Domm

http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2...ece-wheel.html

The price of these must be insane. Imagine getting curb rash on these

2012c350

Is this a form of spam? You ask about a wheel and provide a link that has nothing to do with the wheels. Oh, and the wheels are ugly.

Domm

Sorry, updated the link

It's not really about the style, more about the concept because the style can be changed.

Thaa kiid Jlee

the wheels can be hydrographed with a carbon print, so these can be your regular aluminum wheels with a CF print over it.

Stevedotmil

The design sucks and who really has 20K just for wheels?

Domm

I think they use them on the SSC Ultimate Aero.

Whats great is that they are reducing unsprung weight. I've read that unsprung weight has a greater effect on driving dynamics than sprung weight. Even a 5 lb gain of sprung weight is, in a sense, better than 1 lb of unsprung weight. Obviously you wouldn't want to add weight at all, but if you had to

Until they mass market these, which I find hard to believe, the price seems too steep for anyone below a $700k budget.

MBRedux

Actually, CF wheels will have a significant impact in certain racing circuits, that's if they are ever safety tested and approved. In fact I heard our friends at SumoPower Racing are looking into these. (And yes, they are mostly made of CF composited with Scandium-Aluminium most likely... very $$$)

daaimz

not an ugly design at all. it can have its benefits and drawbacks like everything else.

fiteallison

so these can be your regular aluminum wheels with a CF print over it

Thaa kiid Jlee

these aren't i assume, but you can take your OEM wheels take them to a hydrographer and get the cf print over it. basically any part that can be painted can get a cf print over it

SL55_Forever

That thing would shatter on impact from a rock chip just from highway driving. I'll stick to heavy solid OEM wheels