First Full Carbon Fiber Wheel August 30, 2008, 11:11:10 PM http://www.carbonfibergear.com/weds-sport-full-carbon-fiber-wheel/#commentsQuoteA puppiesanese company by the name of Weds Sport has come up with the first full carbon fiber wheel. They unveiled the wheels with what they call their Dry Carbon Wheel Project at the last Tokyo Auto Salon show.One wheel weighs in at just 2.76kg, which works out to be 6.08475844 pounds. Interested in getting a set of these for your car? Expect to pay around $10,000-$12,000 for the set. While it sounds expensive, you can easily spend $8,000+ on custom three-piece forged wheels from a company like HRE.I tried to get somebody to translate the puppiesanese from the above display at Tokyo Auto Salon, but this was the best I got from user fithamoto on the Nissan 350Z forums:Its kinda of complicated, but it basically says its a Dry Carbon Fiber process that can be used on automobile & motorcycle tires. Something about the weight and color too. It points out the differences between a wet CF proces & Dry CF process.Sorry, really not much help after all. I guess your gonna need to get a first gen. puppiesanese to translate it correctly.If anybody else can translate better, we’d love to know what the rest says…just post a comment below.Weds Sport’s display also featured a wheel with a carbon fiber face, but more than likely a forged aluminum wheel surrounding. This is probably a much cheaper solution, and potentially arguably better looks.There is some concern about a wheel being 100% carbon fiber that I’ve seen from people online…especially considering the weight of the wheel. Is it strong enough to support a car normally driving, let alone at a race track? What about the cost of repairing the wheel if something gets damaged? Does it need to get fully replaced, or can it be fixed for substantially less cost?There is another company by the name of Dymag that makes carbon fiber wheels (which we’ll cover in a future post), but their hub is made out of magnesium. Apparently this is for strength reasons, which makes me think these fully carbon fiber rims should only be used for show cars. I’d like to hear Weds Sport’s thoughts on this. If you have any insight, feel free to post your comments.The author brings up an interesting point about strength. I could see a car with a lot of torque ripping these wheels in half. But regardless, theyre nice to look at and theyre stupid light. Quote Selected
First Full Carbon Fiber Wheel Reply #1 – August 30, 2008, 11:44:02 PM You'd be surprised at the strength of carbon fiber. I don't doubt they could handle a serious amount of engine torque. But then most wheel failures are not the result of inline accelerations, positive or negative. Aside from impact damage and improper mounting, the most comon failures are the result of cornering loads. Quote Selected
First Full Carbon Fiber Wheel Reply #2 – August 30, 2008, 11:48:59 PM My carbon fiber driveshaft is good for at least 1000HP. The ends are steel though :D I could have got the aluminum ends, but that seemed excessive. Quote Selected
First Full Carbon Fiber Wheel Reply #3 – August 31, 2008, 01:23:22 AM theres a set of lug nuts your not going to want to over tighten..... Quote Selected
hubba hubba Reply #4 – August 31, 2008, 10:45:52 PM Partial CF wheels have been around for a while. Partials use a CF center and outer and/or inner metal lips.A full CF wheel is pretty cool, and while they didn't indicate the size of the wheel in the picture, any CF wheel should be really light weight. One question, the writer for a site devoted to all things carbon fiber doesn't know the difference between "wet" and "dry" methods for laying up CF? Does he ride the short CF bus to school? Quote Selected
First Full Carbon Fiber Wheel Reply #5 – September 01, 2008, 01:20:47 PM Dont have to worry about breaking it with torque over there....coughhondacough. Quote Selected
First Full Carbon Fiber Wheel Reply #6 – September 01, 2008, 09:18:06 PM if i only had money to burn Quote Selected
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