new LED wheels

you can even upload your own pictures onto it!

http://customwheel.com/custom_wheels/default.php?pimpstar=1


video link is halfway down the page in the middle.. says click here to see them in action


i'd rather have the chick in the vid then the rim!

interesting.....

wow that is actually kinda cool i was expecting something along the line of those led valve caps but thats some awesome ****, i wonder how fast you have to go so that the image shows up properly

wow , what will they come out with next?

So is this an add on to your wheels now, or do we have to buy brand new wheels with all the stuff installed? and i dont see a price anywhere...

Wow. I don't see a price for those, am I missing the obvious somewhere?

they dont have prices for anything, I was trying to price some Foose wheels and couldn't find one

RICE just kidding it is pretty interesting how it works.....something u don't see everyday....

cool but *** also

ILLEGAL

ProjectRAGE wrote:

cool but *** also

agreed

Rags wrote:

ProjectRAGE wrote: cool but *** also agreed

TheBrick wrote:

Rags wrote: ProjectRAGE wrote: cool but *** also agreed

there 15 thosand for a set of 26's. Thats the only size right now.

josh9015 wrote:

there 15 thosand for a set of 26's. Thats the only size right now.

that is a lot of money and a lot of rimmage.....wow

i doubt they are legal...interesting idea though, not worth the money IMO

Those are actually pretty cool.

The Yukon in the video was riding way too high though.

useless because you could never legally drive with them on and they are worthless unless they are spinning.

^^ i bet there is a flashing patern or something when you are standing still, otherwise its a waste of 15 grand if they are elegal to drive with

jsut because there illegal to drive with on dont mean people wont

that is true, but its still 15 grand

for some reason i have yet to get that link to lead me to anywhere. anyone know why?

That's ridiculous .. they already have spinners, if they're applying power to the wheel anyway why didn't they just motorize a spinning rim and then mount the LED's on the rotating portion ? Then you could have an image regardless of the car's speed .
How do you power a wheel anyway ? Don't you have to somehow get a wire from a stationary part of the car to connect to a rotating part of the car ? .. ???

Cooper wrote:

That's ridiculous .. they already have spinners, if they're applying power to the wheel anyway why didn't they just motorize a spinning rim and then mount the LED's on the rotating portion ? Then you could have an image regardless of the car's speed . How do you power a wheel anyway ? Don't you have to somehow get a wire from a stationary part of the car to connect to a rotating part of the car ? .. ???

brushes

brushes??? is that the same thing as like those little cars that are on those tracks with the two metal rods going through them

http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://im...en%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DN

like that one, i know im sounding like a newb but im interested in how this is wired up

um slot cars..........


kinda of i gess

all electric motors *unless brushless* have brushes that contract a comunicator that is spinning ie


brushes stationary +
comunicator spinning

= power

22" package with Pirelli tires ($12,500.00)
24" package with Pirelli tires ($15,000.00)
26" package with Pirelli tires ($19,500.00)

Here's another video

Also, it doesn't say how fast you need to be going, but I imagine not very fast. According to this page, which is for a much cheaper (DIY) version for bicycles...

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With one spoke, total persistence at 15mph. Two spokes, 10mph. Three spokes, 7mph. (Assuming a mountain bike wheel). Looks cool even if not completely persistant.

It looks like these have 3 "spokes" that light up, so probably about 7MPH.

These look cool and all but this company needs a new marketing team ... "pimpstar"?

I've been musing over this for a while, it's difficult to see it as a "bolt on" for people's own wheels, so it's something that has to be built into a custom rim. That kind of puts it out of the question for most people.

If it was a cheaper add-on then it would work as a "fun item" but it would only be practical to fix one line of LEDs. This has two issues - balance and rotation speed before a reasonable image was formed. The other thing is just how ghetto it would look... just how would it be attached?

Well, you could hide the board behind a hubcap...but who wants hubcaps.

I think the main issue is that it requires a magnet to be mounted on the chassis (normally mounted on the fork of a bike) so that the sensor can sense when the spoke passesa known point in order to set the correct rate. This would be pretty hard.

It's only one color, but Tiretagz have been out for a while. They attach to your existing wheels. http://www.tiretagz.com/index.php