Hubcaps for base wheels?

[KevinRS]

I'm not saying it's AI. but this image specifically was not generated solely with a camera, or rendered from the CAD. Probably someone wanted to put together a quick set of images of the wheels at the same angle, and just had images from different angles to work with. Compare the size of the top of the tire with the size of the bottom. The top of the tire on my screen is about an inch and an eighth from rim to tread. The bottom: an inch and almost three quarters. An inch and a half from the center circle to top rim, just over an inch and 3/4 for the bottom.

So apparently as the equal and opposite of people with nothing to actually contribute to a subject resorting to posting AI summaries about it, now we've got people with no actual knowledge of a subject resorting to posting 'AI' accusations about it...

 

[Driven5]

The hub isn't centered correctly in the wheel in at least one of them. May not be AI, but it's probably lazy photo editing.

Ohhhhhhh... So when you said 'hub' you meant wheel, and when you said 'wheel' you meant tire. That makes so much more sense! Thanks for the additional clarification.

I was so focused on trying to see what was wrong with the hub in the wheel that I wasn't even seeing the wheel in the tire.

Yes the tire has obviously been enlarged on only the lower half for some bizarre reason. Which is especially bizarre, considering the rest of the image looks geometrically correct to my eye.

It's like a mullet tire... Business on the top, party on the bottom.

 

[KevinRS]

Ohhhhhhh... So when you said 'hub' you meant wheel, and when you said 'wheel' you meant tire. That makes so much more sense! Thanks for the additional clarification.

I was so focused on trying to see what was wrong with the hub in the wheel that I wasn't even seeing the wheel in the tire.

Yes the tire has obviously been enlarged on only the lower half for some bizarre reason. Which is especially bizarre, considering the rest of the image looks geometrically correct to my eye.

It's like a mullet tire... Business on the top, party on the bottom.

Well, it's both, the whole bottom half is enlarged/distorted, the first I noticed was the "hub" the circular part with the lug nut shapes was off center in the wheel, but the shape of the rubber tire is even worse.

 

[Tom Sawyer]

Inspiration for the tire image?

 

[Driven5]

Well, it's both, the whole bottom half is enlarged/distorted, the first I noticed was the "hub" the circular part with the lug nut shapes was off center in the wheel, but the shape of the rubber tire is even worse.

Yeah, you're right. A full size screen definitely makes it easier to spot. Sometimes it's better to be working with equipment bigger than 6 inches.

 

[beatle]

Sometimes it's better to be working with equipment bigger than 6 inches.

Hey, a fella can dream, can't he?

 

[jhevil]

I am trying to understand the appeal of the “bronze” finish on the wheels. Is there any market research supporting demand for bronze? My opinion is black or silver would be much easier to touch up inevitable chips and scratches. I think it makes more sense to order standard steelies, so as not to further delay delivery, and then look to aftermarket for wheel and tire combinations.

Bronze wheels on a hunter green fastback Slate with the brown perforated and green interior is *chef's kiss.

 

[EV Trek]

I thought a simple set of trim rings and then painting the center cap would enhance the standard steelies.

Here is the Amazon link
https://a.co/d/0cJZkdzJ

 

[E90400K]

When I knocked on the wheels when Slate was on display in DC, I concluded there were no wheel covers or hub caps, what you are seeing was the actual wheel.

One of the promo vehicles had the circular trim ring removed and I liked the look of the steel wheels. I'd probably keep those and paint 'em white.

Edit: I don't know if those are the OEM steel wheels but this was a fairly early photo posted from Slate themselves:

So, just to bring this back up, are the base steelies really a two-piece affair and the center cover is really a wheel cover/(big) hubcap?

 

[Luxrage]

So, just to bring this back up, are the base steelies really a two-piece affair and the center cover is really a wheel cover/(big) hubcap?

After digging around some videos, SAE's cuts to a shot of the design board and you can see a steelie:

Looks to me like the wheel is a solid piece and there's a plastic dust-cap on the center that covers the lugs like older pickups would do.