Aluminum AM03 Series Matte Black Machined Trailer Wheel - 15" x 5" Rim - 5 on 4-1/2

Video Transcript for Review of Americana Trailer Tires and Wheels - Aluminum Wheel Only - AM53NR

Hello everybody, this is Jeff at etrailer.com. Today we're gonna take a look at this Americana 15-inch by five-inch AM03 Series, matte black machined aluminum trailer wheel with the five on four and a half inch bolt pattern. Now this aluminum wheel, it's very durable, lightweight and rustproof. As we mentioned, it's an AM03 Series wheel, which, as you can see, is a five open spoke design in a matte black finish. But if you notice around the openings of the five spokes, they do have a machine silver face, provides a nice, bold, sweet look. And as I mentioned, the black on this is a matte black finish.

They do use a clear coating on both the front and even the back of the wheel to protect the finish. A few dimensions on this wheel, the diameter is 15 inches, which is always measured inside the inside. So if we take a tape measure and we put it on that measurement, you'll see there's your 15-inch diameter. The width is also measured inside the inside, or bead seat to bead seat. So if we do that, you can see there's your five inch width.

Now the bolt pattern on this wheel is a five on four and a half inch bolt pattern. And if you wanna measure that on a wheel, that's an odd number of lugs, like in this case, five. What you'll do is pick any one of the holes, let's say this one, and then you're gonna measure straight across to either one of these holes. But when you measure, it's from the center of the starting hole to the furthest edge of whatever hole you measure to. So if you start here, center of this hole, furthest edge of this hole, it's gonna measure four and a half inches.

So this is a 5 on 4 and a half inch bolt pattern. This does use a wheel lug size of a half inch by 20. Weight capacity on this is 2,200 pounds. Now one of the nice features I like on this wheel is the steel inserts right here in these lug nut wells. That's where you'll put your lug nuts and tighten them down to hold the wheel to your trailer.

The steel inserts in here help keep the wheel securely in place on the trailer hub, prevents any elongating of the hole, keeps it from wearing down, plus it eliminates the need for constant re-tightening of your lug nuts. Now if you notice the center cap is not included, we do sell those separately if you prefer to have one. What you wanna do is when you buy the center cap, you do wanna make sure it has the same diameter as this pilot hole right here that the cap goes through. Diameter on this hole is 3.19 inches. Now this wheel does meet the DOT, Department of Transportation specifications, and the SAEJ 25 30 standards. But that's gonna do it for the review on this Americana 15 inch by five inch AM03 Series, matte black machined aluminum trailer wheel.