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From the article:
One of the Mustang6G.com forum members has gone head and ordered the optional lightweight carbon fiber wheels for the very popular Shelby GT350R and he was kind enough to show how much they cost retail price.

Photos and article - Shelby GT350R Mustang carbon fiber wheels Retail for nearly $30,000

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W72 400

Sounds like they're trying to recoup some NRE with these.

houtex

So.... Car's worth 61K... but these are worth 30K... which means I can get a GT350R for about $32K if I tell them to hold off on those carbon wheels and put some others on, right?

...right?

SplitSecond

No, the way that reads the carbon wheels are an extra cost option, so another 30k on top of the 62k.

I guess i didn't realize they were an option and thought they were standard equipment. But then again I never looked into it really.

laserred38

You guys realize the GT500 forged wheels are like $2k a piece directly from Ford Service, right? That doesn't mean it costs them that much to produce, nor does it mean that's what people will pay for them. Still, I'd guess a set from FRPP will be between $10-15k.

TripleBlack14

How much weight would the CF wheels save, and how big of a performance gain would be realized to justify the cost? I can't imagine any significant or noticeable improvement, especially if the car is tracked only occasionally by a non-professional driver.

I'd think that that there'd be other performance mods or weight saving steps one could make for far less money than upgrading to CF wheels.

laserred38

I think I read that the CF wheels weigh about 16 pounds each. That's like half a comparable 19" aluminum wheel, which is HUGE savings in unsprung weight. I noticed a pretty big performance and ride degradation going from 19x9.5s to 20x9/10.5 and much bigger tires, so going the opposite direction in weight, by HALF, would be a huge deal. I'd bet the entire suspension would have to be retuned (say if someone put a set on our cars), if not the traction and stability control systems. If also the wheels alone would shave 2-3 seconds off a road course time, with no other mods, and maybe .2-.3 in the quarter and 0-60 times.

That's just my estimation of course, but I'm guessing the GT350 will go 0-60 in 3.5 and through the quarter in 11.7, even though the horsepower rating isn't there, I imagine the loss of weight and much lower unsprung weight will help it get off the line QUICK. I know that's not the point of this car, but if Ford is going to scrap a GT500 halo Mustang, this one needs to at least be as fast in a straight line as the Hellcat and ZL1, and I think it'll easily match those cars, while running away from Z/28s on a road course. It's really going to be an all around beast. If only they offered a Glass Roof on it, I'd trade up in a heartbeat.

houtex

Oh, right... optional thing. Dang. Ah well.

laserred38

Standard on GT350R, and I don't see them as an option on the standard GT350, unless I'm missing something?

SplitSecond

"One of the Mustang6G.com forum members has gone ahead and ordered the optional lightweight carbon fiber wheels for the very popular Shelby GT350R and he was kind enough to show how much they cost at retail price.

Shelby GT350R Mustang carbon fiber wheels Retail for nearly $30,000. A stock Shelby GT350R Mustang is expected to have a base price of $61,370, but if you want to upgrade to carbon fiber wheels you will end up paying almost 50% more as these cost around $30,000, so most likely only a few people will be willing to pay that much for such an expensive option."

Quoted from the article, unless the article is wrong?

Rather B.Blown

But the article also posts a picture of a receipt that you would get if you ordered something stand alone from the parts dept. (with a part number), not an option sheet total from ordering a car.

laserred38

Pretty sure the article is wrong. I was just looking at the order guides this morning, just out of curiosity. The R is the only way you can get all the tech stuff and keep the Recaros. And the CF wheels are standard on the R. The R gets 19x11 and 19x11.5 with 305/30/19 and 315/30/19 tires, while the standard GT350 gets 19x10.5 and 19x11 aluminum wheels with 295/35 and 305/30s.

The extra $13k or so for the R is an utter bargain, when you factor the CF wheels, carbon ceramic brakes and standard Magnetic Ride suspension.

In the past, the Cobra R and Laguna Seca Boss didn't seem worth the extra cost over the standard SVT mode, at least to me. This time around, Ford is clearly losing money on the R, but they are seriously dropping the gauntlet with regards to factory performance in this class of vehicle.

berzerk_1980

I'd like to read the original 6G forum post; too bad the article didn't cite their source. Anyway, after reading this press release from Ford Racing I wouldn't buy any CF wheels without the MagneRide suspension. So hopefully the person who paid $30k for these wheels bought a base GT350 with the tech or track packages, and aren't fitting this onto a Mustang GT or something.

http://racing.ford.com/series/more-r...fiber-whe.html

2k7gtcs

So I could buy an R for $60k if I could find one and sell the wheels for somewhere a little less than $30k if I could find a sucker

2k7gtcs

In 2000 there was no regular Cobra

So you either got the R or you got d!ck

Rather B.Blown

I was thinking the exact same thing last night, lol. Sell them for $20k and have an R for what a GT premium costs.

laserred38

I know this lol. In 1993 and 1995 there were both though...

2k7gtcs

Yeah well I don't care about those years because I don't own one. The 93 was a hatch back , blah, and the 95 required a racing license or racing resume to get

Detroit Steel

whoa, that's pricey, but it may be worth it. Here's my front page take on it...
https://themustangsource.com/gt350r-...ice-tag-14938/

Rog13GTCS

Hum, 30k for wheels. I've seen a lot of forged wheels I would like to have for a lot less $$$.