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Astralite wheels were made of 5251 aluminium alloy from selected ingots with magnesium content kept below 2% and tempered to H16 (three quarter hard using strain hardening) specification.
Rim halfs were spinned, which increased material strength further, whilst using a wax coating - then anodised immediately after.
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