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What is PCD

What does PCD mean?

The Pitch Circle Diameter (PCD) is the diameter of the circle which passes through the centre of all the studs, wheel bolts or wheel rim holes.

The easiest way calculate the PCD is as follows:

1) Measure the distance ‘S’ between two adjacent studs from the centre of each hole.
2) Calculate from the formula below

**Note: on 4 lug fitments you can measure from the center of one stud to the center of the stud directly opposite.

PCD Calculation Formula

4 Stud PCD = S / 0.7071

5 Stud PCD = S / 0.5878

6 Stud PCD = S / 0.5

–Courtesy of YHI

Wheel Offset Explained

Back to previous page What does Offset mean? Offset is the distance between the hub mounting face at the back of the wheel and the wheel’s center line. Offset is usually stamped or engraved.

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What are the sizing specs of my order?

You can access our sizing guide, which includes all of the sizing information for products here

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Why Aren't There Paint Codes For The Wheels?

Why aren’t there paint codes for wheels?

We do have paint codes. However, they won’t help you at all, here is why; ALL of our colors are custom blends. That’s because painting a wheel in mass production is very different than painting a part by hand. Our colors, every one, from matte blacks to wild candy colors, are custom developed to account for the unique color and the process that has to be used when finishing a wheel in a mass production setting. Timing, the amount of colors, drying time, temperature, moisture, etc, etc, all effect how similar each wheel looks compared to the one before it.

That’s why we don’t have paint codes that cross reference with a standard PPG, Valspar, BASF or other brand paint company color code.

Do if I need to touch up my wheel what do I do?

One thing you can do is go to any good body shop or good body supply shop and have them color match the paint. It should be very close to the same appearance and current color shade of your wheel. They have special tools called paint spectrometers that can help them to find a solid match for you.

Wheel Finish Care

Properly caring for your wheels finish

One of the most asked questions is what is the best way to care or clean a wheel. The answer is far less complicated then most would think. The answer is soap and warm water. The use of chemical cleaners often cause damage to the clear coat which is used on the wheels. This can result in pealing, flaking or burn spots. The use of special cleaners and wheels soaps should be viewed very carefully. Any soap, or cleaner that you put on your wheel may contain chemicals or some type of acidity to help remove dirt. This is why we only recommend a “safe” vehicle soap and warm water for wheel cleaning.

The best care for any wheel is to clean them often so that brake dust and other contaminants do not remain on the wheel for too long. Things like Brake dust overtime actually becomes acidic and corrosive itself. Others who experience winter weather driving, should be proactive in cleaning “road salt” off their wheels during the winter also. These chemical that they place on the roads to aid in snow melting and tire traction, “salt”, can be a few different chemicals. In either case it should be cleaned off your cars paint and wheels regularly during the winter to maintain a safe and proper finish. The best way to care for a wheel is to think of it like an extension of your vehicles paint. If you wouldn’t put it on your paint you shouldn’t put it on your wheel.

Another thing you may want to think about is the use of car wash cleaners. Next time your rolling through the car wash tell the car wash workers NOT to spray anything on your wheels. The chemicals they use are almost always acidic. Whenever possible try to avoid car washes and clean your vehicle the old fashion way.

What is Flow Forming Technology

WHAT IS FLOW FORMING TECHNOLOGY? Flow forming technology is one of the most advanced manufacturing technologies to enter the wheel industry. Flow Forming Technology involves the application of pressure to the inner barrel of... READ MORE (LINK)

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Alloy Wheel Casting Methods

What is Alloy Wheel?

The term alloy wheels is usually given to wheels ‘cast’ from a mixture of aluminum which is light weight and great at dissipating heat and small amounts of more rigid metals whose presence in the ‘mix’ provides rigidity and helps prevent cracks propagating.

Alloy metals provide superior strength and dramatic weight reductions over ferrous metals such as steel, and as such they represent the ideal material from which to create a high performance wheel. In fact, today it is hard to imagine a world class racing car or high performance road vehicle that doesn’t utilize the benefits of alloy wheels.

Casting is an efficient way to produce a high-quality, strong alloy wheel. There are two methods used. One system is known as gravity casting and the other is low pressure or negative pressure casting.

Gravity Casting
This is the casting process whereby the molten material is poured into a mold and allowed to cool. These molds are usually made by machining a piece of material on CNC machine equipments to produce a wheel that only requires minor finishing (like drilling or possibly trimming of some excess metal) to be considered complete.

Negative Pressure Casting
The other system used is the low pressure or negative pressure casting. Here instead of pouring the molten material into the mould, the molten alloy is drawn up into the mould using a high-pressure vacuum.

–Portions Courtesy of YHI

M.A.T. Technology Wheel Process

Aluminum, the material used in the production of KÖNIG’s M.A.T. wheels possesses, licensed by Enkei is a very simple structure. However, within this structure lie unlimited possibilities. With incremental changes in areas such as material properties improvements, form research, design refinement, and manufacturing methods, the capabilities of the aluminum will be stretched further.

M.A.T. Original and Latest Process
A new manufacturing process has been developed to produce König’s next generation of light weight alloy wheels. The Most Advanced Technology (M.A.T.) combines a one-piece wheel casting technology with a rim forming technology called the spinning process. This new technology of casting and rim forming by the M.A.T. process is critical in improving drastically the material property and strength of the wheels.

Achieving Metal Flow in the rim part using M.A.T. Process
The M.A.T. Process has a drastic impact on the micro structure of aluminum and result in outstanding improvement of the mechanical property of the material. The process of spinning the rim allows the Metal Flow in the rim part, which resembles the properties obtained from forging process. The control of the metal flow in the rim section results in finer and more even aluminum structure.
Well balanced thinning rim thickness, weight reduction and anti-flex structure in high dimension by the M.A.T. process.

Following the demand for high performance trend every year, tires and wheels are getting larger year after year. In order to reduce weight under a vehicle’s suspension, it is important to reduce the weight of wheels. The M.A.T. process improves the mechanical property of the rim section by shaving the rim’s thickness and therefore reducing wheel weight. The latest manufacturing technology and wheel engineering is a direct feedback.

New Generation of Light-weight Wheels
The process to produce forged wheels and the material used to produce it have very high costs. Many end-users understand the benefits of owning forged wheels but they cannot afford it. König’s new generation of light-weight wheels, made with the M.A.T. process, achieves light weight, strong and anti-flex properties, while keeping the costs affordable to the end-user. The high performance properties and reasonable costs are definitely catching attention of enthusiasts and industry experts! Similar performance as forged wheels while keeping freedom of design using the M.A.T. manufacturing technology has added an exciting new dimension to performance wheels!

The weakest point of forged wheels is the fact that it limits the freedom of design. With years of experience developing light weight casted wheels, Konig has combined the high-tech casting with the new M.A.T. Process to develop an excellent product. König will develop new products with better performance, while removing the limitation of design found in forged wheels.

–Portions Courtesy of YHI

M.A.T. Wheel Casting

M.A.T. Technology Wheel Process

Aluminum, the material used in the production of KÖNIG’s M.A.T. wheels possesses, licensed by Enkei is a very simple structure. However, within this structure lie unlimited possibilities. With incremental changes in areas such as material properties improvements, form research, design refinement, and manufacturing methods, the capabilities of the aluminum will be stretched further.

M.A.T. Original and Latest Process
A new manufacturing process has been developed to produce König’s next generation of light weight alloy wheels. The Most Advanced Technology (M.A.T.) combines a one-piece wheel casting technology with a rim forming technology called the spinning process. This new technology of casting and rim forming by the M.A.T. process is critical in improving drastically the material property and strength of the wheels.

Achieving Metal Flow in the rim part using M.A.T. Process
The M.A.T. Process has a drastic impact on the micro structure of aluminum and result in outstanding improvement of the mechanical property of the material. The process of spinning the rim allows the Metal Flow in the rim part, which resembles the properties obtained from forging process. The control of the metal flow in the rim section results in finer and more even aluminum structure.
Well balanced thinning rim thickness, weight reduction and anti-flex structure in high dimension by the M.A.T. process.

Following the demand for high performance trend every year, tires and wheels are getting larger year after year. In order to reduce weight under a vehicle’s suspension, it is important to reduce the weight of wheels. The M.A.T. process improves the mechanical property of the rim section by shaving the rim’s thickness and therefore reducing wheel weight. The latest manufacturing technology and wheel engineering is a direct feedback.

New Generation of Light-weight Wheels
The process to produce forged wheels and the material used to produce it have very high costs. Many end-users understand the benefits of owning forged wheels but they cannot afford it. König’s new generation of light-weight wheels, made with the M.A.T. process, achieves light weight, strong and anti-flex properties, while keeping the costs affordable to the end-user. The high performance properties and reasonable costs are definitely catching attention of enthusiasts and industry experts! Similar performance as forged wheels while keeping freedom of design using the M.A.T. manufacturing technology has added an exciting new dimension to performance wheels!

The weakest point of forged wheels is the fact that it limits the freedom of design. With years of experience developing light weight casted wheels, Konig has combined the high-tech casting with the new M.A.T. Process to develop an excellent product. König will develop new products with better performance, while removing the limitation of design found in forged wheels.

–Portions Courtesy of YHI

What Do I Need To Know About Test Fitting Wheels Around My Brakes?

When choosing a wheel for your vehicle there are things that you should research before your purchase.

1. Is this wheel the right offset for my vehicle?
2. Is this wheel the right diameter and width to fit without issues?
3. Does this wheel clear my brakes?

Finding the information to questions 1 and 2 are usually fairly easy to find. However, finding the answer to #3 can be tougher. This is due to the number of variables that can change the answer. Every wheel design, size and sometimes offset can change the spoke profile of a wheel. Furthermore, there are many different vehicles on the market. Complicating this more is the possibility of multiple different brake packages offered on just one model vehicle. Those brake packages all have different sizing and shape to them.

And what are you supposed to do if you have installed or are considering installing a Big Brake Kit? How can you go about test fitting wheels around that big brake kit? The installation of your BBK can make finding a wheel that will fit a headache. Of course, you can download the wheel clearance diagram from your big brake kit manufacturer, print it to scale and cut it out. But that is providing you actually have the wheel you want to put on the car in your possession. If you don’t have the wheel or are looking for wheel options that clear that brake kit it is tougher. We’re going to give you some information to help you find a Konig wheel that will fit over your vehicle’s brakes.

With wheels, we tend to focus on 2 factors of a brake package. The caliper protrusion and the caliper height. These two factors are the most critical in determining if a brake caliper will impact / crash with the spokes of the wheel.

We have a library of vehicle caliper drawings. We do our best to update that library often especially with the hard to fit, big brake vehicles. With this library, we can use 2D wheel drawings to overlay caliper profiles in a wheel and confirm if a wheel is able to fit your car / brake package. So here are some instructions if you need our help!

HOW WE CAN HELP YOU CHECK YOUR BRAKES WITH A KONIG WHEEL…

Checking a stock brake package (brake package available on vehicle as original equipment):
1. You may call, email, use our contact form, or message us on social media.
2. Please include vehicle make, model, model year, trim package and brake package option (if applicable).
3. Please include which wheel, size(s) you would like to check.

Checking a big brake kit / upgrade (Aftermarket Big Brake Kit / Upgrade not offered as original equipment):
1. You may call, email, use our contact form, or message us on social media.
2. Please include vehicle make, model, model year, trim package and brake package option (if applicable).
3. Please include which wheel, size(s) you would like to check.
4. Please contact the brake kit manufacturer and ask them for a PDF brake caliper template file (Here is an example of one of these files from Wilwood – EXAMPLE for 370Z Front). You may send this file to fitment@konigwheels.com with the information mentioned above.

While we’re happy to help you make sure that Konig wheels will fit your vehicle’s brake package, there are somethings you should keep in mind:

1. It can take time – We do our best to check fit cars that we have calipers drawings on quickly. However, some calipers may have to be drawn (especially aftermarket kits) so this can take a few days depending on how many requests have been previously sent in.

2. We don’t have every caliper – We hold a large caliper library however occasionally we will not have your vehicle’s brake. In this case, we’ll guide you through how you can help us to obtain information to give you a better idea of fitment.

3. Current wheels only – Due to a large number of requests for caliper checks we receive we ask you to only ask us to check current wheels.

4. ALWAYS TEST FIT BEFORE MOUNTING – We confirm fitment as a courtesy. Even if we confirm fitment, like with any wheel purchase, you must always test fit wheels to ensure that they fit correctly, without issues before mounting. Once wheels are mounted they’re non-returnable and there is little that your retailer (depending on their return policy) can do to help you. Because we’re a manufacturer, we don’t deal directly with the public regarding sales. For this reason, you must deal with your retailer for sales/returns (based on retailers policies). We aren’t able to get involved in this process. So ALWAYS TEST FIT BEFORE MOUNTING!

We hope this information helps and thank you for your continued support!

Test Fitting Wheels Over Your Brakes