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Martian Wheels MW03
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Danny Brown
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Cancelled my mw03 order today; just don't feel like waiting like some of you all are. Instead I placed an order for this design of a wheel cut at 18x8.5 +35 direct from a manufacturer, instead of going through a middleman - only $1400 shipped. They have never cut this design in 18"s so there was no specific weight provided, but the 19"s are right at 18 pounds. monoblock forged. No clue if they will fit cars with the performance brakes or not, but will find someone local to vegas and test fit one, since mine is a stealth. Will created a thread in a month or two after getting them in.
Xenoilphobe
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Where did you order these from? I'm tempted to jump ship too.
DM'd. don't want to give them any publicity until getting mine in and validating everything.
$1400 for the set. They're not BBS, this was just the type of design I ordered. 5 split spoke, light as 'reasonably' possible.
ElectricIAC
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azentropy
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I didn't. I'll wait until they have their supply chain issues worked out if I don't get anything else before then!
They're a good size manufacturer, so I am 100% certain they could. The thing going on right now which benefits us as individuals, is that I guess manufacturing is down over there, so these companies that normally don't deal with retail sales are willing to remove the minimum order quantities, and sell one set at a time.
You could always go with a replica looking wheel.
And the reasons to do so could be many:
Reduced weight, fitment to different than stock tire, stronger wheels, etc.
Tesla had a very tight budget for the Model 3, otherwise the base price could be double of what it is, an area they choose to save money on is the wheels (heavy and cheap), the brakes (terrible heat dissipation, easy to overheat and overwhelm with aggressive driving, granted, not something most users will encounter during normal operation) and the suspension (stiff and unforgiving) all of which can be addressed by quality aftermarket parts (ex, coilovers, forged wheels instead of cast, better tires and so on..).
But to each his own, not entirely sure why you choose this post in particular to voice your dislike for aftermarket wheels, are you looking for people's reasons as means to learn?
Everyone likes different things. Unless you're paying the bill, your opinion is irrelevant, just as mine is on your vehicles.
Tanis
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@ Sam1: were did you order those BBS lookalike wheels?
I ordered my Martian wheels 18x8.5 +35 Gunmetal in november last year. With black friday discount! I got an email from Drew, confirming that my wheels were on a shipment to Martian in december. Now they are saying that Corona is delaying my order, but this happend months before this crisis. They will not say what happened to my wheels and this december dilivery, also no ETA is given. Very dissapointing. I like this disign wheels, but I will cancel my order if they do not improve their service.
Adriaan
I ordered my Martian wheels 18x8.5 +35 Gunmetal in november last year. With black friday discount! I got an email from Drew, confirming that my wheels were on a shipment to Martian in december. Now they are saying that Corona is delaying my order, but this happend months before this crisis. They will not say what happened to my wheels and this december dilivery, also no ETA is given. Very dissapointing. I like this disign wheels, but I will cancel my order if they do not improve their service.
Adriaan
ElectricIAC
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You serious?
Maybe you need to be a Youtuber fo get your wheels with some expediency.
I know you're joking about that, but honestly I'm starting to think that. Has anyone got them other than the people that have posted videos of them?
Exactly the conclusion that I reached on another thread here last week. No one seems to have them here and communication is lacking. For me this is a major red flag.
I ordered the first set on black Friday as well but I got my set by around January 10th, my 20" set did get delayed although I did order in Mid March, supposedly a silver batch did get finished and should be arriving soon, will post pics.
dwolvin
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Commenting to remember to hear Sam1's experience. I don't like most of what I've seen on 3's but those look like they might be good looking IMHO, and the price is nice!
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