If the wheels are steel, a magnet will stick. If aluminum, it will not.If the wheels are steel, a magnet will stick. If aluminum, it will not.
Vehicle Wheels are made of steel, aluminum, alloys, & chrome. Toy wheels and some utility wheels are mode of plastic. Wheels on early cars were made of wood.
Most automobile wheels are made from either Steel or Alloy (Aluminum). There are chrome wheels and plastic hubcaps as well. But most care wheels are made from Alloy or Steel
Believe it or not, aluminum wheels are wheels made of aluminum
Dragoon chrome wheels
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Chrome clad wheels are like chrome plated but the coating is "painted on" (this is not 100% correct but gives the idea)
Toyota is a first name for cars with factory chrome wheels. Besides Toyota, BMW is another car which has factory chrome wheels as well. Australian based Holden car manufacturing company has also made factory chrome wheels
It really depends on the rim. Chrome rims can range from $150-several thousand. Aluminum rims start around $100 and can also cost several thousand! Pick which one you like the best as the price difference isn't that much.
Getting the rust off from the chrome wheels involves a process of cleaning the wheels with soap first; scrub slowly with a wool pad after applying some good polish or cleaner material; repeat the process till the shiny chrome suracres. Another method is to clean the chrome wheels of rust with sand paper first; use an aluminum foil turned upside down and apply coke on the affected areas, smear and rub and dry with a cloth. In both the processes, you need to apply was polish at the last.
You can get bicycle wheels with aluminum rims, from about $150 and up, but solid aluminum wheels gets too chunky to be used on bikes.
The whole wheel has to be re-chromed. This is not a do it yourself job. There are many places that refinish chrome wheels.