INOVIT
00 · The Journal
Issue 28
Spring 2026
Quarterly

A long-running record of how our wheels are designed, forged, finished, and lived with — written by the people doing the work and the people driving the cars.

In this issueForging in Bewdley · 28 yrs
A drive across the Stelvio
Markus on press-tonnage
Owner profile · Tokyo
— 14 articles in total
INOVIT sponsors the UK's L2D drift team.
Cover · 002Dec 31, 2014
Owners·6 min read·Dec 31, 2014

INOVIT sponsors the UK's L2D drift team.

We're partnering with one of the UK's top drift teams for the British Drift Championships. INOVIT wheels and branding on every competition car.

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Bewdley · 03:12Mumbai · 08:42Drachten · 04:12Baldwin Park · 19:48Sydney · 14:18Fort Lauderdale · 22:31Ho Chi Minh · 10:08Stelvio Pass · 06:24Tokyo · 16:00Marrakech · 11:55Goodwood · 13:02Bewdley · 03:12Mumbai · 08:42Drachten · 04:12Baldwin Park · 19:48Sydney · 14:18Fort Lauderdale · 22:31Ho Chi Minh · 10:08Stelvio Pass · 06:24Tokyo · 16:00Marrakech · 11:55Goodwood · 13:02Bewdley · 03:12Mumbai · 08:42Drachten · 04:12Baldwin Park · 19:48Sydney · 14:18Fort Lauderdale · 22:31Ho Chi Minh · 10:08Stelvio Pass · 06:24Tokyo · 16:00Marrakech · 11:55Goodwood · 13:02
01 · Latest

Recently published.

6 pieces from the INOVIT archive — from drift championships to warehouse openings to the only fitment guide you'll ever need.

Wheeling 101 · what size are my wheels?
N° 006Engineering
Engineering·9 min

Wheeling 101 · what size are my wheels?

Considering buying new wheels for your car? Confused about bolt patterns, offset and lug sizes? A simple guide to reading the numbers stamped on your tyre.

INOVIT Editorial · Oct 05, 2022Read →
SEMA 2019 · thank you for showing up.
N° 005Field Notes
Field Notes·3 min

SEMA 2019 · thank you for showing up.

Notes from SEMA 2019. New INOVIT releases, our HARTES METAL off-road brand on display, and a fan base who came out to look at every spoke.

INOVIT Editorial · Nov 19, 2019Read →
New INOVIT warehouse opens in Tampa, Florida.
N° 004Field Notes
Field Notes·2 min

New INOVIT warehouse opens in Tampa, Florida.

11,000 sqft of east-coast inventory. Faster shipping, more localised support, more competitive lead times for the central US dealer network.

INOVIT Editorial · Oct 09, 2017Read →
INOVIT exhibits at Autopromotec, Bologna.
N° 003Field Notes
Field Notes·2 min

INOVIT exhibits at Autopromotec, Bologna.

Italy's largest aftermarket trade fair. Our second visit to Bologna — and the first since opening the Italian distribution centre.

INOVIT Editorial · May 25, 2015Read →
INOVIT sponsors the UK's L2D drift team.
N° 002Owners
Owners·6 min

INOVIT sponsors the UK's L2D drift team.

We're partnering with one of the UK's top drift teams for the British Drift Championships. INOVIT wheels and branding on every competition car.

INOVIT Editorial · Dec 31, 2014Read →
CDF Drift Team crowned winners in 'Water Fight'.
N° 001Owners
Owners·5 min

CDF Drift Team crowned winners in 'Water Fight'.

Race Event 1 of the China Drift Championship. Eighteen teams, 41 competitors, standing water through the corners — and Shengjun Zhang taking it for INOVIT's CDF team.

INOVIT Editorial · May 15, 2014Read →
02 · Long Read

The long read.

The longest piece in the archive — an instructional walkthrough, paired with the four reference photos that ship alongside it.

Engineering·N° 006 · Long Read·9 min read

Wheeling 101 · what size are my wheels?

Considering buying new wheels for your car? Confused about bolt patterns, offset and lug sizes? A simple guide to reading the numbers stamped on your tyre.

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03 · Series

Long-running columns.

Six recurring features we've been writing — some of them for years. Each runs roughly once a quarter.

Series N° 01 · since 2019

The finisher's bench.

Drachten, in close-up. One finisher, one wheel, one quarter. We follow a single set from billet through to crate, told entirely in their hands.

16 entriesView series →
Series N° 02 · since 2020

Owners at home.

A short visit to a garage somewhere in the world. Not a feature on the car — a feature on the room the car lives in, and the person who built it.

22 entriesView series →
Series N° 03 · since 2021

The numbers.

A standing column on unsprung mass, rotational inertia, and the math of why a lighter wheel actually does what we say it does. Written by our metallurgists.

11 entriesView series →
Series N° 04 · since 2022

The drive.

Every issue, a journey on a road that demands something of the chassis. Stelvio, Tail of the Dragon, Mt. Hakone, Trollstigen, Transfăgărășan, the M40.

14 entriesView series →
Series N° 05 · since 2023

An argument with Markus.

Markus Halberg picks one received wisdom about wheels and argues against it for 1,500 words. Sometimes he wins. Sometimes our lawyers ask us to caveat it.

9 entriesView series →
Series N° 06 · since 2024

From the archive.

Photographs and shop drawings from twenty-eight years of build records. Found, scanned, captioned. A standing reminder of how we got here.

7 entriesView series →
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