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What makes a 2 piece wheel 2 piece and a 3 piece wheel 3 piece?

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Old 04-26-2005, 10:26 PM
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Default What makes a 2 piece wheel 2 piece and a 3 piece wheel 3 piece?

A BBS LM is a two-piece wheel and an HRE is a three-piece. You have the center and the rim, so where is the 3rd piece?
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2 piece features spoke / hub and rim, 3 piece has seperate hub, spoke, and rim assembly.
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Default So a 2 piece would have the part where the hub attaches attached to the center and a 3 piece has...

a seperate attachment for the hub?
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inner rim, outter rim, and center.
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correct.
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Default I'm sorry, but would you mind explaining briefly the difference w/ an example between the LM...

and HRE. Like, piece by piece, please. TIA.
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OK, I think I understand. Thanks.
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Default On a 3-piece, the circular rim that the tire physically contacts is made up of 2 pieces, inner....

...and outer. The third piece is the rest of the wheel. The rim of a 2-piece wheel is one piece of aluminum instead of two.
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That is not correct.
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