New owner need help, plz

[hanabie]

what about mine? Silver chrome =/

[andrew5826]

Originally Posted by Lo

Lol! I never thought this was a french canadian thing! Glad to know I shouldn't mention "mags" outside of my province if I want to be understood.

I don't think it's just a French Canadian thing..this side of the country I've heard the words mag, alloys and steelies thrown around when referring to rims. probably an old school thing when the materials used to make the rims were a bigger part of marketing them


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[nzer]

Don't worry @Altorhys we still use the term "mags" for wheels here in New Zealand. Mag being the singular. Generally it means alloy wheels rather than steelies here.

We even have a chain of stores here that sell wheels and turbo parts called "Mag and Turbo".

You get to learn the different terms in different countries. For example what the USA calls the "trunk" in a car we call the "boot" here.

BTW, I vote black as well. I think they make the blue look much more aggressive and sporty. Especially if lowered 20mm too.

[Suberman]

Originally Posted by Mad1723

Hey Althoris, good to see you out of the QcFRS forums My vote goes for black or white. Gold is best with WRB as others have stated.

Oh, and yes, "mags" is the term us French Canadians use when talking about wheels. No idea where it comes from. It's just part of the car culture these days

Mag is short for magnesium as in magnesium alloy. The more expensive alloy wheels are primarily magnesium. Rarely would you use pure magnesium on a road car wheel nowadays, it is dangerously flammable. During the Falklands War a British destroyer constructed mainly of magnesium based alloy caught fur and burned catastrophically, for example. Fireworks that burn intensely white are burning magnesium.

Racing alloys historically were mainly or completely magnesium , nowadays I'm not sure what alloys are used.

A mag wheel is equivalent useage to an alloy or Allie wheel.

[Braces]

Originally Posted by Muskokan

It's not Canadian lingo in case anyone's wondering... Lmao

Let me fix it for you. "What's a mag, eh?"