Your husband is a lucky man. A woman with knowledge of engines, transmissions, cars / trucks… Hot.
Sorry, I sound like a simp. @ChickenLittle seems to know this stuff too.
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Well thank you! I have him to blame in this case. He loves diesels and used to own a diesel performance store, I have learned by osmosis.
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Oh no, hes not a fanboy. They all get roasted and its so entertaining.
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Did the rims really need to match color? 
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If they don’t, you are a peasant in the boat world I hear.
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Glad to hear I am not a peasant in the boat world. My aluminum canoes match the aluminum rims on the car that they sit atop.
I need a monocle 
with all the richness of two boats with matching rims!
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Admittedly I usually don’t like matching color rims, but this one slaps to me.
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You guys are killing me with this “rim” talk.
They are wheels! This is a pet peeve with me.
A wheel has a:
Hub
Spokes/face
Rim
Barrel
I might add that a toilet has a rim too.
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I am from Memphis.
They are rims sir.
Also, I just paid an exorbitant amount for said rims, “wheels”, and I will name them as I please. 
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I just resist the devolution of the English language.
But we had our misnaming in the 1960’s. All aftermarket wheels were called “Mags”, yet I don’t believe any of them were made out of magnesium.
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It would be more fun if they were.
The 1960’s were well before my time. You old bastard.
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Thinking of getting a set for the Hellcat.
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Just a point of perspective: The use of “Mags” as the colloquial reference for wheels of those days had its origin from drag racing, as in lightening unsprung weight.
Where do you think “Rims” has its origin? I doubt it has anything to do with racing.
Just trying to stay on subject with the thread title, “Cars and Racing.”
If you haven’t noticed, I never stay on thread title.
… So “rims” used to be the “tires” of wagon wheels, but now “tires” are the “rims” of modern wheels?
I’m so confused now. Send help.
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Railroads put railway tires on their wheels, especially the drivers. The railway tire was a steel ring that was heated to expand its diameter and hammered on the outside of the much more expensive wheel. As the tire cooled it was firmly in place. As the steel tire wore away, the tire could be replaced on the outside of the wheel. Railroads were only replacing worn railway tires and not the entire wheel.
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I saw this on Discovery channel or something years ago.
How do they get it off? Do they put the entire wheel and tire in a furnace and heat it up?
I would think doing that you would have to go a lot hotter than putting it on since the wheel and the tire expand. The tire should expand more because thermal expansion is in/in so the tire being a larger diameter will expand more than the wheel, but the wheel is going to expand a lot.
Thinking through this. I bet they cut them off since they are done with the tire. Sometimes I overthink.
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