I ordered some fake Fuchs and some Blizzaks, since it was winter at the time.
I think they look pretty darned good.
Unfortunately, I need to design and print up some center caps, 'cause the 993 ones I have don't fit, and the ones on the BBS wheels aren't fitting either. Also because I think this would be a fairly cool little detail to have on my center caps:
(I mean, you DID see my license plate, right?)
This should be good enough to print up real quick and check dimensions with, if nothing else...
Print complete. Still with glue on it…
Does it fit the 16x6? Yup. And perfectly, too. The tabs hold a lot more securely than I had anticipated. So much so that I’m drastically reducing the size of them in the next version.
I wanted to be sure the 16x7s didn’t have a different center piece, so I unboxed one of them too. Looks identical.
Version 2 needed a lip to hold them in place - this test piece falls inwards. I had anticipated this, but I underestimated just how much the center cap relies on that lip to not get flung out. I’m also not happy with the bridging, but so can’t get the slicer software to put supports where I want them, so… whatever.
Oh, and since I had the wheels out, I weighed them. 16lbs for the 16x6 and 18.2lbs for the 16x7. Not too shabby
For v2, the Jedi logo has been scaled up a bit to fit on the new, bigger surface.
Costs $0.67 to print, and takes 1h45m. I can live with this
