Carbon fibre wheels?

[JohnG1]

Anyone fitted carbon fibre wheels to an Aston Martin?

Thoughts on these guys?

https://www.carbonrev.com/aftermarket

[V8V Pete]

[Graze01]

JohnG1 said:

Anyone fitted carbon fibre wheels to an Aston Martin?

Thoughts on these guys?

https://www.carbonrev.com/aftermarket

john

I've asked a good friend (& fellow Aston owner) who has a carbon import & manufacturing business if he know anything about them

will let you know if he comes back with anything

Graze

[Jon39]

Think Koenigsegg fit carbon wheels to some of their cars.
Believe that company make the wheels themselves.

Have any other car manufacturers started using carbon wheels ?

[Big Ry]

I could be wrong, but didn't Porsche offer them at some point ?

[bogie]

Mmm...never seen a production road car with them.

I have carbon wheels on my bikes, cycle and motorcycle....made a big difference on motorcycle. Im sure the tech is mature now, why are they not so practical for road cars ? is it just a case of expense vs ease of repair perhaps ?

[JohnG1]

Jon39 said:

Think Koenigsegg fit carbon wheels to some of their cars.
Believe that company make the wheels themselves.

Have any other car manufacturers started using carbon wheels ?

Ford use them:

https://www.carbonrev.com/news/ford-mustang-gt500-...

[JohnG1]

Graze01 said:

JohnG1 said:

Anyone fitted carbon fibre wheels to an Aston Martin?

Thoughts on these guys?

https://www.carbonrev.com/aftermarket

john

I've asked a good friend (& fellow Aston owner) who has a carbon import & manufacturing business if he know anything about them

will let you know if he comes back with anything

Graze

These guys are ASX listed...

[Mr-B]

bogie said:

Mmm...never seen a production road car with them.

I have carbon wheels on my bikes, cycle and motorcycle....made a big difference on motorcycle. Im sure the tech is mature now, why are they not so practical for road cars ? is it just a case of expense vs ease of repair perhaps ?

You can even get small Renault hatchbacks with them, Megane RS Trophy-R, £12k option though taking the price into £60k++, carbon brakes make it £70k. For a Megane.

[Jon39]

JohnG1 said:

These guys are ASX listed...

I had not heard of them before today.

An interesting business. IPO listing last Friday. Share price now up 30%.

“Carbon Revolution is the only company globally to have successfully developed and manufactured single piece carbon fibre automotive wheels to OEM quality standards with commercial adoption across several major OEM models.

They mention an OEM contract for an SUV, which cannot be announced until the vehicle has been launched. - I wonder if ..........

[raceboy]

I've seen the Dymag wheels, very nice but about £3k a rim if I remember correctly, and they are quite fragile in respect to kerbs, ok for a trackday toy but not so practical for a road car, although don't Black Badge Rollers have them.

https://www.dymag.com/auto/bx-elite-7y/

[8Tech]

The Dymags seem to just have the rim in CF with a main hub in aluminium. The Koenesegg wheels are all CF as are the one in the original post.

Considering the issues we see with the brake discs, I'm not so sure I would want a similar experience with the wheels.

£3k per rim for the Dymags is not that bad, I paid £1k for a pair in magnesium in 1984 for a motorcycle although I had 2 rears crack under normal road use.

[Doggleg]

The first time I saw them was on a Ford GT being displayed outside the track at the Daytona 500 about 3 or 4 years ago, before the GT was actually released. The wheels were beautiful, absolute works of art even the if the styling was a bit basic.

They can be spec'd on a Pista as well so Ferrari are obviously doing them as well.

I can see the point on something like a Senna or a BAC Mono but not on an Aston Martin.

Edited by Doggleg on Tuesday 3rd December 02:18

Edited by Doggleg on Tuesday 3rd December 02:18

[8Tech]

Doggleg said:

The first time I saw them was on a Ford GT being displayed outside the track at the Daytona 500 about 3 or 4 years ago, before the GT was actually released. The wheels were beautiful, absolute works of art even the if the styling was a bit basic.

They can be spec'd on a Pista as well so Ferrari are obviously doing them as well.

I can see the point on something like a Senna or a BAC Mono but not on an Aston Martin.

I agree. Unless losing that weight sheds a decent weight proportional to the car, the only benefit I see is cosmetic or for bragging rights.

The first ones I ever saw were 22" on a Bentley GT at the SEMA show about 6 years ago. TBH, they may have been laminated but the rims certainly looked CF with alloy hubs like the Dymags. They may also have been pre-production or Concept wheels.

[AstonV]

8Tech said:

Doggleg said:

The first time I saw them was on a Ford GT being displayed outside the track at the Daytona 500 about 3 or 4 years ago, before the GT was actually released. The wheels were beautiful, absolute works of art even the if the styling was a bit basic.

They can be spec'd on a Pista as well so Ferrari are obviously doing them as well.

I can see the point on something like a Senna or a BAC Mono but not on an Aston Martin.

I agree. Unless losing that weight sheds a decent weight proportional to the car, the only benefit I see is cosmetic or for bragging rights.

The first ones I ever saw were 22" on a Bentley GT at the SEMA show about 6 years ago. TBH, they may have been laminated but the rims certainly looked CF with alloy hubs like the Dymags. They may also have been pre-production or Concept wheels.

Why would either of you care if someone wanted to put them on their Aston or any car for that matter? Would it be any of your business?

[AstonV]

https://strassewheels.com/carbon-fiber/

Real Carbon fiber laminated onto forged aluminum wheels, but still beautiful.

[vpr]

Fitted them on my Ford GT about 10 yrs ago. Dumas. But magnesium centres

So light they’re unreal.

[AMVSVNick]

Big Ry said:

I could be wrong, but didn't Porsche offer them at some point ?

Yes, on a limited run 997 Turbo IIRC

[Kawasicki]

Available as an option on a Renault Megane.

[kfmcmahon]

AMVSVNick said:

Yes, on a limited run 997 Turbo IIRC

also on the 991.2 Turbo S "exclusive series" from 2018....

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/products/porsche-c...

Edited by kfmcmahon on Tuesday 3rd December 19:21