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Incantation
11-03-2005, 01:32 AM
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/3835/dorsetoinvisiblerims17hk.jpg
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/3654/dorsetoinvisiblerims29cr.jpg
AllGo'n'Show
11-03-2005, 01:39 AM
Lexan. thats crazzy
uscharalph
11-03-2005, 01:42 AM
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/3835/dorsetoinvisiblerims17hk.jpg
http://img311.imageshack.us/img311/3654/dorsetoinvisiblerims29cr.jpg
I'm not sure if I like them?? For what they probably cost, I'm pretty sure I don't. LOL!!
DueyT
11-03-2005, 02:56 AM
I can't possibly see how lexan or polycarbonate would handle the side loads during handling with out straining the wheel's disk too badly. Polycarbonate has typical tensile strengths of 3000-9000 PSI, even mild steel is in the 20,000-30,000 PSI range, so you'd have to have a wheel material thickness five to ten times thicker than a steel wheel to have similar strength to the wheels structure!

What are the odds these wheels are DOT-approved???

Cheers,
Duey
Incantation
11-03-2005, 03:20 AM
someone told me that after 2 months they turn yellow-ish.. i wish he had remembered where he read it
DanDombrowski
11-03-2005, 08:09 AM
Well, steel wheels probably are 5 to 10 times stronger than they need to be for given stresses. Mabye these wheels are only 1.001 X as strong as they need to be. Thats safe, right?

Not only are they not as strong, but they'll deflect more too-thats gotta be great for handling.