When automobile production first began decades ago, the universal rims provided by car manufacturers with their vehicles were steel rims. These steel rims were standard on almost every vehicle, and drivers generally had few or no options when it came to switching these steel rims for other rims. This was because rims made of other materials had not yet been developed, and it would be some time before alternatives to steel rims hit the open market.
Some time after the invention of the automobile, however, manufacturers of car parts began to develop rims using newly discovered materials, such as alloys. Rims made of these alloys would eventually come to replace steel rims as the industry standard.
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