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Some interesting info about this wheel:
This wheel is made by BBS, which is no big surprise for Golfs, but they are using a new technology called "Air inside" for it. Its the first mass produced wheel to use this stuff.
This "air inside", basicly hollowed out metal parts, technology is basicly there for weight savings. And the bonus is the weight savings is not in the center of the wheel where most wheel makers save weight from when they advertise a light wheel. BBS has been making hollow spokes for a while, thats not news, but now they figured out how to do it at the wheel edge in the flanges.
If you don't know, on wheels, there is a relationship between performance and wheel weight, and more importantly, the farther out from the center of the wheel that the weight resides, the harder it is to turn it. So for example, a 19" wheel has alot of its weight at the edge fo the rim which is very far from the center. So even a very lightweight 19" wheel (say 20lbs) will perform worse then a 24lb 16" wheel because the 16" wheel may be heavier, but the weight is closer to the center, and thus much easier for the car to turn.
This wheel looks just like the larger Hufweisen wheels and I believe comes standard on euro GTIs, but wont be coming standard for the US Gtis... but it is some nice technology..
This wheel is made by BBS, which is no big surprise for Golfs, but they are using a new technology called "Air inside" for it. Its the first mass produced wheel to use this stuff.
This "air inside", basicly hollowed out metal parts, technology is basicly there for weight savings. And the bonus is the weight savings is not in the center of the wheel where most wheel makers save weight from when they advertise a light wheel. BBS has been making hollow spokes for a while, thats not news, but now they figured out how to do it at the wheel edge in the flanges.
If you don't know, on wheels, there is a relationship between performance and wheel weight, and more importantly, the farther out from the center of the wheel that the weight resides, the harder it is to turn it. So for example, a 19" wheel has alot of its weight at the edge fo the rim which is very far from the center. So even a very lightweight 19" wheel (say 20lbs) will perform worse then a 24lb 16" wheel because the 16" wheel may be heavier, but the weight is closer to the center, and thus much easier for the car to turn.
This wheel looks just like the larger Hufweisen wheels and I believe comes standard on euro GTIs, but wont be coming standard for the US Gtis... but it is some nice technology..