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| tim3 wrote: | the proportions of the wheel to the hubcap seem pretty far off.. looks weird.. lets see the wheel in a two tone look as that might help balance the over-sized wheel from making the hubcaps look like chevy caps.. not to hate but coming from a design perspective.. they remind me of this look:
just looks like a chevy wheel..imo |
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these look really good, all the other combinations I dont like very much. |
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tim3
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i would agree that those look the best but what you have to notice is that the round portion on the wheel does not match the round portion on the cap.. at least the og vw smoothies were closer and thats why this cap looks stuck on like an american wheel.. oh whoops it is an american made wheel.. lol
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I will second that I fully understand that with a larger diameter sphere you either have to have a deeper wheel to match the sphere angle on the hubcap or the hub cap would have to stick out farther.. so maybe this is the best you can do.. maybe? give me your solidworks file and i'll show you what im talking about..
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| tim3 wrote: | the proportions of the wheel to the hubcap seem pretty far off.. looks weird.. lets see the wheel in a two tone look as that might help balance the over-sized wheel from making the hubcaps look like chevy caps.. not to hate but coming from a design perspective.. they remind me of this look:
just looks like a chevy wheel..imo |
I fully agree. I would like to see the hubcap enlarged proportionally to the wheel as well. And don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking your hard work, they look good as is. But IMO I think the larger hubcap would set these over the top...
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| chickengeorge wrote: | | Airkewld wrote: |  |
Those looks nice, man. |
These wheels are sick in person definately doing a set on my Airkewld chassis Oval vert
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Every one has an opinion and I respect them all. The crown of the cap is followed in the center to an extant. It is flattened out a little only to achieve the goal. So far, we have several sets sold and pictures should be coming in shortly. Hopefully other interpretations will show the wheels off better.
I am actually crying right now that the smoothies got compared to an old ford truck wheel. 
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| Airkewld wrote: | Every one has an opinion and I respect them all. The crown of the cap is followed in the center to an extant. It is flattened out a little only to achieve the goal. So far, we have several sets sold and pictures should be coming in shortly. Hopefully other interpretations will show the wheels off better.
I am actually crying right now that the smoothies got compared to an old ford truck wheel. |
Don't cry Pete...I like em and I'm the coolest person in here.
Why you guys gotta make Pete cry?
I'd still like to see them paired with some stockers and detailed identically. That's the way I'd roll em, bigs and littles. |
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Airkewld
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I am not really crying guys....... anymore
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VW 2 tone paint schemes Always make the steel wheels look better!
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| Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2010 9:50 am Post subject: |
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| what r we showing in these pictures?,, besides some nice wheels. |
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why would you show 2 pictures of 2 different wheels that have nothing to do with the 17" smoothies ? people may think these 2 pics are of the 17's which they are not | chrispaterson82 wrote: | | tim3 wrote: | the proportions of the wheel to the hubcap seem pretty far off.. looks weird.. lets see the wheel in a two tone look as that might help balance the over-sized wheel from making the hubcaps look like chevy caps.. not to hate but coming from a design perspective.. they remind me of this look:
just looks like a chevy wheel..imo |
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| chickengeorge wrote: | | That's the way I'd roll em, bigs and littles. |
Me too. Can we buy them in pairs?
I plan on powdercoating them silver and running them totally naked. |
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Satin black staggered set up with machined centers for the guys at FolksWerks in Oregon.
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I asked a few pages back but didn't see an answer anywhere so...
| theastronaut wrote: | Quick question. Could Porsche 356 style wheel slots be cut into the center while its in the cnc machine? I bet the outlaw 356 crowd would dig 'em...
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| theastronaut wrote: | I asked a few pages back but didn't see an answer anywhere so...
| theastronaut wrote: | Quick question. Could Porsche 356 style wheel slots be cut into the center while its in the cnc machine? I bet the outlaw 356 crowd would dig 'em...
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Not any time soon but it is possible.
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Thanks for the reply. I'd be interested in a set with slots but no time soon is good for me too, I've got ~5k left to spend on an engine...
Thought I'd throw the idea out though, they might would sell well to the Porsche outlaw guys; a larger sized tecnomagnesio replica of sorts.
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| theastronaut wrote: | Thanks for the reply. I'd be interested in a set with slots but no time soon is good for me too, I've got ~5k left to spend on an engine...
Thought I'd throw the idea out though, they might would sell well to the Porsche outlaw guys; a larger sized tecnomagnesio replica of sorts. |
Thanks brother. We have tons of ideas with the introduction of these wheels. I do not like to put all my eggs in one basket to start with, it will drive a businessman insane. I appreciate the looking out.
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