clear rims who makes these?
How do I place my order. 
02-28-06, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SoCalSC4
So, your engineering background is in materials science? 
Bullets don't create a fatigue situation that Lexan has to deal with over TIME. Lexan is resistant to localized impact, i.e. what a bullet does when it strikes. Have you ever seen how thick Lexan has to be to absorb this type of impact? Also, once a bullet has struck Lexan, the panel is DONE.
Okay, okay... I guess if the wheel is good enough for dmoney's homie, it must be okay. How do I order my set?
Seriously, the homie can't spell or punctuate... c'mon, stop yanking our chains, dude.
Bullets don't create a fatigue situation that Lexan has to deal with over TIME. Lexan is resistant to localized impact, i.e. what a bullet does when it strikes. Have you ever seen how thick Lexan has to be to absorb this type of impact? Also, once a bullet has struck Lexan, the panel is DONE.Okay, okay... I guess if the wheel is good enough for dmoney's homie, it must be okay. How do I order my set?
Seriously, the homie can't spell or punctuate... c'mon, stop yanking our chains, dude.
As a Mechanical Engineer, I can say with quite some ease that you are speaking out of your rear. I know dmoney personally, and my brother is workin on the project as well. I just wanted to say that they are using the same thickness lexan that is used at sea world for all of the clear tanks. If a 4x8+ panel can withstand thousands of pounds of water pressure, I really dont think a 20" circular piece will have any problems supporting the forces applied while driving.
03-01-06, 03:53 AM
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Originally Posted by USCayenne
As a Mechanical Engineer, I can say with quite some ease that you are speaking out of your rear. I know dmoney personally, and my brother is workin on the project as well. I just wanted to say that they are using the same thickness lexan that is used at sea world for all of the clear tanks. If a 4x8+ panel can withstand thousands of pounds of water pressure, I really dont think a 20" circular piece will have any problems supporting the forces applied while driving.
Tell us how thick the lexan will be
03-01-06, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by vborder
i too think its photoshop ....you can always put a reflection on anything in photoshop....i work on photoshop everyday...so as a designer...i think this can be acheive...like he says... the rivets are blurry....... unless they're spinners
I think its cool something new. good luck with it.
03-01-06, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by USCayenne
As a Mechanical Engineer, I can say with quite some ease that you are speaking out of your rear. I know dmoney personally, and my brother is workin on the project as well. I just wanted to say that they are using the same thickness lexan that is used at sea world for all of the clear tanks. If a 4x8+ panel can withstand thousands of pounds of water pressure, I really dont think a 20" circular piece will have any problems supporting the forces applied while driving.
You are obviously confused about the load placed on the Lexan by water versus cornering and radial loads generated by a road automobile. Factor in elements such as temperature changes, impacts, stress risers created by the holes needed to accommodate the assembly fasteners, exposure to UV and chemicals and you've got two entirely different envirmonments.
Please send your Lexan wheels to Goal Laboratories in El Monte and let's have them test it.
I have the address if you need it.
I look forward to the results.
03-01-06, 02:03 PM
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Originally Posted by dmoney
OK THIS IS NOT DMONEY ITS HIS HOMIE AND AS FOR THIS LEXAN CRAP I KEEP HEARING ABOUT WHO CARES THESE WHEELS I SEEN PERSONALY AND TEST DROVE THE STRENTH OF THEM IS REDICULOUS... WOW AND HEAT.. MELTING THEM THIS IS FUNNY..LOL just wait and you will see what comes. you have no idea what Dmoney has coming 4 this wheel world. all u got a pic of is a leaked pic not the dope pics we took not the videos either. I 'm just posting her to vouch and bACK THIS PRODUCT 100% and yes the car in the pics has no BBk but looks sick as all hell rolling i thing dmoney broke like 500 necks when he was driving it. woo wee people were starring. then when he roasts the tires it looks sick with the smoke looks cool. just my 2 cents and for potholes and railroad tracks these wheels eat them for breakfast..
This made my day ...
03-10-06, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by noop
JW , how would you clean the inner part of the wheels from the brake dust?Im sure they invented some space age cleaner that you just spray in the direction of the wheel and it magically polishes the whole wheel
03-10-06, 08:22 PM
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I'm not buying that it's photoshop. Sure you can put a reflection anywhere, but why, and who would think to do it. I'm betting that it's a one off to show off suspension as mentioned earlier. Here's a closeup of the rim...
See the reflection?
See the reflection?
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03-10-06, 08:29 PM
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Ok check this picture out a little closer. The sticker is still on the tire. This car hasn't even rolled!
I've worked with a lot of Lexan making guards for industrial equipment. It may be good at stopping metal bits from hitting you, but it I wouldn't trust it to use as a rim.
I've worked with a lot of Lexan making guards for industrial equipment. It may be good at stopping metal bits from hitting you, but it I wouldn't trust it to use as a rim.
03-11-06, 05:25 AM
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those stickers can stay on for quite awhile .......... saw a truck on the highway in houston with the stickers still on and then passed him again an hour later well outside houston and they were still there.
03-11-06, 08:55 AM
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Originally Posted by EL PAALO
those stickers can stay on for quite awhile .......... saw a truck on the highway in houston with the stickers still on and then passed him again an hour later well outside houston and they were still there.