Remember the photochopped clear rims..

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Oct 24, 2006 | 01:50 PM

njzprettyboy

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Remember the photochopped clear rims..

Well apparently they are real...chk out this video of them in action..

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2781478

They will be displaying their product at SEMA this week, got this info from over at clublexus...
http://www.clublexus.com/forums/show...=185950&page=1

Oct 24, 2006 | 01:53 PM

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Oct 24, 2006 | 01:59 PM

njzprettyboy

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^^really? I musta missed the new thread. I remember the old thread where we all came to the conclusion it was a chop.............

Oct 24, 2006 | 04:07 PM

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you call out repost - but provide no link?

Oct 24, 2006 | 04:14 PM

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you call out repost - but provide no link?

No link = no repost.

BTW, cool little vid... funny that these things are real now...

Oct 24, 2006 | 05:20 PM

njzprettyboy

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^^im sure there was a thread like this about spinning wheels....i was absoultely CONVINCED these were chopped and it was a fluke...interesting concept which should be in rap videos shortly..........

Oct 24, 2006 | 05:29 PM

srika

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Originally Posted by njzprettyboy

that vid has been Premiere'ed, lol.

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Oct 24, 2006 | 06:35 PM

njzprettyboy

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^^what you mean?

Oct 24, 2006 | 06:38 PM

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Hello ugly

Oct 24, 2006 | 07:32 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by njzprettyboy

^^what you mean?

premier is the photoshop for videos..

but i doubt something as basic as premier can take it that far..
i would think something far more hi-tech studio stuff to clear out something like that

Oct 24, 2006 | 07:33 PM

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hahahaha somewher ein the begining of that clip, when the camera goes all beserk and shaky, i thought the camera guy got run over

Oct 24, 2006 | 08:03 PM

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hahahaha somewher ein the begining of that clip, when the camera goes all beserk and shaky, i thought the camera guy got run over

hahaha i thoguth so too.

Oct 24, 2006 | 08:05 PM

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yeah joking about the premiere thing.. crazy those are real..

Oct 24, 2006 | 08:24 PM

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@ him hitting the windshield wipers accidentally about 3/4 through the vid.

Oct 24, 2006 | 09:04 PM

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I will get some pics at sema if they are really there.

Oct 24, 2006 | 09:33 PM

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In the vid they just have really thin spokes...

Oct 24, 2006 | 10:06 PM

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In the vid they just have really thin spokes...

thats what i was thinking.

Oct 24, 2006 | 10:42 PM

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I call BS on the whole thing. I believe I see very very thin spokes on the wheels. I dont know of any material strong enough to support the weight of a car...

Oct 25, 2006 | 01:23 AM

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I will get some pics at sema if they are really there.

get us the real story, dawg.

Oct 25, 2006 | 01:49 AM

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in real form, still ugly...

Oct 25, 2006 | 10:47 AM

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Definitely may be true about the spokes. You'd think if this was such a breakthrough that the guy with the camera would have zoomed in more on the rims to promote them.

Curious to see if they show up at SEMA...

Oct 25, 2006 | 11:58 AM

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hmm.. there is a point there. if you look closely in the beginning with the Z rolling, you get a glimpse of a reflection from the lips of the rim. you can tell there's little stripes spinning..

but still is it true something that thin can really hold up? i guess it could be little reinforcements for the plastic clear plate.. weird thing is, i wonder how much you have to torque those wheels on there. i would think the hub of the rim would crack if the nuts were torqued too hard

Oct 25, 2006 | 08:05 PM

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after waisting as much time as that guy did tires I still call

That video is inconclusive at best.

Nov 2, 2006 | 01:57 AM

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they are real guys. sorry i dont have picks as I have yet to find there booth but here is an official article on them. http://news.windingroad.com/auto-new...-ma-no-spokes/

Nov 2, 2006 | 02:03 AM

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this is sorta a repost, i remember seeing the thread here somewhere, dont have time to search now. all the other thread was was pics of them from what i remember but they look real enough to me

Nov 2, 2006 | 02:24 AM

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yup, they are real. I saw them at Sema. They are in the tires and rims section of Sema... they look so stupid, i didnt even bother taking the pic

Nov 2, 2006 | 02:34 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CCColtsicehockey

sorry i dont have picks as I have yet to find there booth

Maybe because they dont exist

Nov 2, 2006 | 02:53 PM

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The video sucked and so do those wheels.

EDIT: This is my favorite...

http://www.newcougar.org/forums/show...83&postcount=4

They're clear! What's there to like?

Last edited by Lord Helmet; Nov 2, 2006 at 02:56 PM.

Nov 2, 2006 | 04:08 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ubnpast

Maybe because they dont exist

Hmm... seems like they are real to me... unless you went to SEMA like these guys and can dispute their replies...

Quote:

Originally Posted by CaliChris517

yup, they are real. I saw them at Sema. They are in the tires and rims section of Sema... they look so stupid, i didnt even bother taking the pic

Quote:

Originally Posted by CCColtsicehockey

they are real guys. sorry i dont have picks as I have yet to find there booth but here is an official article on them. http://news.windingroad.com/auto-new...-ma-no-spokes/

Nov 2, 2006 | 04:13 PM

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And I don't think they were photoshopped, b/c the Z in the pics is the same Z in the video...

Nov 2, 2006 | 04:49 PM

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bean, im not saying that they dont exist, but if they in fact did, and ppl on here saw this thread before they went down to sema, wouldnt you think that that would have taken some pictures of the rims.

If they are true, I couldnt stand them, just because you would see all the road and brake grime all over the "rim".

Nov 3, 2006 | 10:02 AM

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^ I agree, it is odd that people here saw them but didn't take pictures. But some other's have snapped some shots. I was laughing b/c there was even a picture of them on the FJ Cruiser forum

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But from what I have read they are not supposed to be used on the road for obvious reasons. Mainly supposed to be show use only...