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Class is in session! Here at The Wheel and Tire Store, we sell custom rims so that you can enjoy your vehicle to its fullest. You came to us because you have good taste, but having good taste in wheels requires some technical knowledge. If you want to put custom wheels on your ride, there are a few things you need to know about lugnuts.First, and possibly the most important, always start your lugs by hand! If you have a powered drill for putting on lugnuts, all the more power to you, but you need to start your lugs by...

Flat tires are inevitable. If your vehicle has tires, eventually one of them will go flat. The hard truth is: Flat tires never happen when you want them to.   My last flat tire happened on a deserted stretch of I-35 somewhere in no man's land between Iowa and Missouri in the depths of the winter. I was in my car on the way to my parent's house, 45 minutes from the nearest mechanic, with a temperature of -15° F and a windchill of REALLY COLD. It was 5 AM. Some flat tires are worse than others; this flat tire...

Let me be real with you: It takes a lot for us to get excited. In the Holiday Season, we're bustling around hard at work to make sure your custom wheels get to you on time. We're making our list, checking it twice, and it's hard to get our attention.    Then, we found out that one of the new 2021 cars was a Jeep truck. You read correctly: Jeep truck. When the Gladiator dropped in 2020, we weren't sure it would last. Jeep announced their 2021 line-up, it included the Gladiator for the second year in a row. This year, they're...

Fall has arrived, and North America is finally cooling off. As waves of cold air come in, changing our season toward winter, it brings with it a lot of rain. Washing your car is an essential part of being a car owner, and caring for custom rims can be daunting. So how do you clean your wheels? The wheel finish should determine how you clean it. Custom rims come in a variety of finishes: chrome, machined, painted, and many others. Here at The Wheel and Tire Store, we offer a multitude of wheels. For chrome wheels: Clean chrome wheels with...