We lay a carbon-fibre skin over the whole face of the wheel and seal it under clear coat. The structure underneath is still a forged 6061-T6 monoblock — the same wheel, with a different surface.
It is not a carbon wheel. It does not make the wheel lighter, and it does not make it stronger. What it does is change how the face reads: deeper, darker, with a weave that moves as the light does.
