AIRODISC / Designs
The disc changes. What it bolts to does not, so the choice here is appearance and airflow rather than fitment.
Full face. Nothing interrupting it.
The closed disc. A single unbroken carbon face with eight cooling ports and a ninth, larger port for valve stem access. The quietest of the three and the one that changes a car most from across a parking lot.
Triangular lattice. The most open of the three.
A solid domed centre inside an open triangular lattice ring. The most air of the three designs and the most obviously motorsport, borrowing from the covers run on land speed and endurance cars.
Segmented bands. Structure you can read.
Two concentric bands of offset slots around a solid centre. Reads as machined rather than moulded, and the offset between the bands gives it depth that changes as the wheel turns.
All three cost the same, mount the same way and come in the same finishes. The face is the only variable, so this is the whole decision.
| Luxury Series | F1 Series | Performance Series | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Face | Full face. Nothing interrupting it. | Triangular lattice. The most open of the three. | Segmented bands. Structure you can read. |
| Airflow to the brakes | Most closed of the three | Most open of the three | Between the other two |
| Who picks it | Someone who wants the car to read as a different object from across a car park. It is the biggest visual change of the three and the one people notice standing still. | A car that is already sporting, and an owner who wants motorsport rather than luxury. It keeps some of the wheel visible, so it reads as a modification rather than a cover. | The middle choice, and the one most people land on. Enough closed area to change the car, enough opening that it does not read as a hubcap. |
| What it costs you | The least airflow and the most surface to keep clean. It is also the least subtle, which is the point, but it is not a quiet choice. | It changes the car least of the three. If you want the full smooth-face effect, this is not it. | It commits to neither extreme. If you know you want maximum airflow or maximum smooth face, one of the other two is the better answer. |
| Living with it | The easiest of the three to actually wipe down, because it is one uninterrupted face rather than a lattice that traps brake dust. | The lattice has the most edges, so brake dust collects in more places than on the closed face. | The offset slots are shallow and wipe out more easily than a deep lattice. |
If you drive the car hard, the airflow row is the one that matters and the open lattice is the answer. We say the same thing at more length inare aero wheel covers safe. If you are still working out what these are,start here.