Wheel types

Mattel has released many different wheel styles for Hot Wheels cars. This is a list of all types used between 1968 and 2009.

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, used on some in 1977.
	BW	Basic Wheel/Black Wall	1977-present	Used on all cars from 1978-1980
	CT	Construction Tires	1980-present	Chrome face
	ORCT	Off Road Construction Tires	1985-present	Chrome face
	GHO	Gold Hot Ones	1980-present	Used thinner axles like the Type 1 Redlines.
	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.
	UH	Ultra Hot	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
	TW	Turbo Wheels	1989-present	Used for California Customs series.
	PCW	Power Command	1990
	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	1993	Used on only two cars, the BMW 850i and Miata.
File:Wheels AGENTAIR 51.jpg	SCW	Screamin' Wheels	1993-present	Only used on set cars. Treads make "screaming" sound when running down track.
	MGW	Micro Gear	1993-2002
	RL3	Redline (Type 3)	1993-1994	Very similar to RL Type 2. Stripe is tampoed on instead of embossed.
	3SP	3 Spoke	1995-present
	5SP	5 Spoke	1995-present
	7SP	7 Spoke	1995-present
	HH	Hot Hubs	1995	Used for Hot Hubs line.
	POW	Progressive Oval Wheel	1995	Only used on one car, the Suzuki QuadRacer.
	5DOT	5 Dot or 5 Hole	1996-present
	SB	Saw Blade	1996-present
File:LW.jpg	LW	Lace Wheel or Wire Spoke	1996-present
	Corgi	Corgi (Type 1)	1996-1997	Used on old Corgi castings.
	Corgi2	Corgi (Type 2)	1996-1997	Used on old Corgi castings.
	PR5	PR5	2000-present	Named after Phil Riehlman
	Micro5SP	Micro 5SP	2001-present	Replaced MGW
	OR5SP	Off Road 5 Spoke	2002-present
	RL4	Red Line (Type 4)	2002-present	Used on Limited-Edition cars from HotWheelsCollectors.com.
	SK5	Skinny Wheel	2002-present
File:Wheels AGENTAIR 12.jpg	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
File:Wheels AGENTAIR 22.jpg	10SP	10 Spoke	2003-present
	CM5	Co-Molded Wheel or CoMo	2003-2005	First used on Highway 35 cars.
	RRBNG	BNG Real Rider	2003-present
	Bling	Blings Wheel	2004-present	Used mainly on Blings models.
	5SP BLING	5 Spoke Blings	2004-present
	6SP BLING	6 Spoke Blings	2004-present
		Unknown name/ Bling Style	2004-Present	Whips Series West Coast Customs - (New School) Mercedes SL55
	10SPBLING	10 Spoke Blings	2004-present
	TT	Torque-Thrust	2005 Only?
	CM6	Co-Molded 6-Spoke or A6SP	2005-present	First used on AcceleRacers cars.
File:Wheels AGENTAIR 37.jpg	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	Open Hole 5-Spoke	2005-present	Same style as FTE, but uses normal axle and comes in silver or gold.
	SS5SP	Street Show 5 Spoke	2007-present
	SSO5SP	Street Show Open 5 Spoke	2007-present
			?	Used on 35th Anniversary Deora II, real rubber tire
	LW5	Larry Wood 5 Spoke	2009-	Used on the Larry's Garage Line

References

• South Texas Diecast Wheel Guide
• Tomart's Price Guide to Hot Wheels Collectibles- 4^th Edition by Michael Thomas Strauss