe** · 22-07-2006 07:47 PM

Don't mags refer to wheels of magnesium alloy?

EDIT: I hate having a slow internet connection!

**destrukshn** · 22-07-2006 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by JaCe

Don't mags refer to wheels of magnesium alloy?

EDIT: I hate having a slow internet connection!

what's what i said? didn't i?
=/
lol.

**EuroDude** · 22-07-2006 07:53 PM

Rims = Alloy rims or Steel rims
Mags = 80's term for Alloy wheels
Wheels = Rims with tyres (Generic term)

**JaCe** · 22-07-2006 09:05 PM

Haha sorry I meant to say I clicked post.. but by then when it appeared, there were so many posts which had been made!

As for what EuroDude said, that sounds pretty reasonable... wheels include tyres; and I guess if I buy a rims/tyres pack, then that means they are wheels!