Clear Wheels

[Tangles]

received an email from a mate, thought Id share:

The patent holder of "the clear wheel" and a company called Forgiato are now making clear mag wheels (20in or 22in only) with glass-like finish hard coated 50mm thick polycarbonate centre. The centre is 1.5 or 2" polycarbonate, chemical hard coated both sides.

Weight for the 20" mag is 27 lbs, and the 22" mag is 38 lbs (complete wheel weight)

All other parts of the wheel are forged 6061t aluminium (Inner and outer hoops and Hub centre)

SAE tested, certified and passed Impact, cornering and radial tests.

RRP is $5000.00 per wheel

$5grand USD each. $20g usd a set of 4, say 30grand AUD once imported with taxes paid? Anyway, Id say give it 5 yrs and they'd be affordable, I guess a bit like a plasma tv which where in the tens of thousands when new to the market, or like a dvd player which used to retail at 2 grand - now they have come down over time to 50bucks.

flame me if its a repost, but meh I thought Id share......

[HotPlates]

Seen these ages ago and the first thing I thought was.... damn they are going to be ugly once you scratch them and they go cloudy etc etc.

[RustyR32Gtst]

$30 K plus another $10 K or more for a descent set of brakes to go behind the polycarbonate.

Getting the Windex out to clean your wheels would be trippy.............both sides, what a mission.

[tridentt150v]

They'd look trippy at night when you have the disc's glowing a nice red.

[Basti]

those pics will be useful when you want chop some big brakes behind your car with a different style rim. not very practical are they? where is the brake dust gonna go? and any heat?

[phee]

saw this ages ago - more for show cars, you'd be ghey to put them on a street car

[Kinks]

flame me if its a repost, but meh I thought Id share......

seriously though, it's a cool looking concept but obviously for show cars, not road cars

[SilverECR33]

ive seen a set of rims on a lotus esprit v8 se that when it was driving the spokes became invisible all u could see was brakes and rim. wonder wat these were...

[Haysey]

looks weird as, as said before would look shit on a car with stock brakes hahahahaha

rice them up with some neons behind or something.. now that would be trippy....

dont mind them too much i guess something new.... next they will be cutting spokes in them!

[RBwhatever]

Yeah they've been around for a bit. Not intended to drive on the road, don't think it would be very safe. They're only to go onto show cars, and roll around on them for a few meters or so.

[PIG747]

i wouldnt trust them driving on the road especially in the streets of sydney

[thorpe84]

very old, very tacky

just like spinners i can only see these stupid things taking off in the usa.....or japan.

a few years ago at the sema show they had clear rims that had L.E.D's in them and when the wheel spun it created a customized message. it looked pretty trippy but still so tacky

[phatlavish]

hahaha, How stupid does this look: http://youtube.com/watch?v=X7OdIIzjU3s

[Greekos]

i thought cars had enough plastic on them these days

[ctjet]

seriously though, it's a cool looking concept but obviously for show cars, not road cars

LOL

[Basti]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=PMnbNSx6XrU&amp...ted&search=

[eron]

Can you remove the glass or something? Cuz brake dust gonna coat the inside of the glass and you can't clean it?

[scandyflick]

Can you remove the glass or something? Cuz brake dust gonna coat the inside of the glass and you can't clean it?

i know im just covering minor details here, but it isnt glass, its polycarbonate, there is a difference.

and i sincerely doubt theyre meant for show purposes only, not the street.

theyre not practical, they'd be heavy, a 20"x2" plate of polycarb is not light by any stretch of the imagination.

[anfo]

3 simple words

"wow but gay"

Edited June 13, 2007 by anfo

[HotPlates]

3 simple words

"wow but gay"

I often say this about lesbians.