Glamorizing your vehicle with flashy car rims a wonderful way to flaunt your feathers. However, before you spend $8,000 on Lexani 27-inch Big Johnson car rims, take a minute to review some basics about tire maintenance and rim installation. First of all, although rims can increase your vehicle's profile, they can also create certain maintenance stresses.

You can Plus Size your rims to improve your car's steering responsiveness and general road handling. At the same time, when you Plus Size, you expose 'more wheel' to the environment and create slightly less room between the rubber and the wheelbase. Thus, while your flashy rims may look good on your SUV in the city, they can cause lightweight trucks and large cars to lose some degree of handling in strenuous mountain weather conditions.

Rear-wheel-drive rims are generally about two inches larger than front-wheel-drive rims. For small cars, like basic Honda models, each car rim may only be about 13 inches in diameter. For large SUVs and jeeps, each car rim can come as large as 27 inches in diameter. You can also get customized rims for super-large wheels, but super-large rims may cross the $10,000 barrier.

You can find cheaper rims (around $6,000 or less) from luxury companies like American Racing and Eagle. There are three basic ways to hike up your tires to support your rims: Zero Plus, Zero Plus One and Zero Plus Two. Inching up your vehicle gives you more road dominance and respect on the freeways. However, it's smart to review your manufacturer's recommendations and to stay within safe parameters.