I don’t think the GT-PE wheels will be much worse than my Pontiac Snowflake wheels. Given that the MME has regenerative braking, the GT-PE wheels will probably be easier. Except on track days, then maybe the same.
Chevelles use a 7/16” stud. Smaller fastener requires less torque to gain the proper stretch. The MME uses a 14mm stud, so quite a bit larger.
I'm kind of worried that the black plastic will quickly become a scrated up mess though.
They 100% will. I spent the day polishing and ceramic coating the car and in the process polished out the wheels and aero inserts. The good news is a polisher with a 3" pad is perfect to get in the spokes and hit the aero covers. I coated the plastic with 2 layers of ceramic but I suspect even then it will end up getting scratched with time. The wheels see a lot of abuse and that plastic is soft.
Honestly that would be way more work than it's worth....I'd rather just buy new wheels and get something wider with a better offset for 275/40R20 tires@Scooby24 I think it looks way better without the covers. Can you take the cover to a machine shop and have them taper it down where the center of the wheel without the cover ends? Then take it to powder coating? I know that might be a little more than some people might want to spend but it's an option. I would just want to make sure it was done correctly so that it doesn't throw off balance.
If we look at the original renderings of the wheels it looks like that's what they did:
I'm stepping up to be a guinea pig! Have a set on order and will report back.
That link doesn't work, can you show is a screen shot?
