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Wheel Types

Mattel has released many different wheel styles for Hot Wheels cars. This is a list of all types used between 1968 and 2010, in order of first appearance.

Image	Letter Code	Type	Years Used	Notes
	RL	Redline/Red Stripe (Type 1)	1968-1977	Used on all cars from 1968-1972 and on a few cars between 1973 and 1977
	RL2	Redline/Red Stripe (Type 2)	1973-1977	Used on most cars from 1973-1976, and on some in 1977.
	BW	Basic Wheel/Black Wall	1977-1997	Used on most cars from 1978-1980
	8SP	8 Spoke	1979-1981	Used on Hot Wheels Scorchers
	CT	Construction Tires	1980-present	Chrome face
	GHO	Golden Hot Ones	1980-present	Used thinner axles like the Type 1 Redlines; Gold Chrome
	HO	Hot Ones	1980-present	Unlike original Gold Hot Ones, these were regular Chrome
	MW	Micro Wheel		These are the tiny rollers used in Military-themed vehicles
	WW	White Wall	1983-present	Same hub as BW and RL Type 2
	RR	Real Riders	1983-present	Came with Gray, White, Red, Yellow or Orange hubs. Gray and White sometimes had "Goodyear" printed on the tires. The original Real Riders wheels are often referred to as "Turbine Real Riders" in recent years due to the vast variety of different styles of Real Riders now
	ORRR	Off Road Real Riders	1983-Present	Came with Gray or White hubs with "Goodyear" printed on tires
	UH	Ultra Hots	1984-1995	Originally for the Ultra Hots series in the mid-80's, but later used on other cars until 1995
	CTS	Construction Tires (Type 2)	1985-present	8-Spoke chrome construction wheels
	ORCT	Off-Road Construction Tires	1985-present	8-Spoke chrome construction wheels with a highly-ridged tire
	TW	Turbo Wheels	1989-present	Used for California Customs series
	PCW / PCOM	Power Command	1990
	RR	Real Riders (Chrome Hub)	1992-present
	GYRR	Real Riders (Chrome Hub) w/Goodyear lettering	1992-present
	PC5	5 Spoke Pro-Circuit	1992-present	Used on Pro-Circuit cars
	PC6	6 Spoke Pro-Circuit	1992-present	Used on Pro-Circuit Indy cars
	RT	Race Car Tires	1992-present	Similar to RR, but with different hub. Came with or without red or white stripe
	LIW	Lime Wheel	1992-1993	Used on only two cars, the 1992 Miata and the 1993 BMW 850i
	SCW	Screamin' Wheels	1993-present	Only used on set cars. Treads make "screaming" sound when running down track
	MGW	Micro Gear Wheels	1993-2002	Used for really small wheels. About the same size as micro wheels
	RLRR3	Redline (Type 3)	1993-1994	Very similar to RL Type 2. Stripe is tampoed on instead of embossed
	RLRR	Redline Real Riders	1994-present
	WLRR	Whiteline Real Riders	1995-present
	3SP	3 Spoke	1995-present
	5SP	5 Spoke	1995-present
	7SP	7 Spoke	1995-present
	RL7SP	Redline 7 Spoke Wheels	1995-present
	HH	Hot Hubs	1995	Used for Hot Hubs line
	POW	Progressive Oval Wheel	1995	Only used on one car in the mainline, the Suzuki QuadRacer. Wheel was used on some cars for the Top Speed launcher cars as well.
	BlackGYE7SP	Black 7 Spoke Wheels w/Goodyear lettering	1995-present
	GYBW / GYEBW	Basic Wheels w/Goodyear lettering	1996-1997
	5DOT	5 Dot or 5 Hole	1996-present
	10DOT	10-Dot	1996-Present	Used on Volkswagen Drag Bus
	SB	Saw Blade	1996-present
	ORSB / SBCT	Off Road Saw Blade / Saw Blade Construction Tire	1996-present	The SBCT reference was found on southtexasdiecast.com describing the tire on the 2001 Gulch Stepper (Final Run). A better example of the SBCT is on the 2000 Hot Wheels #111 Wheel Loader--a saw blade mounted on an official construction vehicle. However, by inspection, the ORSB and SBCT appear to be the same tire. The SBCT may just be the ORSB applied to construction vehicles
	LW	Wire Spoke Lace Wheels (LW)(WSP)	1996-present
	Corgi	Corgi (Type 1)	1996-1997	Used on old Corgi castings
	Corgi2	Corgi (Type 2)	1996-1997	Used on old Corgi castings
	RL5SP	Redline 5 Spoke Wheels	1997-present
	BlackGY5SP	Black 5 Spoke w/Goodyear lettering	1997-present
	GY7SP	7 Spoke w/Goodyear lettering	1997-present
	GYE5SP	5 Spoke w/Goodyear Lettering	1998-present
	WWRR	White Wall Real Riders	1998-present
	PR5	PR5	2000-present	Named after Phil Riehlman
	Micro5SP	Micro 5SP (Black Hub)	2001-present	Replaced MGW
	Micro5SP	Micro 5SP (Gray Hub)	2001-present	Replaced MGW
	OR5SP	Off Road 5 Spoke	2002-present
	RLC	Redline (Type 4)	2002-present	Used on Limited-Edition cars from HotWheelsCollectors.com
	SK5	Skinny Wheel	2002-present
	Y5	'Y' 5 Spoke Wheel	2002-present
	RR5SP	5 Spoke Mag-Style Real Riders	2002-present
	RRMAG	Mag-Style Real Riders	2002-present
	RR6SP	6 Spoke Real Riders	2002-present
	RRPrf	Preferred Series Real Riders	2002-present
	10SP	10 Spoke	2003-present
	CM5	Co-Molded Wheel or CoMo	2003-2005	First used on Highway 35 cars
	CoMo	Co-Molded Wheel	2003-present	Also used on some AcceleRacers Metal Maniacs cars,early RD-06 cars,and a few Scilencerz cars.
	RRBNG	BNG Real Rider	2003-present
			2003	Used on 35th Anniversary Deora II, real rubber tire
	BLING	Blings Wheel	2004-present	Used mainly on Blings models
	5SPBLING	5 Spoke Blings	2004-present
	6SPBLING	6 Spoke Blings	2004-present
	TDBLING	Tear Drop Blings	2004-Present	Whips Series West Coast Customs - (New School) Mercedes SL55 and (Team Baurtwell) '69 Dodge Charger
	10SPBLING	10 Spoke Blings	2004-present
	TT	Torque-Thrust	2005
	CM6	Co-Molded 6-Spoke or A6SP	2005-present	First used on AcceleRacers cars
	FTE	Faster Than Ever	2005-present	Cars with this wheel had special nickel-plated axles, reducing friction and increasing the car's speed. Always a "bronze" color
	OH5 / OH5SP	Open Hole 5-Spoke	2005-present	Same style as FTE, but lacks nickel-plated axles, also comes in silver, gold and many other colors
	BFG5SP	BF Goodrich 5 Spoke	2005-present
	BFGRRR	BF Goodrich Real Riders	2006-present
	SS5SP	Street Show 5 Spoke	2007-present
	SSO5SP	Street Show Open 5 Spoke	2007-present
	ORMC	Off-Road Motorcycle	2007-present
	LW5SPRR	Larry Wood 5 Spoke Real Rider	2009-present	Used on the Larry's Garage series.
	OR6SP	Off Road 6 Spoke	2009-present
	MC3	Motorcycle (Type 3)
	MC5 (Moto)	Motorcycle (Type 5)
	MC5 (Muscle)	Muscle Car 5-Spoke	2010-Present
	CR1	Construction Rollers (Type 1)
	CR2	Construction Rollers (Type 2)		Used on the CAT Bulldozer.
	RRE	Real Rider Exotic	2010 - Present	Similiar to a PC5 wheel in appearence, with a real rider tire.
	J5	Japan/Japanese 5 Spoke	2010 - Present
	GYE10SP	Goodyear Eagle 10-Spoke Tires		Comes with or without lettering Lettering-(R10SP)
	MD	Moon Disc	2010 - Present	Released in Hot Wheels Garage & 2010 Trea$ure Hunt$ Series
	8SPWW	8-Spoke White Wall	2010 - Present	Released in Larry's Garage series.
	RRC	Real Rider Cobra	2011 - Present
	FTE2	Faster Than Ever 2	2011 - Present
	HSW	High-Speed Wheel	2012 - Present	First appeared in Team Hot Wheels High-Speed Wheel Series. Appeared in Orange, Blue, White & Green.