Got Rice?

[IOWNU]

I wouldn't define that as rice.....

Looks good.

[crack]

can somebody with photoshop skills make the brakes bigger.

[**JaR**]

yeah i was thinkin the same thing about the snapping thing. cant imagine you'd be able to drive the car hard with them sort of rims yeah?

[Patto-]

Well I was just talking to a friend of mine who owns a plastics company. He says those rims could only be used for show, not for actual road use.

If you were to drive on those rims the brakes would heat up the acrylic and make it brake or bend under the weight of the car.

If you leave acrylic out in the sun it gets kinda soft, so with heat from brakes it probably wouldnt last very long at all.

Edited November 8, 2005 by shyster

[dezz]

and that plastic would get dirty as, stain etc....then they'll look terrible

[**JaR**]

werd. so in other words. there pointelss show items. and thats it.

[Patto-]

Well yeah basically they look good (arguably). But give no performance gain at all. In fact, they can't really be used to drive at all.

So, I guess that makes them the ultimate rice.

[**JaR**]

lol true.

[AMS]

Looks like crap. Go the drum brakes I say! :lol:

[Ronin 09]

never mind that everytime you drive it you have to take the wheels OFF to clean the brake dust on the back side :|

[Marsss]

Looks like something out of a game....

[PHATR32]

at least if you wanted some ventilation you could drill some holes in them your self

[Jago]

drum brakes would look choice

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drum brakes and the old body out the window with plastic bags trick

[Mr. Oizo]

i thought all z33's had brembos?

[Big Rizza]

I know the Track spec has Brembos, but I'm not sure if the Touring spec does. We only have access to those two high specification models. Other markets have access to lower spec models which definitely don't get the Brembos. There are 5 models in the USA (Base, Enthusiast, Performance, Touring and Track I think they're called), of which only the Track gets the Brembos. That car is likely a US model (based on the surrounding cars and environment). Or there is a small chance it could be a Euro spec. Definitely not an Australian spec car as it is in LHD.

Edited November 14, 2005 by Big Rizza

[JCMarshall_Law]

Well I don't consider myself someone for rice but I thank that is cool as. They can do some pretty amazing things with plastics these days. I work in the mining industry, and we use a special plastic liner for abrasive duty equipment and you need diamond cutting tools to get through the stuff. Would not be supprided if we see this idea running around soon.

[MacGuyver]

Imagine driving along at say 100km/h on a highway and hitting a pot hole in the road or something. Then having the plastic rims buckle/shatter/turn to 5hit and there goes your car! Nice one!

"They taste like burning!"

[Bliksem]

If i had a dog... i'd be happy to let it piss on those rims

[readyGO]

wow wierd looking...

not all 350 came out with brembos.. only track?

[Sambo33]

Gay, just more american rice

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agreed