click above image to view a VIDEO of the LED Wheels in action
Most wheel fads have a shelf life shorter than a pop star's stay at Betty Ford. Spinners have become passé and the new biggie-sized wheels can't claim to be "dubs" anymore once they've eclipsed the 30-inch mark. Enter LED Wheels, a company that envisions a world with flashing graphics, customized designs and even adverts for Macy's Labor Day Sale rotating on your rims. The screen in the rim's center looks to be about seven to eight inches wide and remains upright while the wheel rotates around it. The possibilities are endless, but we know it's only a matter of time before someone pipes Jenna Jameson's latest flick out to an unsuspecting world.Check out the video after the jump of the LED Wheels in action.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
namegoeshere @ Oct 31st 2007 8:52PM
Oh god no. Good taste is so rare in modified vehicles these days... Everybody wants "dubs" and 8 subwoofers rattling their interior loose. No thanks.
Slag @ Oct 31st 2007 9:08PM
What about the subtly-named Pimpstars?
They've been around for a while, and have the advantage (?) of looking like an ordinary bling wheel when they're switched off (or when the wheels aren't rotating).
Slag @ Oct 31st 2007 9:10PM
What about the subtly-named Pimpstars [http://www.customwheel.com/custom_wheels/product_info.php/products_id/1687]?
They've been around for a while, and have the advantage (?) of looking like an ordinary bling wheel when they're switched off (or when the wheels aren't rotating).
Matt @ Oct 31st 2007 9:22PM
I remember seeing something on TV about these, and they ran about $10,000 per.
So those "Pimpstars" would have the added benefit of costing four times LESS as well.
Chris @ Oct 31st 2007 9:59PM
Well, at least they won't be stealing airbags anymore.
JoeStalin @ Oct 31st 2007 10:55PM
Say whaaa?
nil8r73 @ Nov 1st 2007 5:05PM
Who, exactly is the "They" you're referring too?
Chris @ Nov 1st 2007 9:07AM
Oh, here we go with the racial accusations. STFU. Let me rephrase this for the retarded: "At least they (car part thieves) won't be stealing airbags anymore (because these will be the hot new item to steal)" Satisfied now?
jgp @ Nov 1st 2007 10:32AM
Not to mention that the kinds of people who would want this on a car are the same people who like to steal things...
nil8r73 @ Nov 1st 2007 5:20PM
Why don't you and all the other smug armchair aryans with your stupid comments and your Ebonics STFU....It's obvious to everyone that these things are in the worst possible taste.....It seems like you assholes can't comment without turning it racial.
GT @ Oct 31st 2007 11:44PM
Yo! wtf my man, that ain't the s**t, fo 'them screens are 12", where them 26" at?
LOL
David @ Nov 1st 2007 12:53AM
Nothing says "Daddy didn't love me" like those.
Teebo @ Nov 1st 2007 1:08AM
How long before these show up on EVERY vehcile in Pimp My Ride? I can see Mad Mike getting a chubby: yet ANOTHER place to put pointless LCD displays.
With technology, no accounting for taste. How long before someone gets these installed, and subsequently kicked in a day later?
Luis @ Nov 1st 2007 1:24AM
C'mon, seriously,where's the market for these?! Give me a break...
why not the LS2/LS7? @ Nov 1st 2007 1:55AM
Holy crap. No GT-R article today.
SPG @ Nov 1st 2007 3:51AM
I've been waiting for somthing like this for a few years now.
And now that it's out there, I can relax knowing it's going to be illegal to use in most places.
Jeff Johnson @ Nov 1st 2007 4:29AM
I'm just waiting for someone to put these rims on their 91 POS Coupe De Ville...
can't feed your kids, or pay the rent, but DAMN i'm rollin on LCDEEEEZ!
catgirlshyla @ Nov 1st 2007 5:13AM
Geee, we can't get the good stuff from overseas due to "safety issues," yet the Government allows this crap to pass. America, **** Yeah.
Spankee @ Nov 1st 2007 8:11AM
These will probably be illegal in any place you'd want to live.
_spike @ Nov 1st 2007 9:35AM
This is for displaying porn while driving on the highway or something.
or advertising...