STOP! Before you call us crazy,
let us beat you to the punch. We already know we're nuts. What
you see here is clear proof of this.
At first, you will ask, "Why in the
world would ANYONE produce such an expensive wheel spacer?"
Actually, this was the last thing on our mind, when we started the
thinking process of the Rogue Engineering MEGALIGHT wheel spacer. This is how it all started...
While we have been successful in
producing, marketing and selling our current Rogue
Engineering Wheel Spacers, there are countless others that have
claimed that they have wheel spacers are lightweight, ultra-light (with no
weights published) or even the ultimate. With all of these unsubstantiated
claims,
we started playing around on the computer to see if we could design
something that truly represented "out of the box" thinking.
By starting with our proven design, we kicked around some initial
ideas to save weight (while maintaining the functionality of a 15mm
spacer). After a few renderings, we settled upon a conceptual design.
The Rogue Engineering MEGALIGHT 3D
Conceptual Rendering
This
3D computerized model showed us that in 6061-T6 aluminum, it would be
approximately 210g. That is approximately 1/2 the weight of a
well-known German brand spacer. Computer models are great for
development, but we
really wanted to see it become a reality. We exported the 3D files,
emailed them to the machine shop, which is where they start their CNC
magic.
After some fancy machining, minor deburring, the first
samples were ready.
Fresh off the CNC, onto the
inspection table.
The
initial samples were indeed 210g each, just as the computer had
calculated.
While our current wheel spacers
are anodized, we wanted to have a unique finish
for this project. We needed something that would indicate that these were something very special. We decided on an electroless
nickel plating, a finish usually reserved for coating applications where
wear resistance, hardness and corrosion protection are a priority.
This is typically a plating used in electronics printed circuit boards,
hard disc drive, and optical surfaces for diamond turning. Not the
cheapest finish, but high tech, and it looks great!
Even though these are MEGALIGHT,
we've kept our features like notched back to easily remove spacers that
have become stuck onto stubborn hubs.
After the design, machining and
plating, we finally finished our "Project MEGALIGHT". Of
course, when you design a "money no object" kind of product,
it's expected that most people (if any) would NOT buy them. Maybe these would
be good for a Bugatti Veryon owner, looking to get that Hella Flush look?
If that's the case, back to the computer for more modeling for those guys!
We
produced only a few sets of these 15mm MEGALIGHT spacers. They have
72.5mm hub bores in a 5x120 bolt pattern. Sold by the pair. Includes longer hardware.
