There’s no shame in admitting it—it’s all but guaranteed that nearly every single one of you reading this has accidentally hit the face of a curb with one of your car’s wheels. It’s that ...

More than one reader took issue with my stand against lug-centric steel rims for winter tires in a recent column. As we are pretty much smack dab in the middle of winter-tire season, and more people ...

There are two commonly used ways to fasten wheels to a hub: lug-centric and hub-centric. In hub-centric designs (see figure below), the wheel fits snugly against the hub which provides support along ...