hmmm..

 

interesting...but, very scary. what material is that made of?

 

Yeah, how do they do that ??

 

i'm guessing it's not glass...

 

it is a clear aluminum. look up transparent aluminum.


This is what I found


"Transparent Aluminum:
according to this recent article entitled "Glass breakthrough," transparent aluminum (or aluminate glass) was created from aluminum oxide. it's stronger than glass and steel."

 

I wonder how it looks spinning?

 

its made to show off brake kits, imagine how dirty it will get when brakedust covers it.

 

Man, startreck kick's ass.

I didn't know they were that far along in the devolopment of transparent aluminum yet, i thought they only anounced last month that it was in development.

 

It was only a matter of time.

Much better idea then spinners though

 

I always found the beauty of wheels in their spoke design.

 

so is it one solid piece, or like invisible five stars?
can see it being practical, you'd have to take off your rims to clean both sides right?!

 

After reading some of those articles, I'm gonna say

Those rims would probably cost about the same as what the Z cost (if not more). Ain't no way a ricer is going to have rims made of invisible alum. when the gov't is still researching it...

It took 30 years for microwave oven technology to transfer form military to civilian uses, and I don't think a discovery like invisible alum. would be used on a 350Z before being used by the military...

It's gotta be a photochop...

 

same here



look at the front wheel, that looks like a chop. The wheel is too forward and is that even the type of caliper that is used on the Z?

 

Im going to have to agree with him on this one. Even though I have heard nothing about this, I cant imagine (based on the description) that these things are cheap.

 

would have been cooler if it had no rivets... that way, when the car was moving, it would look like the wheels were standing still!!!

and, ppl love that look. thx

 

I was hoping by searching through the 350z forum, I could get some answers.. but even they dont have a clue.. and most importantly, the source of the photo.

http://www.my350z.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152019

 

Could it possibly just a show wheel made out of lexan?

Not meant for road use?

If its not a chop, the front left tire still has the sticker on the tread

 

p-shop or not I love the idea. All except the fact that a full faced wheel is murder on your rotors.

 

I just examined the picture. It is a p-shop. If you look at picture #1 along the wheelbase you can see where it has been blurred. This is usually done to remove any lines left over from a imperfect cut and paste or clone. In picture #2 you can clearly see a thin black line on the wheelbase. This was also done to clean up the line between the car and the ground.

My guess is that this car was up on jack stands and the wheels were removed in order to expose the brakes. They took a picture of the car with the wheels on it at the same angle so they could have tires to cut and paste from.

Good idea, but they shoulda got me to do the chop

 

also, look at the reflection of the wheel on the front wheel.... some more evidence?

 

I didn't even catch that. Its a rear caliper.

 

You should be do some undercover work

 

neg. it's a 350z front caliper. compare with the rear caliper - it does LOOK like a rear caliper - thank Nissan for that - but it's a front caliper.. as far as whether the pics are photo-shops... I dunno... they look quite convincing to me. the blurring you see might just be because of the jpg compression, it's hard to say.

check these pics of other 350z's, regarding the front calipers:

 

If that's a chop it's damn good.

 

apparently it was a photochop posted by someone on a 350z forum about a year ago...

http://www.350zmotoring.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=34220

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I believe it's a photochop, because it has to be - I looked everywhere and no sign of these "clear" wheels.... anywhere. if it was true, they would have been all over the place... show cars, etc. damn nice photochop.

 

Most original photochop I have seen lately

 

i think you forgot something...

 

Thanks for clearing that up. Man that looks a lot like a rear caliper.

Its definately a ps though. Save it, open it and pixelize the area in question.

 

 

Cool idea, but I would not chop or buy those rims without a BBK behind those babies!

 

that would look so cool on the road....the car would look like its floating


definately baller...too bad its a chop

 

my question is how do you chop a clear rim. i mean how do you make it look like that.

 

As stated above:

Take picture of car
Take picture of car on jackstands at same angle (no wheels to expose brakes)
Superimpose wheels on picture of car on jackstands
Remove area of the superimposed wheel you do not want (face of the wheel)
Slightly darken the removed area of the wheel to make it look like glass
Clone the ground under the car to erase jackstands
Clean up wheelbase of the car where jackstands were

Clear wheels.

 

If it's a photo chop they went to amazing levels. You'll notice the reflection of the wheel from the Scion in the background on the right rear. Which is at the perfect angle...

You can also see a reflection of the trees in the other wheels.

I also wonder what the yellow sticker on the tire is for on the front left.

Impressive photoshop if it is one...

 

Totally incorrect.

It took 1 year after discovering microwaves *by accident* (1946) that the 1st microwave was commercially available (1947).

The microwave has been around for 50+ years. Making it even older than you

http://www.gallawa.com/microtech/history.html

 

wow, that is deffff points for creativity. damn interesting idea. what if you do a complete clear car?


EDIT: just read thru the whole thread. if it was real, it would have been sooooooooo cool

 

...a beautiful hypothesis destroyed by a single ugly fact.

Maybe I should have said that it took 30 years for them to become common household appliances...

 

just about to say the same thing.

 

Sorry dude had to mess with ya on that one. There was just a special on the history channel about it. Otherwise I wouldn't have second guess ya

Still doesn't change what you were trying to get across though...

those wheels totally fascinate me.

 

they are real!
and now there is a bbk kit and wheels have been redone. they look nothing like this now
sorry cant show pics of updated clear rim . that wont be possible. TOP SECRET.lol