Transparent wheels? lol
Why not hubless?
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/816/3234/1600/hublessBike2.jpg

dude i fucked your mom yesterday

and nice fucking rims

"This rim brought Forgiato back to their days of jewelry making, because the same technique as placing a diamond into a bezel. The technique is bexel setting is where the diamonds are just slightly larger than the bezel they are set into, and held in place by pressure, only a master diamond setter has the ability to do this." [sic]

Then why are there a million bolts that obviously hold the clear material in place?

Also, when the gem is held in place by tension (which you mistook for "pressure"), you just place a gem in a spread apart gap, and let the metal press back into place. Bezel ("bexel") setting is achieved by gently hammering the soft gold around the gem, making the opening the gem was placed into too small for it to come back out. No pressure, it's just stuck.

Also, these would be a huge pain in the ass to clean brake dust off of, and I'd like to see results of tests on their strength/shatter resilience, wouldn't want to hit a pothole at speed and shatter a wheel. In fact, looking at all of Forgiato's wheels, none of them are practical. These are for cars that never leave a showroom floor, a practice which I've never understood.

Also, it seems Forgiato no longer markets these, the page for them on their site is a dead link. Maybe even they decided it was an impractical product.

Those are well cool

What the heck?

What happens when the brakes get really hot?

I was waiting for the day when all I would need to do, to clean my wheels, is to use windex...

Looks great for the show room, but im betting that this product wont look near as good after daily use

I bet these babies are expensive... I love 'em though. They would not be so fine on my Taurus, but on the Corvette would be nice. I guess you'd have to make sure that your brake calipers and other equipment looked nice. A lot of cleaning brake dust would be required but it would be worth it. With a solid face on your transparent rims, you would probably have to take the rim off the hub to properly clean the hub/brake hardware. Perhaps you could rig an air compressor nozzle to blow off everyday dust and debris, but removing the wheel would be required to get the job done right.

SICK! How much those run, not big on rims, might get black... But see thru!?!?!? YO!!!!!!!!!!! I want 4, kthnkx....

Stumbled!

er... um... so ok, looked at the pictures, but didn't read first. ^^ 'scuse the newbie... hahahah! still love 'em!

yeah that'd be great until the first time you stopped and break dust went everywhere.

... and don't forget to clean the insides of your rims (where all the brake dust collects).

They use the same material for the windshields in space shuttles so I presume the stuff is pretty strong.

i bet they get dirty as fuck tho with all the brake dust. never ending chore,no thanks!

This Calls For MEGA RIM JOB
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It has to be said, they are friggin cool.

I love the look, it would be great for a show. But the other guy is right about daily use. I could only imagine how fast the brake dust will fog it up, not to mention the smegma on the roads

What's wrong when they get black? I think you're a racist.

Interesting novelty item. As stated above, not very practical for day to day use.

Might be able to get an endorsement deal with caliper companies if you plan to show the car though.

I wanna hear more about how el coge jofas fucked your mom dude.

My friend, Joe the Plumber would like them, I'm sure!

i love the rims and just wanted to know how much a set would be and whare can i find them ? im in canada and do thay come in diff tints red blue black instead of just clear?

I've read a ton of good and bad comments...
well, the idea is cool, I don't get why to critic when you're not obliged to buy them

ovbiously not everyone can spend 20000 in 4 transparent rims, anyway if you own a $200000 car you might want to buy them, and I guess that's the target of who produces them

when you have such a car well..there's something to show behind that glass....;)

Arguing that it will get dirty is pointless. A white car gets dirty and you fucking wash it. I'm assuming, the fact that they don't rust, compared to chrome wheels, will in the long run actually keep them looking nicer longer. I think the rim's are amazing, and not too flashy.

I wouldn't want any of these rims. I doubt they can handly any high ammounts of torque. *snap*

Too impractical.

as long as they can prove the rims can handle just as much torque as any other rim i would get them. although the tire would probably spin before the rim broke.