Hi,
has anybody heard about the new Alcoa Dura-Bright Evo wheels?
It’s supposed to be coming out in early 2014; I’ve heard it’s shinier and the surface treatment is going to be even better. Cleaning liquids can now be PH 2-12 which will be really useful.
Here’s a link I found on the Alcoa website: alcoa.com/alcoawheels/europe … ght_en.pdf
I better get saving for some new wheels!
Be interesting to see how these last, sure MR Vain had durabrights and they tarnished.
I ve had mine 4 years and still look good. As long as you stick to cleaning with soap and water they are fine. It’s when people start using strong cleaning products and dodgy truck washes that you get issues. Alcoa says ph 5-9 for the current DuraBright
Here’s a cleaning video from Alcoa for Dura Brights:
Me and my mates have cleaned them like this for years and never had an issue 
Smiler70:
Here’s a cleaning video from Alcoa for Dura Brights:Me and my mates have cleaned them like this for years and never had an issue
You have mates…? 
Well, they say they r… 
I’ve been told that the wheels will be available at the beginning of Feb.
Smiler70:
I better get saving for some new wheels!
Jack all to do with me I know mate, but just curious, is it your own motor?
It’s just that I can never understand these guys that eagerly invest their hard earned, in an already poorly paid industry, in upping the profile of their bosses co, by customising the firms motors with light bars, shiny wheels and such crap,… thus telling their bosses that they are paying them too much, consequently minimising the already unlikely event of them (as well as the more down to earth type of driver that has the misfortune to have to work alongside them 
) of ever getting a wage raise 
… but hey, each to his own and all that. 
Get a life
thehairyarsedtrucker:
Get a life
Who ? him me or both of us??
For me it’s payload… More payload = more profit , the shiny side of it is a bonus. And it it is my own truck so I see the benefit of reducing the truck and trailers weight.
How much weight can be saved on a 6x2 unit and tri-axle trl if you fit Alcoas instead of steel?
Depending on tyre size, 142kg on the 6x2 and another 116kg on the trailer.
I have 3 sets on order for april an march for new Volvo’s
they look nice when clean and make it easy to shift the unit’s on
The vacuum tanker I used to drive was fitted with alloys all round. I presume it was for payload benefits, as no one (me included) ever polished them and you could hardly see the wheels under about six years’ worth of crap. 
Yeah a lot of trucks or trailers are running with alu wheels but you would never know it. Payload is by far the biggest reason people fit them. And with Euro 6 trucks being heavier , they will become even more important. Plus you get a 5 year unlimited mileage warranty cos they are much stronger than steel wheels.