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Gotta say that I'm really very happy with how these turned out, better than expected, and quite light.
You should have them do a knurled bead on these. This is standard practice on pretty much all high end wheels to prevent tire movement on the rim under heavy acceleration and braking with sticky tires.
I thought about that - I can have it done locally, but I am never going to be driving it that hard and this exercise was strictly to get a tyre on that had a higher load rating, so I am not sure if it's worth the effort.
I thought about that - I can have it done locally, but I am never going to be driving it that hard and this exercise was strictly to get a tyre on that had a higher load rating, so I am not sure if it's worth the effort.
Probably not an issue with street tires but pretty much a guaranteed issue with R-comps and slicks for sure.
Probably not an issue with street tires but pretty much a guaranteed issue with R-comps and slicks for sure.
I could see that with a sticky compound, seen it on the diesels with tons of torque, have not yet seen it on the turbo. My plan is to run the P4S, and even though that is sticky, still a street tyre, and based on how much the back end breaks out now without AWD, I'll just be happy with some more traction.
Scanned a wheel, got the offsets from Apex, put it into CAD, it spat out a design, fiddled with it a bit, sent it to the machinist, wheels cut from large blanks.
The first set I did used a pre spun barrel, so we only had to design the hub, they worked out well, but were two pieces, these ones are one piece and I am super happy with how they turned out.
Original design attached; spoke design based off of a 2005 GT2 wheel.
Pretty sweet. Your design looks more integrated but being a 1 piece wheel helps. Which CAD platform do you use? I used SolidWorks for years and got stuck with Creo due to Aerospace contracts. I miss the simplicity and user friendliness of SW.
Solid Works, but it's one of the mechanical guys who does the magic, well beyond my technical capabilities.... I just say, 'I want something that looks like this....'
The first design was going to have shaved spokes, but I wanted them to be stronger, so we didn't get into anything fancy. The second design was in fact much easier for him to do because we had a base wheel to measure.
Amazing what a case of beer buys you these days...
Solid Works, but it's one of the mechanical guys who does the magic, well beyond my technical capabilities.... I just say, 'I want something that looks like this....'
The first design was going to have shaved spokes, but I wanted them to be stronger, so we didn't get into anything fancy. The second design was in fact much easier for him to do because we had a base wheel to measure.
Amazing what a case of beer buys you these days...
Sounds like a good deal. I've modeled wheels before for fun. Not extremely difficult but hard to make them look nice.
02-13-2024, 10:42 AM
