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Offline schattenblau

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Porsche carbon fibre wheels
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Offline RobClubley

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Re: Porsche carbon fibre wheels
« Reply #1 on: August 22, 2017, 02:09:22 pm »
I bet Koenigsegg have something to say about Porsche inventing carbon wheels.
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Re: Porsche carbon fibre wheels
« Reply #2 on: August 22, 2017, 03:28:43 pm »
different technology ?

there's also an australian company producing cf wheels, ford uses them on the new gt and new shelby gt350r.
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Re: Porsche carbon fibre wheels
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2017, 10:10:05 am »
I also think Citroen might have something to say about using composite wheels http://jalopnik.com/michelin-made-carbon-fiber-wheels-for-citroen-back-in-1-1543922374
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Offline Gordo

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Re: Porsche carbon fibre wheels
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2017, 03:05:10 pm »
Quote from: schattenblau on August 22, 2017, 03:28:43 pm
different technology ?

there's also an australian company producing cf wheels, ford uses them on the new gt and new shelby gt350r.

Precisely, it's the production process not the use of the CF wheels that is a first - even says so in the video description.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWiTky3zZXQ
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