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Alloy wheels vs Aluminium wheels

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Post by Darkangelv2 » Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:17 pm

patriot66 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:16 pm
Darkangelv2 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:24 pm
Smartbear wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 12:14 pm No its not, its a steel wheel with a plastic cover :poke:
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Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon so technically the wheel is an 'alloy', just not an aluminium one. :D
Exactly!! :thumbsup:
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Post by Smartbear » Mon Jan 22, 2018 9:31 pm

Darkangelv2 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 8:17 pm
patriot66 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 6:16 pm
Darkangelv2 wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 2:24 pm Aargh!!!! :crazydude: :crazydude: :crazydude: :telloff:
Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon so technically the wheel is an 'alloy', just not an aluminium one. :D
Exactly!! :thumbsup:
Hmm, https://www.bigotires.com/Tire-Basics-H ... -Different
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Post by Z4LEE » Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:53 pm

Poor Darkangelv2

Doesn't it suck to be right and yet nobody understands you :-)

"alloy" is a real engineering term, but marketing types just say whatever comes into their heads and people"buy" it.
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Post by Darkangelv2 » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:08 am

Z4LEE wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:53 pmPoor Darkangelv2

Doesn't it suck to be right and yet nobody understands you :-)

"alloy" is a real engineering term, but marketing types just say whatever comes into their heads and people"buy" it.
Sucks to be me! :voodoo:

@Smartbear - first sentence here :thumbsup:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel
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Post by Smartbear » Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:53 am

Darkangelv2 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 24, 2018 9:08 am
Z4LEE wrote: ↑Mon Jan 22, 2018 11:53 pmPoor Darkangelv2

Doesn't it suck to be right and yet nobody understands you :-)

"alloy" is a real engineering term, but marketing types just say whatever comes into their heads and people"buy" it.
Sucks to be me! :voodoo:

@Smartbear - first sentence here :thumbsup:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel
I stand corrected, even smartbear doesn't know everything although I did work in a foundry for a while making sandcast aluminum furniture :P
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