You Can Option Your Ford GT With Posh Carbonfibre Wheels
If you know anything about the new Ford GT, you’ll know it has a bit of a carbonfibre theme going on. The chassis is a carbonfibre monocoque after all, and those heavily-sculpted body panels are made of the stuff too. Want more carbonfibre than that? Well - assuming you’re one of the lucky 500 to make it through the application process - Ford has just the thing for you.
It’s a new set of carbonfibre wheels, available with either a matte or gloss finish. Like the standard forged aluminium rims the GT sits on they’re each 20 inches in diameter, and save about 1kg of unsprung weight for each corner, giving a 25 per cent inertia reduction. They’re a lot stiffer, too.
Whether or not you’ll notice the difference to suspension performance and ride quality Ford says we should expect, we’re not sure. But we should think a lot of GT buyers will spec them for the looks alone…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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but the Shelby GT350R has them as standard?
I’d say this is definitely more practical for track use, the bennifits would not be noticeable on daily road use.
Oh please car throttle, I already know this, I’ve got a doctorate in Ford GT Online Configuration
And they don’t come stock why?
Did you know that those wheels are actually made in straya?
It’s the same guys that make the Carbon wheels for the Shelby GT350R.
Kids in africa could’ve eaten those rims
That moment when you realise that this rim probably costs more than your car…
Like i can afford a Ford GT. I can’t even afford lunch
With added ceramic brakes … let me guess … €10000 per wheel? Really cost effective to squeeze out another 0.3 sec per lap.