Great info. I never knew about drop centers until now. I was told a new set of wheels I was interested wouldn’t fit because the drop centers would hit the calipers on my R8. After some research, now I know what they meant. Lol
Does the location of drop center effect the offset/backspace of the rim? On a vintage "reverse" rim the drop center is also where the rims center was attached, but in reverse of a "standard" rim. Giving a more pronounce or larger " lip" and a less " barrel" , because the center was basically flipped, if i am using those terms correctly.
Reverse mount is a byproduct of when a wheel has a large lip. The mounting pads location in relation to the center of the wheel is the only thing that effects offset and the distance between the mounting pad and the back edge of the wheel is the only thing that results in backspacing. To create a large lip you generally need to land the spokes at the barrel in a much more negative position than without a large lip. Once that landing point is so far back the wheel has to be reverse mount to mount the tire. The downside of reverse mount wheels is that it can cause some extreme challenges to make a wheel TPMS compatible.
Went to a normal tire shop to install tires on used wheels i got, and they said my wheels dont have a drop center so they can't install tires on them because their machine can't do it. What should i do?? Are there special kinds of tire mouting machines for non-deep-enough drop center wheels?
Its a valid point, and one that we debated in the brainstorming of this video. Knowing how to mount a tire and recognize reverse mount vs standard mount isn't something that would really help the average person. An installer that needs to know this is going to have on the job training and the average person isn't going to mount their own wheels. But this is something we may go back and explain! Thanks again for your feedback and commenting!
Great info. I never knew about drop centers until now. I was told a new set of wheels I was interested wouldn’t fit because the drop centers would hit the calipers on my R8. After some research, now I know what they meant. Lol
Super happy we could help! Thanks for the comment!
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May the topic and video interesting, but why the obsession to put strip of stupid movies in to your video. Makes me quit.
See gully but tire won't slip round rim
My boy, Scott from Konig! Come at your ear balls with that wheel info!
Does the location of drop center effect the offset/backspace of the rim? On a vintage "reverse" rim the drop center is also where the rims center was attached, but in reverse of a "standard" rim. Giving a more pronounce or larger " lip" and a less " barrel" , because the center was basically flipped, if i am using those terms correctly.
Reverse mount is a byproduct of when a wheel has a large lip. The mounting pads location in relation to the center of the wheel is the only thing that effects offset and the distance between the mounting pad and the back edge of the wheel is the only thing that results in backspacing. To create a large lip you generally need to land the spokes at the barrel in a much more negative position than without a large lip. Once that landing point is so far back the wheel has to be reverse mount to mount the tire. The downside of reverse mount wheels is that it can cause some extreme challenges to make a wheel TPMS compatible.
What about a set of wheels with no drop center? Would that even affect anything driving wise?
Went to a normal tire shop to install tires on used wheels i got, and they said my wheels dont have a drop center so they can't install tires on them because their machine can't do it. What should i do?? Are there special kinds of tire mouting machines for non-deep-enough drop center wheels?
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Thanks for your input!
You explained nothing about how this affects tire mounting
Its a valid point, and one that we debated in the brainstorming of this video. Knowing how to mount a tire and recognize reverse mount vs standard mount isn't something that would really help the average person. An installer that needs to know this is going to have on the job training and the average person isn't going to mount their own wheels. But this is something we may go back and explain! Thanks again for your feedback and commenting!