Magnesium wheels anyone?

[Kawman]

It seems there was supposed to be optional magnesium wheels for the Blackwings, but that never came to be. Magnesium wheels would be about 10lbs lighter per wheel. Anybody interested in forged magnesium wheels?

 

[Kawman]

Wow, not one comment?

Maybe more interest in the next thing I found.

 

[Kawman]

I've ordered a custom set of these OEM looking wheels. Aside from being magnesium, they will be:

18 x 10 ET15 - front
18 x 10.5 ET45 - rear

 

[williamset]

Where did you order from? They look exactly like the OEM!

 

[Z28]

I have a hunch the bronze wheels were originally supposed to be Mg. I think I read on here that supposedly someone picked up a preproduction Mg set off of eBay a while back.

 

[seattlecubes]

I've ordered a custom set of these OEM looking wheels. Aside from being magnesium, they will be:

18 x 10 ET15 - front
18 x 10.5 ET45 - rear

From where? To my knowledge, there is no magnesium option currently unless you had them made custom?

 

[blkout]

Problem with magnesium is that they're only 2-3lbs lighter than a good forged aluminum wheel, and they're more brittle so its possible to crack them, and they typically cost a good bit more than forged aluminum.

 

[RDATLTE]

I have a hunch the bronze wheels were originally supposed to be Mg. I think I read on here that supposedly someone picked up a preproduction Mg set off of eBay a while back.

True story.

 

[Kawman]

Problem with magnesium is that they're only 2-3lbs lighter than a good forged aluminum wheel, and they're more brittle so its possible to crack them, and they typically cost a good bit more than forged aluminum.

Forged aluminum is 50% heavier than forged magnesium. Stated the other way, forged magnesium is 33% lighter than forged aluminum.

Our 28lb OEM forged aluminum wheels should save about 9 lbs per wheel when made of magnesium. Combine that with carbon ceramic brakes and we are at 20lbs/wheel weight reduction. That is a significant drop in un-sprung weight/rotational mass. That has got to have a meaningful effect when driving on the track at 10/10, which is my focus.

Yes, the forged magnesium wheels are nearly 3x the cost of forged aluminum.

 

[blkout]

Forged aluminum is 50% heavier than forged magnesium. Stated the other way, forged magnesium is 33% lighter than forged aluminum.

Our 28lb OEM forged aluminum wheels should save about 9 lbs per wheel when made of magnesium. Combine that with carbon ceramic brakes and we are at 20lbs/wheel weight reduction. That is a significant drop in un-sprung weight/rotational mass. That has got to have a meaningful effect when driving on the track at 10/10, which is my focus.

Yes, the forged magnesium wheels are nearly 3x the cost of forged aluminum.

You can get an aftermarket 19" forged aluminum wheel that weighs right at 20lbs, Apex is one example, a similar magnesium wheel is about 17lbs.