[Speculation] Production 18" Wheels without Aero Cover

[SabrToothSqrl]

Browser dependent code within a forum? Spiffy, but not a video of someone removing an aero wheel cover..

 

[Thomas Edison]

OK, using a very quick and crude AutoCAD attempt. I took the picture of the wheel with the cover on and traced the openings, traced the valve stem and trace the diameter. I then copied it over to this image. Then I scaled it and rotated it so you can clearly see it's for this wheel.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

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.

Depending on where you live, rims = wheels, just like people in different parts of the country say soft drink, soda, pop, soda pop, coke, etc.

The term rim is also used non-technically to refer to the entire wheel, or even to a tire.

The terms wheel and rim are often used synonymously, as in decorative wheels being called rims.

 

[Zaphod]

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

They can, but why should they? I'm sure the aftermarket will step up or at least offer something similar.

 

[chronopc]

OK, using a very quick and crude AutoCAD attempt. I took the picture of the wheel with the cover on and traced the openings, traced the valve stem and trace the diameter. I then copied it over to this image. Then I scaled it and rotated it so you can clearly see it's for this wheel.

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Depending on where you live, rims = wheels, just like people in different parts of the country say soft drink, soda, pop, soda pop, coke, etc.

 

[Sportstick]

Depending on where you live, rims = wheels, just like people in different parts of the country say soft drink, soda, pop, soda pop, coke, etc.

Didn't expect anyone to actually defend this! In some places, folks are incapable of starting a sentence without "I'm like...", but that doesn't make it English, even if many do it! Seems quite clear the rim is the outer edge, the spokes are in the central area, and the entire unit is a wheel, as the thread is titled. I know poor language skills exist; that doesn't mean we have to adopt that low standard.

 

[chronopc]

Didn't expect anyone to actually defend this! In some places, folks are incapable of starting a sentence without "I'm like...", but that doesn't make it English, even if many do it! Seems quite clear the rim is the outer edge, the spokes are in the central area, and the entire unit is a wheel, as the thread is titled. I know poor language skills exist; that doesn't mean we have to adopt that low standard.

Language evolves over time. So it adapts to how people use it.

 

[Dynastar]

Language evolves over time. So it adapts to how people use it.

I was literally just thinking this!

 

[Sportstick]

Language evolves over time. So it adapts to how people use it.

Evolution is great....Devolution is not the goal.

Anyway, let's get back to wheels!

 

[chronopc]

Evolution is great....Devolution is not the goal.

Anyway, let's get back to wheels!

I'm fine with the wheels. It's the Aero (maybe covers?) that bothers me.

 

[Sportstick]

I'm fine with the wheels. It's the Aero (maybe covers?) that bothers me.

I agree completely!

 

[ikjadoon]

The people debating rims vs. wheels, i.e. Sportstick: you may have noticed the wheel and the rim are one part here. Changing the wheel = changing the rim.

Languages evolve; please take the next exit off the highway of evolution--plenty of people are happy to stay behind. To avoid being fathomed by a myriad of guys hoping to calm the pearls being desperately clutched.

 

[MorrisonHiker]

Didn't expect anyone to actually defend this! In some places, folks are incapable of starting a sentence without "I'm like...", but that doesn't make it English, even if many do it! Seems quite clear the rim is the outer edge, the spokes are in the central area, and the entire unit is a wheel, as the thread is titled. I know poor language skills exist; that doesn't mean we have to adopt that low standard.

It's a big country (and world) and not everyone uses the same grammar and vocabulary as you. That doesn't make them wrong...or you right.

How Y’all, Youse and You Guys Talk

Try doing a search for "rims" on Google and you'll see page after page of listings for wheels/rims.

I was literally just thinking this!

I didn't get that until the third time I read it.

 

[chronopc]

The people debating rims vs. wheels, i.e. Sportstick: you may have noticed the wheel and the rim are one part here. Changing the wheel = changing the rim.

Languages evolve; please take the next exit off the highway of evolution--plenty of people are happy to stay behind. To avoid being fathomed by a myriad of guys hoping to calm the pearls being desperately clutched.

 

[Thomas Edison]

A lot of people around me refer to them as tires..... that means the metal part and the rubber part.
'Merrikuh!

 

[scottm]

Unless you're British, then the rubber is a tyre, not tire.

Like, as in... "I'm like, are you tyred of all this?"

 

[WileyTheMan]

Aaaanyway...

To me, it's clear these wheels are the Aeros without covers. What I want to know is if this finish is done at the factory. And if not, where did this person get their wheels done because they look fantastic!

 

[Gtosnipey]

I love following Model 3 stuff, its exciting, getting new news (lol) is fun most times. But damn if its not frustrating as all hell that we all have to play Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego to find out if the car had a FOB, or inside door handles, or tires (ok slight exaggeration there but maybe not! New Model 3 conspiracy theory no tires). Sometimes I just want info. I get it we had to wait till the reveal, but it wasn't REALLY a reveal. I mean when the iPhone is announced you generally know most of the key features about the phone. It isn't like "wait so does the phone have texting or no?" question just lingering about. Ah anyways that's my rant brought on by chasing down leads about the Aero rims.

 

[insaneoctane]

I guess this lack of released information goes with territory of huge backlog of a new product that you haven't ramped the production up on, so you can't sell and even if you were ramped up, you can't deliver for 18 months....

"It's like if you're a restaurant and you're serving hamburgers, and there's like an hour-and-a-half wait for hamburgers - do you really want to encourage more people to order more hamburgers?"

 

[Thomas Edison]

Aaaanyway...

To me, it's clear these wheels are the Aeros without covers. What I want to know is if this finish is done at the factory. And if not, where did this person get their wheels done because they look fantastic!

Yep, you can see the edge of the lip is the same dark gray as the photos with the covers off.