Clear Wheels

[bigslim]

Check out these clear wheels. These will match any car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/clearwheels1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/clearwheel2.jpg

[BruteForce]

I gotta say those look pretty sharp on that Z. :up:

[hotride03]

I wonder how much they cost-

[VNMUS]

I wonder how durable the are?

[jdando]

I wonder how durable the are?

yea, what he said. Any idea about construction? How do they do that?

jeremy

[DEFYANT]

Curious........

[STLR FN]

I wanna know where you find this stuff? :eek:

[Bradley G]

Fo ****zle!

[Joe Walsh]

Cool looking rims!.....UNTIL you are taking a hard corner, and hit an expansion strip on a COLD morning...:nono: :shake:

[Marauder]

Cool looking rims!.....UNTIL you are taking a hard corner, and hit an expansion strip on a COLD morning...:nono: :shake:

Or the opposite....the heat from the brakes. Could they melt or warp? I know my rims get pretty hot after a long trip in the summer.

Aside from that, they do look good. :)

[Marauderman]

Check out these clear wheels. These will match any car.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/clearwheels1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v175/bigslim/clearwheel2.jpg
...now you've gone and done it..................opened up a can of .............questions....and I too wanna know.cause they would look great on a set of RED Baer Brake Calipers........so .....spill the 411 on these beauties............

[Breadfan]

Those do look pretty cool actually.

I bet they're some sort of polycarbonate like a temp-resistant lucite. I wouldn't use it for a performance rim atleast. Regardless of the strength of the rim, the fact is while it is CLEAR it's still a solid wheel. So, not much air hitting those brakes...

[Marauderman]

Regardless of the strength of the rim, the fact is while it is CLEAR it's still a solid wheel. So, not much air hitting those brakes...
Ah..............a point I had not considered...and a good one--.that does make a very strong point against allowing them air as you mentioned....

[DEFYANT]

Its Transparant Aluminum!!!! Another Star Trek Invention Comes To Life

[Breadfan]

ROFL I was thinking that earlier! Scotty did give the recipe back in about '84 didn't he?

[bigslim]

I realy don't know anything about these. I was cruising another site and saw them.

[Breadfan]

Well, I personally like the look, atleast on that car. It might look out of place on some cars, but it's definitely unique and a new idea. Would be cool to embed some blue-LED's in the rim area so they'll get a nice ambient blue glow at night. :)

If they matched a car I had, they'd be great for show purposes or light cruising, but I personally would not use them in a performance oriented competition or arena due to heat and strength concerns.

That being said a composite plastic or polycarbonate like that can have some very good strength. Polycarbonate that is thick enough is quite bullet resistant. If 3/4" to 1" thick on the wheels there it's plenty strong, the weak point is the joint between the metal rim and plastic wheel.

Since you can't really weld them they have to be bolted together, that will create a number of stress points that could be dangerous on a high-g turn.

Still, on the right car they're really great for show purposes. Gotta give credit for something unique!

[blackf0rk]

Its Transparant Aluminum!!!! Another Star Trek Invention Comes To Life

The funny part about all of this is IT ACTUALLY IS clear "carbide aluminum acitate" READ HERE (http://www.posttypography.com/hahafooledyou/hahafooledyou2.jpg)

[MAD-3R]

The funny part about all of this is IT ACTUALLY IS clear "carbide aluminum acitate" READ HERE (http://www.posttypography.com/hahafooledyou/hahafooledyou2.jpg)

Wow who would have thunk...:)

[TripleTransAm]

The graffiti possibilities are endless...

[mrjones]

I just don't think it would look as cool on my 46 Ford PU with 4 wheel drums!

[juno]

The funny part about all of this is IT ACTUALLY IS clear "carbide aluminum acitate" READ HERE (http://www.posttypography.com/hahafooledyou/hahafooledyou2.jpg)

Simply Amazing!

[bigslim]

Well, I personally like the look, atleast on that car. It might look out of place on some cars, but it's definitely unique and a new idea. Would be cool to embed some blue-LED's in the rim area so they'll get a nice ambient blue glow at night. :)

If they matched a car I had, they'd be great for show purposes or light cruising, but I personally would not use them in a performance oriented competition or arena due to heat and strength concerns.

That being said a composite plastic or polycarbonate like that can have some very good strength. Polycarbonate that is thick enough is quite bullet resistant. If 3/4" to 1" thick on the wheels there it's plenty strong, the weak point is the joint between the metal rim and plastic wheel.

Since you can't really weld them they have to be bolted together, that will create a number of stress points that could be dangerous on a high-g turn.

Still, on the right car they're really great for show purposes. Gotta give credit for something unique!
They could also be sandwiched between the inner and outer part of the rim.

[dwasson]

That is really cool. But for all the reasons mentioned they can't be that practical. But I bet we'll see some at the Autorama this year.

[baltimoremm]

how are you supposed to keep those things clean? do you have to take them off to windex them?

[Bowman9]

Lets go one step farther, lets replace the center section with a round flat monitor (like on a laptop) that way you can change the style of your rims just like you change the background wallpaper on your computer.
That would have a major bling factor.

[dwasson]

Lets go one step farther, lets replace the center section with a round flat monitor (like on a laptop) that way you can change the style of your rims just like you change the background wallpaper on your computer.
That would have a major bling factor.

There's a guy who comes to "Wild Woody's" that has a Mustang with monitors everywhere. He'll be the one that does monitor wheels.