Major Car Wheel Brands Ranked Worst To Best – SlashGear

XD Wheels prioritizes the truck and SUV markets with its array of aluminum wheels in both chrome and matte black finishes. The company, a sub-brand of KMC Wheels, has been around since 2003. Operating out of Southern California, the brand blew up in popularity in 2004 when it introduced the XD775 Rockstar. A big black wheel with a simple five spoke design, chrome accents, and a plastic center cap, the Rockstar became so popular among truck enthusiasts that XD ended up using its designs on car wheels as well.

Beloved among truck and SUV drivers, the XD Series, spun off from KMC Wheels, is now well known for its aggressive designs. They’re reasonably lightweight wheels and have some cool finish options, from matte or satin black to chrome, red, and even an alabaster white.

Reviews are generally pretty high on both Amazon and Tire Rack, although some Amazon shoppers worry that their XD Series wheels might be knock-offs because of spelling errors on the caps. Another frequently mentioned issue is that the center caps have a tendency to crack as they’re plastic, and installers occasionally over-tighten or cross-thread the long bolts that hold the caps in place, or otherwise mistake the plastic non-bolts with these bolts and round out the caps. Given the size of the tires installed on XD wheels, balancing can sometimes be an issue as well, but that’s nothing several strips of adhesive weights can’t fix.