World’s First One-Piece, 100% Carbon Fiber Wheels

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YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST, STOP ADVERTISING AS SUCH

http://www.importfactor.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/weds-carbon-fiber-wheels-complete.jpg

WEDSPORT DID THIS ALREADY

so much for “worlds first”

I bet they’d be great on a Neon SRT-4!!! Drift racers would probably love them too!! They’d be gold for any ricer car, now that I really think about it!!!

Be nice to have those for my Roxanne. Maybe they should put a set on a super car and a set on a old pickup truck and see how they hold up. Put the car on a few tracks, put the truck in town and off road.

Fantastic looking and, whilst not the first, will bring some competition into the world of premium light-weight wheels… Hopefully bringing the price down to non-supercar pricing. Better grip on rough roads, quicker acceleration, reduced fuel consumption, reduced braking distance! Great!

This will probably be on the Enzo’s next big brother, The wheels look very “Ferrari” if you know where Im going…

These are very impressive. Being based on carbon nanotubes they will be stronger than previously contructed wheels using CF weave. CF nanotubes conduct heat very well. Also, the chemical bonding of CF nanotubes is stronger than the carbon bonds within diamond.

CF nanotubes are also the strongest, stiffest material known today:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_nanotube#Properties

The PhD’s are taking wheel construction to an atomic level, much beyond the previous weave lay-up that I’m used to doing. Amazing.

Those look hot!

If you track your car, what about the brake heat effecting them?

Dymag has been producing Carbon Sportbike wheels for years.

Great idea! Love the fact that it is in teh process of being done. Perhaps it will see its debut in F1? I sure hope so. And for all you idiots out there… NO DUH it would be expensive to fix/replace if you broke them on the road, its CARBON FUCKING FIBRE! Plus you guys would probably just buy these and use them on your piece of crap old mustangs and firebirds and use them on your shitty dirt roads. How about using them for their actual purpose? Like at the track?

Great Wheels. Make them for my Carbon car first….It would round it out nicely.
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2607032

I think these would be cool on the Lotus Exige!!! However, carbon fiber is really hard to get to these days so it would probably bring up the Exige’s price by another couple thousand.

This is probably just a prototype, they cant put it on the road unless it can withstand the wear and tear of everyday normal driving and hotroding it around town. But its cool how theyre trying things like this

can i get them in 24′z for my stang??…hahah

i definately think they should be on a lotus considering that is sort of their thing lighter weight and controal reducing the unsprung weight that much much do wonders in every aspect of any car they are on though.

these are stupid… they would be darn expensive (if not imposible) to mend if pothole catches one and cracks it, then, the balancing of the complete thing would be idioticly sesitive, that said, plus the price of the wheel itself, makes it all a big wet dream, for now though, once CF gets made cheap it will be all easy peazy, and they should make them for the new Prius i mean, the whole idea of light wheels is to save gas right? LOL!

Not the first. First one is made by WEDSSPORT japan. It weighted 6.040 pounds. Even though it’s a project, it’s still the first dry carbon fibre wheel made.

dont trust this rims gotta have them tested first for a long time

pretty sick..haha top comment about the ricers! i need a set of these bad boys

ricers will be shittin bricks to get them haha! or they’ll just start painting there wheels flat black (like there hood) and make it look like carbon fibre from a distance

No interest in these until they test them over a long period of time on a race car.

I need thos

I agree i think it wud look sick on the new z06! maybe even on a evo or a ferrari. But the rims look sick i think its a great idea and love them! i hope to see them in real life soon. but yeah the z06 is the best bet! Later!

I have seen composite barrels and they were made out of Kevlar. The guy who manufactures them had a set on his Porsche GT2 and crashed the car at the track. The car was totalled and but the wheels really held up. They are extremely light and suprisingly strong.

I would love to see these come out. I am asumming they will be about $3,000 per wheel.

Wow, I did not think I fully carbon fiber wheel was possible. That is freakin sick looking though. I’m sure they will cost a crap load though. If I was rich I’d order a set pronto.

Wow, those would look nice on my car. I could use those here in Michigan with our pothole problems. I’m sure they are very durable.

I think it is a good idea! It looks cool, is probably light, and definitely strong! Plus, I wonder how much faster it can make a car because it has to spin less weight at the tire compared to the heavier metal rims?

Ok people, carbon fiber was never originally intended for “looks” so the group of you talking about how you want more color should consider a thing called “paint”. the point of the lighter wheels is to reduce rotational mass. only extremely fine tuned high end cars could see the true benefit of these carbon fiber wheels.

super sick! what’s the weight? not much i think, but the price must be very heavy!

I agree with Black Scorpio, Lets see some more wheels with color!

they would be sick on the new camaro or the new z06!!

they look delicate

racing wise these are good but for us boys and girls who city drive your lucky if they don’t burst as your driving but all in all very nice and I’d so buy these for shows like SEMA and related shows.

Without looking at these rims close up, 2 me they look just like ur typical all black/gunmetal rims. Im not impressed. Id rather see more rims on the market with some color in them to match your ride.

i agree wit tyler lol. Atleast keep them in asia where they belong haha not in america

oh and a douche in a celica commented back too

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Don’t hit a pothole.

I just wanna know if they will hold under all pressure and if so. where Can I get them

They look great, but so do the rims with CF cladding with a metal skeleton. I wonder how much they weigh: they must really impove the car’s performance, with less torque being wasted.

Those rims would look mint on my 3KGT no doubt! and would probley look good on any high performance sports car

they would be badass for muscle sport cars…but dont over torque the lugs

screw that, make em for the sentra SE-R spec-v

God i blow

I hate to curb check the wheel .maybe its good just for just track .

Weds had some at the Tokyo Auto Salon a while back and theirs were 2.7kg each (5.94 lbs.)

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/5649/5931wedscarbonfiberwheekq4.jpg

Ha! Ricers will not be able to afford those wheels. They would look good on an R8, Gallardo, or something like that

sweet another thing for the ricers, carbon hoods, carbon spoilers, carbon interior pieces, carbon trunks, carbon emblems, carbon engine parts, and now carbon wheels, why dont they just make a honda civic carbon edition.

I personally would like to see CF rimes developed for either the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorrano, or the 911 GT3. The weight reduction would truly benefit these rides on the track. The Z06 is a fine starting point too, but I’d love to see something European mated to them first.
On the American route …..perhaps a set of A-market 20″s for the 2010 Z28 ????????? Killllller !

those things just have to be expensive and would probably get stolen

Well “beaucoup cash” maybe … probably. But remember, we exist within a free market economy. Looks like they are taking the right approach by honestly asking the market what it thinks. I say kudos to them. But I tell you this, if I could afford an F430, GT2, etc., those carbon fiber babies would be on it!

CHA-CHING! That’s gotta cost beaucoup cash

that is awesome. Wheels are an endpiont for internal combustion engines and electrical invisibles (as old steel cars clearly indicate over the wheels). Why not take the wheels to that endpoints result with “carbon”? Thats my backyard point of view, would run a set anytime. The “one piece” construction would be better than a welded several, as one piece alloys have proven, and continuing to prove decades after thier original manufacture. An auto part to be optimistic about is a rarity, marketing thieves keep the price insane.

Their survey page says 30-40% lighter than the best alloy. Wow!

I think they’ll be ungodly expensive.

Any idea what these things would weigh? I can see a great boon to folks with high performance cars – I bet you’d really feel a difference off the line.