Spinners
What are they?
Spinners are a recent new addition to the alloy wheels range. 9 times out of 10 the spinners will come in a chrome finish. The spinners are combined of a normal one or split piece alloy wheel and an extra outer piece that will attach onto the centre of the wheel and slot inside the outer rim. This outer piece is on bearings so that it can freely spin without the main rim moving at all.
What are the advantages?
Spinner rims are certainly eye catching especially when you pull up to a junction and your chrome rims still look like they are spinning away. They are certainly destined to impress a particular crowd of car enthusiasts and it will likely bring you car some attention.
What are the disadvantages?
Apart from being a little bit on the tacky side there are some other aspects to the downsides of spinners. The likeliness of a chrome finish is high so remember not to use them in the winter months or bad weather otherwise the chrome will flaking coming off!
It's an unlikely situation but it has been known for people's spinners to go missing. Ok fair enough you have your locking wheel nuts securely fitted but there are people that do things to really wind you up at times. They will leave your rims on and pinch your outer spinner from your wheels so make sure you store the car safely away from public areas as replacement spinners are not that cheap!