Clear polycarbonate rims... savage |
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T.J.
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The creator and patent holder of “the clear wheel” Doug McGoon and Forgiato have combined to turn this idea into a real drivable wheel. The center is 1.5 or 2” polycarbonate, chemical hard coated both sides.
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Americans...bloody americans. Look at the tyres, theyre ridiculous!
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Bling bling ..........very trick.
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You would need to remove each rim when washing them!
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savage at half the price. $5000 per wheel and you get a set and some little knacker either steels them or ruins them with a knife, now wouldnt you be after seeing these beautiful wheels destroyed you would be to the police who would be behind your back while you proceed to |
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Dave Ryle
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Never mind your polycarbon's, the burberry drop and mod brigade will soon be fabricating lookalikes with perspex and using it to replace the cross spoke part of the e36 bbs split rims from the Sport coupe. It'll kick lexus rear lights off the top of the modding charts!
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the amount of testing and r&d that will go into that will put off most of the modding manufacturers
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Dave Ryle
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They'll look great with a nice layer of brakedust eating away at the inside of the polycarb centers. lol.
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The comment was a bit tongue in cheek, based on the fact that not too many of the plastic bit mods on your average dressed up Civic, etc. have been created following a rigorous engineering and testing lifecycle - "form" over function. Perspex sheeting based wheels might flex a bit in cornering but its cheap and readily available and could be used to create a look not unlike the $5k per corner item. |
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Bezel Setting - hahahahahahahahahaha! I wouldn't like to support over a ton of motorcar on them! Would be a sod to get the kerbing marks polished out... EDIT: Tj - I thought that you said that the e39 was more the "family car" and you weren't going nuts on it!!! Edited by Fey! |
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Kin - you need those to show off the new brakes
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Polycarb is the stuff they make the glasses for rimmles etc. isn't that expensive. However from experience they tend to change color if exposed to various enviro things. e.g. heat, chemicals and even sweat. Will be fun to see them after some carwash stuff, wheel cleaner, wax and road grime sits on them. Oh and they will scratch when cleaned unless you use that soft cloth you can buy at Specsavers. And IMHO they look mank. You might get away with that in the US but can you imagine the local youth.... the amount of piss taking will be tremendous. |
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Totally wicked man. I'm sure anybody willing to buy them wouldn't be parking in the Square car park on a Saturday night anyway so they probably wouldn't get vandalized. and if the Polycarb is 2 inches thick I'm sure they will have some sort of coating that will clean easy and not scratch.
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you would really buy them for a modification show and use your chrome spinners for everyday use, as for scratching if some skanger wanted to damage them while in a car park they will succeed, dont have to just scratch, a bit of spray paint and with them
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I think they look silly Typical American bling. |
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What about brake cooling?
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Not required.......when one is doing all of 10mph everywhere, to ensure that all and sundary can see ones $20,000 + worth of wheels, brake cooling is at the bottom of list of requirements. |
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Make your own, here is the material From McMaster Carr Catalog
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Am I the only one who thinks it looks absolute pants??? Extremely gimmicky. An answer to a question no-one was asking. To my mind a nice alloy wheel is not just functional but a piece of automotive "art" (for want of a better word) to be enjoyed in its own right. But hey, each to his own. Mick |
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Don't think so Mick!! I think this thread has gone forward on the same basis as watching a movie - the suspension of disbelief..... (from Wiki - Suspension of disbelief refers primarily to the willingness of a reader or viewer to accept the premises of a work of fiction, even if they are fantastic or impossible. It also refers to the willingness of the audience to overlook the limitations of a medium, so that these do not interfere with the illusion) |
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