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[siggy]

THEY ARE ALLOYS

It would be far too expensive to make them in steel. Alloy is much easier to cast

Siggy

[Dan]

Those rims cast in steel would weigh about forty five pounds each! Imagine that on your suspension.

I don't have the mag so this is the only photo I've seen of them, but I am now certain having looked again that they are Minilife alloys. The profile around the dish is exactly the same, and the slightly elliptical spokes.

[lewis]

sorry to break the bubble but it has written in the spec that there 13 x 7 chromed steel eight-spoke wheels. Yokohama 048r 175/50x13 semislick road tyres

edit: do minilife do steel, or has miniworld written it wrong, secondly there definitley not wellers i agree

[siggy]

I CAN read

Siggy

[Rob]

THEY ARE ALLOYS

It would be far too expensive to make them in steel. Alloy is much easier to cast

Siggy

If steel wheels are more expensive to produce then how come the vast majority of production cars come with steel wheels as standard? Steel wheels are only pressed and welded where as alloy have to be cast and then machined. Surely pressed is cheaper than cast?

[minidude03]

thats what i thought rob, becos 5x12 weller wheels are cheaper than 5x12 minilights. im guessing they have the same volume of metal

[marksmini]

there nice wheels

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[marksmini]

sorry wrong pic..... :fear:

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[siggy]

Cars come with steel wheels because the shape of them is very basic, a couple of pressing's and weld them together, same as Wellers. LOOK at the shape of the Minlifes or whatever they are called. Each spoke is shaped and they are in one piece. They would have to be cast or macHined on a CNC lathe or miller. This would be very expensive and time consuming

Siggy

[Rob]

How do you know they are in one piece?

[siggy]

Can you see any bolts or sharp edges?????????????

Siggy

[Rob]

Can you see bolts or sharp edges on any steel wheel? Why are you so certain they are alloy?

[siggy]

Yes you can see bolts or sharp edegs on steel wheels.

30 plus years playing in motorsport and the motor trade

Siggy

[Rob]

That doesnt explain how you can tell they are not steel. Ive never seen steel wheels which are bolted together! Ive spent a few years in the motor trade myself and still there. Has anyone else seen bolted steel wheels? I maybe wrong!

[siggy]

Dunlop Denovos, these were actually rivited but close enought to bolts

Alloy wheels are 99% of the time in one piece, except for modular rims.

Siggy