Today, everybody's got custom wheels. The guy driving the Escalade to work runs 24s with paper-thin sidewalls and those ridiculous spinner wheels. Even the pizza-delivery kid's got 18s on his Honda.

Sometimes, conversations about wheel offset and backspacing can induce glazed eyes and distant stares. Some folks would rather be forced to write a thesis on particle physics with a crayon in a ...

Today's wheels and tires from the vehicle factories are designed to do the right job. They also include that government safety standard feature that becomes very boring or out of style. For most of us ...