Buyer Guides for Truck Wheel Importers
Practical, spec-level answers to the questions importers and fleet-parts wholesalers actually ask before ordering steel wheels in container quantities — written by the people who make them.
How to Import Truck Steel Wheels from China
The full process from specification to landed cost: supplier verification, samples, order terms, QC, PVoC / SONCAP conformity and the cost build-up — with an East Africa & Nigeria focus.
IATF 16949 for Wheel Buyers: How to Verify It
What the automotive quality standard actually proves for a safety-critical part like a wheel, how to read a certificate, and how to check one is real — in four steps.
Truck Wheel PCD & Bolt Pattern Chart
The bolt patterns that matter on commercial trucks, buses and trailers — 10×335, 10×285.75, JIS ball-seat and more — with bolt-hole sizes, centre bores and how to measure yours.
Steel Wheel Load Ratings Explained
How wheel load ratings work, how to size them from your axle loads, typical rating ranges by wheel size — and the red flags that betray an under-built wheel.
How to Verify a Chinese Wheel Supplier
Reading a business licence, the public signals that expose a shell company, export-record checks, a video-audit script and what a third-party audit costs — before any deposit leaves your account.
Truck Wheel Inspection Checklist
Two working checklists — pre-shipment and goods-in — covering documents, dimensions, welds, coating, markings, air-tightness, packaging and sampling.
Tube-Type vs Tubeless Truck Wheels
Structure, safety, weight, tyre supply and cost compared — and what a 20″ tube-type to 22.5″ tubeless changeover really involves for a fleet.
How Steel Truck Wheels Are Made
From steel coil to finished wheel: rim rolling, disc forming, welding, e-coat, marking, air-tightness and fatigue testing — and why each step matters to the buyer.
Wheel Sizes with Full Catalogue Fitments
Every listed configuration — bolt pattern, seat form, P.C.D., centre bore, offset, section thickness — straight from the factory catalogue.
22.5×9.00 Tubeless Steel Wheel
Flagship size — five catalogue fitments, 8- and 10-hole, P.C.D. 275–335 mm.
22.5×8.25 Tubeless Steel Wheel
Trailer and drive-axle workhorse for 11R22.5 / 295/80R22.5 tyres.
24.5×8.25 Tubeless Steel Wheel
24.5-inch system — hub-piloted and ball-seat fitments.
22.5×11.75 Super-Single Steel Wheel
Wide-base trailer position for 385/65R22.5 tyres.
Looking for full specifications instead? See the wheel technical catalogue (4 series, 110 models) or the steel wheels & rims product line.
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