New 21s More Durable?

[EKnight47]

Anyone have any idea if the new 21" arachnids on the refreshed S will be any more durable than the old turbines? Love the look, but not going through constantly replacing them again.

 

[FutureShock]

If you’re having to replace your wheels due to pothole or very rough road damage, that’s likely more due to running really low profile tires, as Tesla does with the 21s. Just not much rim protection there.

And that likely hasn’t changed, which is why I’m probably gonna go with 19s, despite them looking nowhere near as good.
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[2101Guy]

All Arachnids are forged, so they will be lighter and stronger than cast allow wheels.

Forged Wheels vs Cast Wheels - Blackburn.

 

[BrokerDon]

I've had Arachnids only 2015 P85D for ~ 2 years and love the look and performance. My Arachnids never cracked or bent even after hitting a nasty pothole filled with rain that blew out the sidewall of my rear tire.

 

[FutureShock]

Wish Tesla had a 20” wheel option on the Model S.

Would probably be a nice blend of looks and having ‘enough’ tire to protect the rim.
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[beatle]

Agreed, 20" wheels are the sweet spot for the S. If you like the turbines, Ohm (TSW) makes a similar style wheel in 20" that is geared towards Teslas with friendly widths and offsets. They even have a 64.1mm center bore so you won't need hubcentric rings:

Tesla Wheels - Ohm Proton Rotary Forged Rims

They're not a true forged, but "rotary forged" which is somewhere in between cast and forged in strength and weight. At 20" though, you generally don't need the strength of a forged wheel to avoid wheel damage.

 

[headcase]

I agree that 20" rims with a 40 profile of rubber is the sweet spot for looks / comfort / rim protection.

I've been using the Arachnid look-alikes from T-Sportline in their Space Gray, and still love them to this day.

 

[whitex]

If you’re having to replace your wheels due to pothole or very rough road damage, that’s likely more due to running really low profile tires, as Tesla does with the 21s. Just not much rim protection there.

And that likely hasn’t changed, which is why I’m probably gonna go with 19s, despite them looking nowhere near as good.
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The original 19s looked so much better than current ones. During one of my visits to repair one of our Teslas, I met a guy who just purchased a brand new P100DL, but had Tesla swap his slipstreams to the original 19s off his trade-in. They were doing the swap while he was waiting in the service wait room. They looked way better on his blue P100D than the EOM slipstreams it came with.