Comments on: Sharp-Looking Wheels in Cambodia! http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w/ CarDomain Blog - Automotive news & crazy member rides from the CarDomain Community Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:20:02 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Yazree http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w/#comment-36168 Yazree Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:52:21 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w#comment-36168 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Damn!!! what a cool lit rim... how am i going to do that on my car???</p> </div>

Damn!!! what a cool lit rim… how am i going to do that on my car???

]]> By: Anonymous http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w/#comment-36170 Anonymous Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:52:02 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w#comment-36170 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>Damn!!! what a cool lit rim... how am i going to do that on my car???</p> </div>

Damn!!! what a cool lit rim… how am i going to do that on my car???

]]> By: Evan http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w/#comment-36173 Evan Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:02:33 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w#comment-36173 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>That's sooo soo cool. I wonder as well how they would hold up to the heat. I think they'd only look cool with the right rim as well. Now you'd really really have to keep the insides of those rims clean.</p> </div>

That’s sooo soo cool. I wonder as well how they would hold up to the heat. I think they’d only look cool with the right rim as well. Now you’d really really have to keep the insides of those rims clean.

]]> By: GTwildfire http://blog.cardomain.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w/#comment-36177 GTwildfire Fri, 21 Mar 2008 10:16:56 +0000 http://cardomain.wordpress.com/2008/03/21/sharp-looking-w#comment-36177 <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <p>I see. He probably mounted flexible LED strips on the backing plate of the drums in the back, and the splash deflectors of the discs in the front. That is very clever, and as long as you got the deflectors on the front discs (and back discs if there are discs back there) anyone can do this.<br /> -<br /> I wonder however about how well the front LEDs will hold up with summer driving. The front discs get hot and the deflectors, well I guess not as hot but at some point they can heat up too, maybe enough to melt the light casings.<br /> -<br /> If I were 20, I'd definitely do this mod on either or both of my rides, although I'd probably have just blue on the Firebird and red on the GPGT. I just turned 43 though. Think I'm too old for that sort of thing?</p> </div>

I see. He probably mounted flexible LED strips on the backing plate of the drums in the back, and the splash deflectors of the discs in the front. That is very clever, and as long as you got the deflectors on the front discs (and back discs if there are discs back there) anyone can do this.
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I wonder however about how well the front LEDs will hold up with summer driving. The front discs get hot and the deflectors, well I guess not as hot but at some point they can heat up too, maybe enough to melt the light casings.
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If I were 20, I’d definitely do this mod on either or both of my rides, although I’d probably have just blue on the Firebird and red on the GPGT. I just turned 43 though. Think I’m too old for that sort of thing?

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