Why no deep dish wheels any more?
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I was looking at images of older sports cars and many had classic 'deep dish' wheels, where the wheel hub was much more central to the width of the wheel. It got me wondering if there was a technical reason why the central face of wheels are now much further out and the world haas gone mad on diamond cut / flat faced wheels. Is it suspension geometry, fashion or aerodynamics?
I have wandered what my A110 alpine would look like with a more classic dished wheel, but I assume the hub centres are too far out these days to make that possible without rims that stick out far wider.
Just curious.
I have wandered what my A110 alpine would look like with a more classic dished wheel, but I assume the hub centres are too far out these days to make that possible without rims that stick out far wider.
Just curious.
biggles330d said:
I was looking at images of older sports cars and many had classic 'deep dish' wheels, where the wheel hub was much more central to the width of the wheel. It got me wondering if there was a technical reason why the central face of wheels are now much further out and the world haas gone mad on diamond cut / flat faced wheels. Is it suspension geometry, fashion or aerodynamics?
I have wandered what my A110 alpine would look like with a more classic dished wheel, but I assume the hub centres are too far out these days to make that possible without rims that stick out far wider.
Just curious.
This sort of thing, you mean?I have wandered what my A110 alpine would look like with a more classic dished wheel, but I assume the hub centres are too far out these days to make that possible without rims that stick out far wider.
Just curious.
My guess is fashion and aero, in that order.
Dished wheels looked altogether more exciting than the modern crop of kerb-unfriendly "flat" models.
I would suspect packaging convenience more than anything else. Non-dished rims allow the hub and brakes to be pushed out further from the centre of the car, freeing up more inboard space that would otherwise be lost - especially as discs and calipers have increased in size over the years. It's also possible aero plays a role too.
Red9zero said:
Louis Balfour said:
That is absolutely gorgeous. Yours ?I have a fondness for 70s and 80s Porsches with dished wheels though. I remember seeing a Turbo bodied 911, 1978 vintage, in abour 1983. I was driving some crappy British car and the Porsche looked like a spaceship in comparison.
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