Difference between stainless lip, polish lip, machine lip etc.

[blk_muzda]

I am looking at wheels with a lip and they have different names for the lips such as stainless lip, polish lip, machine lip etc. What's the difference between them? And which one will better in terms of how shiny they are?

[3GFX]

Stainless lips are shiney but have a matte finish. Sometimes they are still polished.

Polished lips are the shiniest usually having a mirror finish on the metal. They're polished.

Machined lips are second the the polished, as it says, its just machined.

The only way you'll know is by looking at pictures.

[ArManI]

can polish the machined lips be done..?

[bluntman]

The three terms are probably just the terms used by different manufacturers for the same thing.

[midnightfxgt]

Machined lip is generally the same piece of metal as the rim. This is usually done on the face of a wheel, and you can see the fine machine lines in the metal when you look closely.

Stainless and Polished is a seperate lip (making the wheel a 2pc wheel) and is polished to a mirror finish. You wouldnt even notice the difference.

-John

[blk_muzda]

thx for the input...i have been looking for mirror finishes instead of the matte look

[Wild Weasel]

Machined lip is generally the same piece of metal as the rim. This is usually done on the face of a wheel, and you can see the fine machine lines in the metal when you look closely.

Stainless and Polished is a seperate lip (making the wheel a 2pc wheel) and is polished to a mirror finish. You wouldnt even notice the difference.

-John

If there's a shiny lip added on to the wheel, then I suppose you're right in that technically it's 2 pieces, but I would never call this a 2-piece wheel. A 2 piece wheel has the face as a separate part from the rim, with the two joined somehow, usually with bolts.

Having a shiny ring added is more like putting on a hubcap than it is having a "2-piece wheel".

Sorry for the aside. Just wanted to nip that one in the bud. :)

[BiG-ED]

^ well said