We Cut Open A Very Expensive Bugatti Wheel (W/ Ed Bolian)

What makes a bugatti wheel so expensive? We cut one in half and ruined it to find out.
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[@johnburnett8]

Nothing like cutting a $35000 rim with a 100 dollar sawzall boys.

[@spazmeister1791]

The more it costs, the easier to break

[@TrevorD19]

@@spazmeister1791 Facts

[@Sinerwray]

Wheel.

[@paddington1670]

calling wheels rims is so 2004

[@mjk4378]

It’s 35000 for the set. So $8750 for 1 rim n tire. And that’s also the price from Bugatti. You can find them used for way cheaper. Just like anything else that isn’t from a dealership. And I guarantee you he didn’t pay anymore then 8k for that wheel and tire.

[@robertshelton3796]

"I gave you Lamborgini wheels to avoid this exact situation" LOL

[@joshrepik]

Ed is always the best, and I love how he answers casually wearing his reptile

[@WendysAnime]

Waiting on that tank cleaning video

[@enmenronning5899]

me too

[@kcsniperboy7148]

Here's the funny thing about nitrogen in tires...the atmosphere is already 70% nitrogen

[@Ckcdillpickle]

yeah but now its pure nitrogen. nitrogen is very common in tires

[@kcsniperboy7148]

@@Ckcdillpickle yes but my point is that car companies r scamming u on pure nitrogen and the abilities it brings because ur literally only getting 30% more "performance"

[@Ckcdillpickle]

@@kcsniperboy7148 nitrogen is not for performance lol, its for pressure

[@spazmeister1791]

Sounds like something a car company would say

[@Ckcdillpickle]

​@@spazmeister1791 nitrogen doesn't expand as much as air with temperature changes, which is why every plane has them and racing vehicles

[@bigjohn3435]

there are woven steel cords/belts underneath the treads. its basically a steel blanket inside the rubber. there is very little or no steel in the sidewalls of the tires, where you typically slash a tire. 5:43 you can see the steel layer under the tread and the polymer layer that runs from bead to bead and the steel reinforcement in the bead.

[@BigNCountry]

Most tires are like that. Some more then others but most have steel mesh and even mesh sidewalls

[@bigjohn3435]

@@BigNCountry no the vast majority don't have steel mesh in the sidewalls for, and i can't stress this next word enough, MANY reasons. they are reinforced in the sidewalls with a nylon, or similar product. the side wall goes through extreme amounts of flexing while driving in a straight line. steel mesh would begin to fracture and poke through a sidewall. that's why the bead and tread are steel. the flexing on a properly inflated tire is minimal in the tread and none in the bead.

[@maniv100]

they're giant run flat tires

[@bigjohn3435]

@@maniv100 has nothing to do with the design of the tire. the runflat is the plastic insert

[@maniv100]

@@bigjohn3435 run flat tires have a metallic frame inside them. The plastic part is only a Bugatti thing

[@brunovazquez1]

You guys should’ve taken them to tire shops just so you can see them try tirelessly remove the tire 😂

[@hancowman7622]

Yeah I'm sure old glue will really slow down a tire man.

[@notSalaried]

It's the pax system, takes a s ton of force to break the sidewall. Can only replace the tire twice before the wheels have to be replaced

[@sakaraist]

That ed guy's a pretty smooth talker, he should start a youtube channel where he talks about cars & car stories or something.

[@TurboBroZone]

Really

[@andrewagape9244]

Bruh it’s called Car Trek. Look it up. Can’t tell if this is a joke or not

[@Thermit]

Those wheels are expensive, yeah. But the fun pet is that Bugatti loses over a million with every Veyron they sell. The car is essentially nothing else than a gigantic marketing scheme for the VW Group 🤷‍♂️

[@hherpdderp]

VW if you're listening, just make one less Bugatti and send this man 500k for saving you half a million.

[@jonathanramiro100yearsago]

Overpriced Volkswagen.....just like audi

[@veridico84]

Luckily they don't sell any Veyrons anymore. They sell the Chiron, and the Chiron makes a profit.

[@kg4boj]

I don't care what they told you. NO COMPANY develops a product to sell at a loss. They're making plenty of money.

[@muh1h1]

@@kg4boj It used to actually be true with the Veyron, however it got Bugatti in a position to sell other cars for a profit so in the end it did make sense.

[@CrackleTheDragon]

2:48 the armpit handshake killed me

[@5spd5thgen]

Nothing like exposing a scam about “tire glue” with a water jet and a sawzall

[@aayesher9400]

It was degraded

[@realkilju]

The tires are run flat tires, The clear part in the middle is the run flat part

[@Mogman150]

I thought that at first (i.e. HumVee style), but also, wheels do strange things at 200+ MPH. It may be as much to help the tire hold it's form.

[@PugilistCactus]

Not quite. Run flats you can drive on, this just prevents the aluminum rims from bending under the weight of the car.

[@Rubberfoxy]

No. This is the Michelin PAX System. In case of a flat tire, the car runs in this plastic rings instead of the rims edges. ​@@PugilistCactus

[@MrCalie]

‏‪2:29‬‏ lil pawn stars action lol

[@Johnfromthedesert]

I once had two tires slashed and my insurance deemed my car "totaled." They were right. Two tires cost more than my car would sell for at the time. Can't imagine driving around on 200x that reliable Town Car's value.

[@spedracer55]

thats crazy

[@ng4847]

What car did you have ???

[@Johnfromthedesert]

@@ng4847 1995 Lincoln Town Car. The interior and exterior looked like junk. But at 250k miles, the engine and trans were still cherry.

[@JamesBond-xx1lv]

Why tf would you call your insurance over someone slashing your tires?

[@Johnfromthedesert]

@@JamesBond-xx1lv I was 16 and my parents told me to? I dunno haha never thought about that until now.

[@bobbygetsbanned6049]

We get the pawn stars skit without an offer being made!? That tire was worth at least 3 pieces of juicy fruit and a used paper clip!

[@sjoerdvangool9709]

Radiographer (industrial) here, about the x-ray part. I would be open for this channel to x-ray it for them. Downside is that u wont see cracks with x-ray, u can use dye pen for surface cracks inspection or other methods. X-ray is used in a situation like this for degradation of wall thickness and or gass or other faults that occur during pouring liquid metal in the mold.

[@Flyingwalrus42]

2:12 that was honestly not what I expected at all and it was great.

[@potatopotatopotatopotatopo8746]

The whole call with Ed was awesome, really cool to learn more about tires and Bugatti

[@bigfan6016]

You guys come up with the most interesting content! Always something new and intriguing.

[@ermansinan]

how is this most interesting, new or even intriguing?

[@zachaliles]

I don't think I saw a valve stem on that rim. Nevermind, they just hide it very well.

[@bluustreak6578]

That handshake tho xD

[@quidproquo9000]

The support rings are pressed onto the rims, they need to be removed with the tire, the PAX system uses a vertically loaded bead instead of a side loaded bead in a conventional tire system, they used these on the Honda Odyssey, the Bugatti might have used glue to keep them together at speeds, but the Honda didn’t have any glue

[@BRZZN]

Exactly what I was thinking!

[@midship_nc]

The whole "tires are glued so they can't be replaced" thing is bs. Just after sales revenue generation from Bugatti. The car only makes 1000 hp, plenty of drag cars with 2x 3x more power on non-beadlock wheels with track prep sticking the tires to the surface.

[@MrZhilvinas]

It's not about the torque handling, its more about the radial forces at high speed rotation. Heck, even the rims come close to ripping themselves apart. Dragsters use solid disk rims and the tires deform massively at speed, almost doubling in diameter. No bueno for a road car. Making the wheel keep its shape is the insane challenge. You can still see just how much this tire deforms anyway from the wear on the centerline. But I agree with the glue being BS. The tire/rim might very well be single use due to likely absurd preload on the bead. Perhaps 'glue' is just a simpler story to feed people than all the complexities of mechanical engineering on why you should never ever touch the wheels and how it could make them explode while driving.

[@saikanonojutsu]

Clearly the glue itself is there, but the idea that the fresh rubber can't be reglued is just silly bs that a marketing guy and an accountant thought up during a coke and blowbang session

[@midship_nc]

@@saikanonojutsu exactly lol

[@midship_nc]

@@MrZhilvinas drag tires like you are referencing do not have radial steel belts in them, only bias ply nylon cord. They are designed expand at speed. Radial steel belted DOT approved tires like a bugatti would have are designed to do the opposite and be as rigid as possible. 250 mph is nowhere close to providing enough force to rip a wheel apart, that would require many thousands of rotations per minute to achieve. If that's all it took, turbo prop engines and turbo fan engines would be impossible to operate. Not trying to argue or anything but bugatti is full of crap, and make claims like this to sell cars and $40k sets of tires to rich people.

[@MrZhilvinas]

@@midship_nc Assuming ~25" wheel diameter it comes out at ~3400RPM at 250MPH. Leading to centripetal acceleration (of the outer surface) of nearly 40000m/ss (~4000G). Rotational forces are no joke, as they scale quadratic!

[@traviszane5334]

Should have took it to a Bugatti to see their reaction

[@zqzj]

Bugatti: Blasphemy!!! 😡

[@ng4847]

Do this

[@Luton-Mick]

A Ferrari wheel would be a far better troll, they're notoriously touchy about anyone messing with their products.

[@re8672]

Ed's look after seeing that cut wheel: How I imagine Vader would look, if during an Imperial march your clumsy ass bumped into him with an ice cream cone, smashed it on his robe then falls on his shoe.

[@EclipseAudioLabs4806]

Ed’s Reaction kills me at 5:10 😂 keep rewatching it haha

[@electronicsNmore]

One or two of those tires are more than that Ram 1500, not the set of 4. Crazy prices. Cheaper to have a cast made of the original rim.

[@Mikelectric]

awesome vid, i wanna see u spin up a flywheel, like something heavy but low rolling friction and u spin it up slowly, faster and faster and faster

[@glazedegyptian]

This was an amazing crossover. Apologies if its not the first between you three.

[@drummerman1206]

They freakin shook armpits!!! Haaaaahahahaha. That killed me. 😂

[@sekovittol3124]

Welp, Bugatti is off my list, I'll just keep my 14 year old Mazda working I guess.

[@heroesofthelandstrasse]

My Mazda is 29, but I agree. I'm not impressed by the Bugatti quality.

[@sekovittol3124]

@@heroesofthelandstrasse Had to retire that 2008 Mazda 3 due to rust, now I got a 20211 Mazda 3. Got to rust treat it, keep up on that. Rust kills cars here.

[@gizzymoee]

I miss the original crew :(.

[@bcob8989]

The whole video I was like “how do you justify this purchase” and then I realized that’s Patrick Adair 😂😂

[@tamuccbiker]

Where the heck has Mitchel (sp?) been? I missed the random taste tests for certification, lol

[@Jeremy_Adams]

MITCH!!!! I MISS YOU!!!

[@jbarnhill50]

Bugatti tires are like pax tires they have that runflat ring and the wheel isnt as special people think. But in order to change the tire you need a pax tire changing machine setup. But so freaking awesome

[@muriloganzaroli5927]

2:13 Better than the original show 😆👌

[@patrickr2686]

The lick test earned you guys the like

[@Derekzparty]

Much better than cutting open an expensive Ed Bolian

[@King.xerxes]

Bro casually carrying a python on his neck, like it's nothin serious 😂

[@nunyabusiness8538]

“edit that out” *keeps it in*

[@matthewjones7935]

Slash the sidewall, it's a lot easier.

[@meanstreets2030]

Idk who would buy a 35k dollar Bughatti veyron rim and cut it but these guys Are insane

[@destructionandmore5430]

That wheel is worth more than my car

[@Tacticaldragonmke]

Not the pawn star reference 😭😭😭😂😂😂 LMAOOOO

[@МюмюнЕргин]

Fun fact they also pumped premium Bugatti air in the tires

[@nostickpeople]

I can't believe I watched this to the end! But I'm amazed and know I couldn't ever afford a buggati let alone a tire for it!

[@watsmyu989]

That dude just looks generally disappointed, like a father after their son drew over their credit card.

[@MikesTropicalTech]

That's nuts. P.S. VW sold Bugatti to Rimac, the Croatian electric hypercar company. I still don't understand why.

[@MyHandleIsGood]

Look at who owns 45% of Rimac.

[@paulie-Gualtieri.]

Hyper electric car shìt, that's sad, VW still holds a strike in the company, but yes why indeed. I'd give Bugatti 5 years tops before it's gone or sold off.

[@utuberme1]

@@paulie-Gualtieri. Hybrid Bugatti incoming.

[@huntaaa4]

i mean Ed couldn't look any bit more high than he already is 🤣

[@Veptis]

The funny joke is you can only drive the Bugatti Veyron at top speed for only 30 minutes before the tank runs out, but the wheels would only last 10 minutes.

[@angelcisneros918]

Nothing special about those tires, they are called PAX tires made by Michelin. They used those on the Honda Odyssey Touring in the 2007 model and they were a pain to replace but not horrible, honda realized they made a mistake and immediately discounted the wheel/tire set.

[@ironman3743]

Thanks for this video guys this answers lots of my questions!!!!

[@ImJusBuba]

Fun fact, there’s a video on my channel of me driving a Porsche GT3 and running into him on the highway in one of his Lamborghini’s, ended up rolling into the car show with him. Awesome guy.

[@TheJonesChannel11]

"Those tire pressure monitors aren't cheap either." $60. That's it. I've replaced hundreds of them.

[@Zebra.Lionfish]

Hundreds on Bugattis?

[@TheJonesChannel11]

@@Zebra.Lionfish Hundreds of TPMS's.

[@DespairMisery]

@@TheJonesChannel11 on Bugattis?

[@TheJonesChannel11]

@@DespairMisery On TPMS's.

[@JackPepal357]

As for the nitrogen thing, it’s a scam. Air is already mostly nitrogen, and you don’t pull the tire to a vacuum to inflate so either way air will be on there. ~ a dealer tech

[@GF-mf7ml]

You don't need nitrogen gas in your tires unless you are racing.

[@michaelreynolds1422]

You are incorrect. The standard is to get 94% nitrogen purity when you install the tire. At that rate there will be benefits.

[@Tallnerdyguy]

Which the Veyron very much is for

[@tsm688]

@@michaelreynolds1422 lmao

[@AlexMiedemaFRL]

2:50 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MikeL-FL]

Ugh. That made me feel physically nauseous. 🤢 Just throwing away money seems to be a favorite pastime of Bugatti and their customers.

[@mileskosik472]

My guess is it is a wheel that Bugatti wouldn't replace the tire on due to finding damage.

[@mzaite]

Think of it less like a car wheel and tire, and more like a private Jet Wheel and Tire. Same production volume, same standards. The Veyron was basically built like a land airplane.

[@tsm688]

@@mileskosik472 the video literally gives the reason why -- it's old and sketchy by bugatti standards, nobody will buy it

[@coga8116]

A box with fedEx on it made me wonder if this is real. I know that buggatti is not delivering wheels to a non client(i mean if you don't have a buggatti). And do they really deliver 35k$ wheel in a fedex box ?

[@Tallnerdyguy]

FedEx will warranty an item that expensive. USPS will not

[@tsm688]

@@Tallnerdyguy in the video they explain the wheel is worthless because its too old to be reliable

[@Kenjiro5775]

What makes it that expensive? That's easy, there are idiots willing to pay $35K for a single wheel.

[@kiwaycanny6522]

And if you make the only size tire for the veyron youre forcing the costumer to pay for it

[@CyberGenesis1]

"Because we can" ~Bugatti

[@demarcuscousinsthe65th]

this is my comfort channel

[@pjbth]

You should put jet dry in that water tank to stop the foaming. Like a gold prospector puts in his pan

[@brandonb9452]

Could sell cross sections of the wheel to Bugatti owners for 10K each

[@PeterRobertson79]

Ed is awesome.

[@SuperAgentman007]

That’s why you have to send those tires to a Bugatti dealership to be mounted because the dealership must then send them to France to be mounted because they have a special compound glue that holds the tires on the rims specially when you’re driving over 200 miles an hour

[@googlewolly]

That guy thinks too highly of his Ram 1500. Anyway, good video.

[@notold37]

And this is why you can't have NICE THINGS Great video guys 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘Cheers from Melbourne Australia

[@Randomname183]

Oh good ring boy is back

[@EnlightenedHeckler]

That tire lick earned my sub. 4 sure he's a professional

[@KartiacKID]

Strange, the 1988 C4 Calloway Corvette sledgehammer went 255mph in 1988 and those tires seemed to hold up fine

[@DrBIeed]

The thing is they only ever made 1 Sledgehammer and the tires that it used at the time were specially made by Goodyear for that car.

[@KartiacKID]

So is everyone Michelin tire for the Veyron

[@KartiacKID]

Meant to place an “of” in that last sentence

[@gegervary]

A 35 000$ Bugatti wheel is also called a scam.

[@Tippotipo]

Tell that to Loris Biccochi, veteran Bugatti test driver, who crashed a Veyron prototype with exploded ordinary tires at the time nearly 400 km/h.

[@mrcool6256]

"Great step uncle"

[@dealerhealer3673]

I don't know wtf I just watched but I like it 👍

[@rossblumps4458]

Y’all’s friend has a really cool snake.

[@vielhabr]

Mitchel made this a good video

[@EmberCitrine]

oh my god you're mucking your tank freakin clean it.

[@Mattmazz77]

I believe that plastic ring in the center is a form of runflat setup

[@mustangjones67]

That wheel price is ridiculous

[@ggrethaveall5088]

I come here for my H. John. Benjamin fix til Archer resumes. thanks Guys!!!

[@coloradorc]

This wheel is more expensive than my entire car.

[@mungaloyd1]

Somehow O.Z. Can’t possibly create another rim that withstands high speeds for less..oh wait upcharge just for the vehicle they go on..I’d look into some other high end wheels before I dreamed of paying for all that kardashian high life

[@Centology]

Bugatti executives watching this video rn be like

[@charlesmarshall7045]

Normal air is 78% Nitrogen already.

[@saikanonojutsu]

Take it to a Bugatti dealership and record the reactions

[@bellemarematt]

Nitrogen for tires is no additional cost at Costco.

[@ml9867]

Do you have to buy tires there or do they just do it for free? Do you have to have some other maintenance thing done there or is there just a free pump?

[@bellemarematt]

@@ml9867 Free for members. My local store has self-serve stations outside the tire changing area.

[@ml9867]

@@bellemarematt I'm not a member. Do you have to show or scan your card?

[@bellemarematt]

@@ml9867 It's outside the store and no one has ever asked to see my card when I use it, but it does say members only, so use at your own risk.

[@ambitionandy]

That pawn stars reference lmao

[@ZachlikesMetal]

Those tire sensors are legit just regular factory sensors. Only reason they cost more because they slap it in a Bugatti wheel.

[@Operator-fq2fn]

Bro that one wheel is worth more than my little ebay business

[@jennasloan396]

KZbin is now giving me ads for waterjets

[@mnightfamalam1510]

Me wondering if upgrading to 205 width tires would lead to rubbing before this video popped up in my recommendations

[@hancowman7622]

Tire spoons would discount that tire. They'd have been better off just dismounting and still be able to show it off.

[@D0ubleSwipe]

Mitchell Is an expert on Mitchellin

[@rahbor]

NExt Video: We cut open a Bugatti Chiron

[@drsnaps2563]

Almost had me fooled thought I was watching pawn stars for a second

[@jaubuchon28]

Funny youd make the dually with one wheel comparison, most super singles are 385 - 445 typically

[@ClebyHerris]

4 wheels more than his truck. Nah 1 is 99% of everybody else’s car

[@jacobvoorhies4976]

When you get a new Bugatti tire replacement and it gets popped by a rock in the road

[@BRZZN]

So basically this is like the PAX system used in the Honda Odyssey & Bugatti is just lying to people saying they are glued on which is BS. LOL wow

[@victortaveira8271]

It`s a PAX system with some reinforcement of gluing the tires and special polymers in the rubber

[@tsm688]

watch the entire video, they found the glue

[@MaNNeRz91]

You mean no road legal tyres were made. Drag tyres have done 300mph for decades

[@gameonyolo1]

I don't think those are dot approved

[@MaNNeRz91]

@@gameonyolo1 that's what I'm saying.

[@gameonyolo1]

@@MaNNeRz91 drag tires aren't road legal

[@Dmaaaain]

It's a set of wheels and tires for around 35.000 dollars.. not one wheel!!!

[@James-c2d7y]

When they came out they were 30 grand for just the tires

[@rosegold-beats]

No 1 wheel is 30k-50k each