Well people will say "wheels" referring to their car...like "golly gee, check out my new wheels, Gertrude". So in a way I can see letting "rims" slip. But damn, why is there a need to invent a new slang term for something every day?

Call me racist, but sometimes I really wish black people weren't allowed to write music or come up with slang . Unless they have guitars...cuz where would we be without hendrix and all the old blues guys? It's just so completely random, like "hey, from now on 'shorty' means a chick, ok?", or "it's been a week since we came up with a new name for a car...how's 'whip'?". I can do that too. From now on I will refer to my hair as my "spoon". Ok, I gotta go put my pennies in my speakers so I don't hafta wear my rugs all day, comb my spoon and go do some kwanzaa shopping

Just like those annoying bastards in whatever state who say "I'll have a coke" "ok, what kind?" "Dr. Pepper"

So if "new shoes for the feet" = a wheel/tire package, when what are the "feet"? The unsprung suspension components?

 

Yeah. the USC is teh win.

Hey man, i work for a hiphop station so i HAVE to keep up with the slang so that I'm always in the loop. #1 in my time slot 2 years straight for a reason. think of it as, you walk on your feet = your car rides on the wheels. if you had a new pair of shoes, people would say "hey, nice shoes" (assuming they are into shoes) but they aren't going to take time to study the tread pattern of sole. The same goes for the car but you would be replacing the wheel like you would do new shoes. the sole is a part of the shoe so the tire is a given in this process as a part of the shoe. hopefully, this analysis has helped you to understand new slang terminology. next week, we can discuss waving bye bye with the fifth relaxing while tipping on four (fours).

*dgravois waits while he knows only three or four people on this board have any idea what his last statement meant.*

 

Wheels.

The only people I hear call them rims are car morons. Ricers, teenagers who don't yet know any better, and people quoting "Pimp my ride".

 

Not when you pronounce it right (NAAAAWWWWSSS) j/k

I agree with most: "wheels" is the proper term.

 

I always called them roundies?

BTW pics in my sig of my car with shorter legs, an aftermarket 2" tall T-shirt and 18" black roundies....

 

rim
1>The usually curved or circular border or edge of an object.
2>The circular outer part of a wheel, furthest from the axle.
3>A circular metal structure around which a wheel tire is fitted.

wheel
1>A solid disk or a rigid circular ring connected by spokes to a hub, designed to turn around an axle passed through the center.
2>Something resembling such a disk or ring in appearance or movement or having a wheel as its principal part or characteristic.



Misuse of terminology is often used by society....

 

I had a car salesman say a car had "mag wheels." So I asked him if he was telling me the wheels were magnesium. He didn't seem to know how to respond. I dislike it as much as when people say a vehicle has a "corvette 350." I'll ask if they pulled it out of a Corvette or could verify that it came from a Corvette. Its also like saying "3/4 race cam." What ever thats supposed to mean.
On a side note, salespeople are fun to jack with. When they start talking HP, ask them how much torque the thing puts out and watch them scramble.

As for the wheel/rim debate. I'll correct people (usually my wife) when they refer to tires as wheels.

 

When I bought my old 94 Z28, the dude thought I didn't know anything about the car apparently, and told me that the 94 Z28s had 345hp. I then proceeded to teach HIM about the car for the next 5 minutes.

 

WHEELS is the correct term.

 

Okay maybe I can help here:
20's = Dubs
22's = Duces/Double duces
23's = Twenie trees not twenty three's
24's = All days hense 24 hours in a day
26's & up = High tops

The rim is the metal portion and the wheel is the tire or rubber portion.
Rims are after market and wheels are factory or OEM. You may also hear the words feet, shoes along with the before mentioned explanations.

 

Wheel!!!!