Light alloy rim with a front covering element in stainless steel and its production method

This invention concerns a light alloy rim for car wheels, consisting of a hub with a centre hole and an external border or ring, which ends in a boundary edge. The rim is furnished with a covering element (6, 14) in stainless steel on at least one part of the front surface of the rim, this covering element (6, 14) being fixed in place by mechanically upsetting or chamfering it to at least one part of the rim.