Why the 19" Aero Rims will Never Sell

[NoMoDinos]

Quick and dirty Photophop of powder coated Areos. Maybe not on pearl, but maybe okay on other colors...

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That's funny, I have the aeros on order for my blue ms and was planning on doing black powder coating and stealth xpel full body. This looks sweet. I'll post pics when it's all done (December, unfortunately)

 

[liuping]

Yeah, but now they look like Hub Caps...

Yeah I agree, but they look like hub caps to start with, IMHO. I think an actual artist/designer could spend more than 10 minutes and do something with them to make them look better and not so "hub cappy"

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That's funny, I have the aeros on order for my blue ms and was planning on doing black powder coating and stealth xpel full body. This looks sweet. I'll post pics when it's all done (December, unfortunately)

Definitely look forward to seeing the pics, though they will be too late for my order (unless something goes terribly wrong in the next few weeks)

 

[gregincal]

Side note: They don't allow as much cooling for the Disc brakes too... That could potentially be an issue for the Rotors warping.

Who uses brakes? I can't imagine my brakes ever get warm on my Model S.

 

[bareyb]

Who uses brakes? I can't imagine my brakes ever get warm on my Model S.

That's true... I'm still adjusting to this brave new World.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

There are also only two pictures and some computer renderings on TMC with a Model S with these rims. And no offence, but personally I kind of want at least one better picture than those two. And the wheels seem kind of difficult to properly do justice with the kind of computer renderings that we’ve seen.

 

[AMPd]

I like the way they look.
Especially powder coated black

 

[brianman]

Who uses brakes? I can't imagine my brakes ever get warm on my Model S.

Do the wheels get warm? If they do, a powdercoating using a heat-varying color would be interesting.

 

[dsm363]

Don't the rims have to be all metal to powder coat? The aeros look like part of it might be plastic of some kind.

 

[J in MN]

Saw a Red S with Aero's being delivered to the Minneapolis SC today. The wheels are light and reflective enough that I think they will go well with most of the Model S colours.

While I still think they don't make economic sense, I will say that, aesthetically, they are more interesting than the standard 19". But the 19" cyclones are my favourite.

 

[SwedishAdvocate]

This is the best they’ve looked in any picture on TMC by a long way.

 

[richkae]

Anybody know the story behind these 959 wheels?
I like them:

Or these ( almost the same ):

 

[bareyb]

Saw a Red S with Aero's being delivered to the Minneapolis SC today. The wheels are light and reflective enough that I think they will go well with most of the Model S colours.

While I still think they don't make economic sense, I will say that, aesthetically, they are more interesting than the standard 19". But the 19" cyclones are my favourite.

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This is the best they’ve looked in any picture on TMC by a long way.

Agreed. That's actually not too bad.

 

[brianman]

Saw a Red S with Aero's being delivered to the Minneapolis SC today. The wheels are light and reflective enough that I think they will go well with most of the Model S colours.

Am I the only one that looked at that picture and thought "there's your problem, there's no way you'll get a good take-off pointing backwards like that"?

 

[Tacket]

Yeah, that is an awkward picture to judge anything by.

 

[bareyb]

Yeah, that is an awkward picture to judge anything by.

Rotate the screen on your laptop a little to the right.