For most owners choosing alloy wheels, there are four steps advices for selecting.
weigh the weight of alloy wheels
Most of alloy wheels are the forged aluminum wheels, so how many the aluminum use have a big impact on the strength of the alloy wheel. Although lightweight is the biggest advantage of alloy wheels, if taking security into account, pick a little heavier alloy wheels made more ease.
percussion echo
The better aluminum wheels, the more precise alloy wheels. And the echo will be crisper. If it is liquid forged aluminum wheel technology to produce the crispest sound, and echo times could last a few seconds. If you found an echo of nausea hit or almost no response, then, you'd better give up.
gloss observation
If the surface of alloy wheels has not been painting, plating, you can judge the quality of alloy wheels through the intuitive sense of the material. If the material of alloy wheel is better and more pure, the gloss of production is brighter and clearer. On the contrary, the more gray color means that the material of the wheel the worse.
machine inspection
The biggest problem of alloy wheels made in China is large individual differences. If you buy an alloy wheel whose roundness losing or powerful emphasis, not only seriously affect the ride comfort, and may even cause vehicle damage. That how should you choose the alloy wheels? Experts suggest that put new alloy wheel on the balancing machine to do the dynamic balance test. First, when the visual wheel is turning round enough to the naked eye can not observe the right circle to give up. If the round, then also look at the alloy wheels of the emphasis, in accordance with the requirements of the original car, less than 30g's on the basic qualified.