[Speculation] Production 18" Wheels without Aero Cover

[israndy]

Sorry, I was confused, you are not actually looking at the wheels, I see. If you look carefully at the two photos you will see that the arms coming from the center of the wheel are flat on the non-aero, and twisted on the aero. So they cannot be the same. That seemed so obvious to me I couldn't understand what the mystery was for others. But yeah, I understand, they are both grey....

-Randy

 

[gregincal]

Sorry, I was confused, you are not actually looking at the wheels, I see. If you look carefully at the two photos you will see that the arms coming from the center of the wheel are flat on the non-aero, and twisted on the aero. So they cannot be the same. That seemed so obvious to me I couldn't understand what the mystery was for others. But yeah, I understand, they are both grey....

-Randy

The arms are totally covered by the aero cap. You can't see them at all. What you think are arms are just part of the cap.

 

[FlyingKiwi]

The spokes on the wheel are entirely covered by the aero covers so what shape they are is irrelevant.
The front of the spokes on the actual wheel are about 1/4" back from the outer lip, the front of the aero cover is flush with the outer lip.

 

[chronopc]

Sorry, I was confused, you are not actually looking at the wheels, I see. If you look carefully at the two photos you will see that the arms coming from the center of the wheel are flat on the non-aero, and twisted on the aero. So they cannot be the same. That seemed so obvious to me I couldn't understand what the mystery was for others. But yeah, I understand, they are both grey....

-Randy

Given that Tesla wants to make their production process as simple as possible. It's much more likely that the aeros are a cover than Tesla having 2 different sets of 18" wheels.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

Video or it didn't happen

 

[chronopc]

Video or it didn't happen

Is this good enough?

 

[MP3Mike]

Is this good enough?

Nope, since you link/image/video is broken.

 

[chronopc]

Nope, since you link/image/video is broken.

Working fine when I look at it on a computer. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[gambit48]

Given that Tesla wants to make their production process as simple as possible. It's much more likely that the aeros are a cover than Tesla having 2 different sets of 18" wheels.

That's the main reason I still have hope that I can get away with the 18" wheels. I quite like the supposed "standard" rims under the aero. They actually look a lot like the aftermarket rims I was going to get if under the aero covers was just a plain steel wheel (not likely based on the pictures IMO) or some ugly rim.

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

Is this good enough?

It's not showing anything..?

 

[SageBrush]

It's not showing anything..?

Let me guess: IE ?

 

[gregincal]

Let me guess: IE ?

It's not show anything for me either in Safari.

 

[Sportstick]

It's not show anything for me either in Safari.

Works fine in Chrome...very interesting and persuasive to watch!

 

[gambit48]

Just tried it with IE. Doesn't work. Works fine in Chrome. Too lazy walk to my Mac and try it in Safari.

 

[T34ME]

Let me guess: IE ?

Not showing for me either - Firefox

 

[alseTrick]

Sorry, I was confused, you are not actually looking at the wheels, I see. If you look carefully at the two photos you will see that the arms coming from the center of the wheel are flat on the non-aero, and twisted on the aero. So they cannot be the same. That seemed so obvious to me I couldn't understand what the mystery was for others. But yeah, I understand, they are both grey....

-Randy

I honestly don't know what you're talking about in either of your posts.

 

[PRSIST]

That's not black, it is gray or a dark silver.

Elon can get a space rocket to the International Space Station but Tesla can't make an 18" sport wheel for the Model 3???????

 

[bmms8]

Good info here (still speculation):

 

[SabrToothSqrl]

FireFox.

 

[Sportstick]

Good info here (still speculation):

This video is very confusing....he keeps talking about rims, but he focuses on the spokes!....ah, probably means "wheels" and thinks "rims" means the same thing.