Carbon Fibre Wheels

A few weeks back we did a post with regards our all new hybrid forged 2 piece wheels, carbon fibre barrels with magnesium centres, we have now managed to get some decent pictures of the barrel up close and personal, this time without the centre fixed into place.

Carbon Fibre Barrels, ready for the VAD Forged Magnesium Centre

As we previously said our carbon barrels come with the sought after and coveted German TUV approval, this along with our magnesium centres gives us the pinnacle product for the road or track, all held together with our super lightweight titanium hardware, this is the ultimate all round combination of light weight and strength, now all you have to do is chose your centre design of choice, and you can pretty much have any design you want, for most applications. To recap on barrel sizes we have the following widths available, with a huge range of applications available to include centre lock, custom bespoke builds are also available on request.

8.5x19 > 10x19 > 11x19 > 12x19 // 9x20 > 10x20 > 11x20 > 12x20

9.5x21 > 10x21 > 12.5x19 // 10x22 > 12x22

The 19” and 20” wheels are fixed with 32 x M6 Titanium bolt fasteners, the 21” and 22” are fixed with 32 x M8 Titanium bolt fasteners. Any information required on fitments, testing and pricing, get in touch with the VAD sales team

Carbon Fibre Barrel

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Carbon Fibre Barrel

Carbon Fibre wheel barrel

For any applications we can’t accommodate, we have our normal lightweight aluminium barrels, with our Magnesium centres, get in touch for more detail.

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Carbon Fibre and Forged Magnesium 2 Piece wheels

We are always striving for better products at VAD and whilst we are happy with everything we promote and sell, the search for the perfect product is always ongoing.

Midway through 2017 we had a request for carbon fibre wheels from a good friend, the same friend has now taken delivery of his hybrid forged magnesium and carbon fibre monoblock wheel for his incredible AMG Mercedes Benz C Class coupe, the awesome the Edition 1, and to make it even more special it’s the motorsport example, it really is a very rare model, and the focus has been to make the wheels as light as possible and at 7.5 KG I think we have achieved our goal, but we will discuss this wheel and vehicle in minute detail when the wheels are fitted to the intended vehicle.

With the forged magnesium monoblock you have limited fitments, mainly because the widths of the blank forgings are very limited, so we can’t do every vehicle we want with a monoblock set up, for example we couldn't do the Lamborghini Aventador with the 9x20 front and 13x21 rear, because the rear forging isn't available, so we have been looking for another light weight wheel that we can work with that would cover more applications.

There are carbon fibre wheels on the market, but unfortunately the ones we have seen just do not float our boat, basically speaking the wheels are ugly, and for us the product has to look ascetically pleasing to the eye, as well as form & function, and yes we do want our cake and eat it, wheels maketh the car, and it’s no different with a carbon fibre wheel, let’s face it for the cost of these wheels alone…they need to be beautiful to look at.

Well now for the best bit as we now have the best of all worlds, for the applications we can’t do with a 1 piece monoblock, we can now do with our 2-piece carbon fibre and forged magnesium wheels. these wheels have a carbon fibre one-piece barrel, the centre is forged magnesium that is bolted to the carbon flange, with exposed or hidden titanium hardware, we have many applications, widths with any design catered for, be it a 5 spoke, mutispoke, or a design you have created yourself.

So for those customers that strive to want the pinnacle alloy wheel product, we now have every exotic material you could possible wish for.

We have our full carbon fibre forged composite 3-piece wheel, our hybrid forged magnesium and carbon fibre monoblock wheel, and now our 2-piece carbon barrelled, forged magnesium 2 piece.

Sizes and widths for the all-new 2-piece hybrid carbon / magnesium wheels are as follows.

19” barrel sizes: 8.75 > 10” > 11” > 12” // 20” Barrel sizes: 9” > 10” > 11” > 12”

21” Barrel sizes: 9.5” > 10” > 12.5” // 22” Barrel sizes: 10” > 12”

If you are interested in any of our carbon wheel products, in the 1, 2 or 3 piece then please do not hesitate to get in touch with us to discuss your individual requirements.

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Magnesium and Carbon Fibre forged wheels

This year has seen us part company with various wheel brands, companies we have worked a long side for a long time, but quality along with business ethics is something we feel very strongly about, we are old school at VAD, where standards and decent morals mean everything, we don’t think that is a lot to ask for, if you use our name and brand to help your own brand we expect a bit of loyalty in return, as we are extremely loyal to the cause and the people and brands we work with, unfortunately this year it hasn't quite worked out the way we planned, but it’s a huge market with some great companies that make some great products, all you have to do is go and look and do your research, which is what we did, things happen for a reason and as we aren't the kind of company that wallows in pity feeling sorry for ourselves and things have a great way of coming full circle.

During our search for new products we came across Litespeed racing who we are working with on a couple of projects, the Mercedes Edition one with a set of full carbon and magnesium Monoblock wheels and our up and coming magnesium 3 piece wheels for our good friend Mark Poxton and his amazing McLaren F1, which we can’t wait to start.

Aspect GT F1R Side

Aspect GT F1R Side

Aspect GT F1R Flat

Aspect GT 3 Piece Forged Magnesium F1-R

As well as the above projects and manufacturing a couple of the new VAD design forged wheels, we have added his amazing composite forged carbon and his carbon barrels to our line-up, we can also offer forged Magnesium wheels in 1 piece Monoblock in various widths, as well as 3 piece forged aluminium or magnesium centres with carbon fibre or forged barrels, as well as offering a full composite forged carbon fibre 3 piece wheel, we really have the pinnacle when it comes to light weight wheel manufacturing, we have most applications catered for and we can offer most designs to include one off bespoke, get in touch today to discuss your individual requirements, or for more info on our Magnesium and Carbon collection forged wheels.

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Lite Speed Racing Forged Carbon fibre wheel

Aluminum or Magnesium Forged centres, carbon fibre barrels

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