TireTagz turn hubcaps into a tacky LED display

Looking to make one more part of your car into a blinking, neon display? Tire Tagz, which will no doubt appeal to the same drivers who go for spinners and flashy rims, use LEDs to display animated or static images while the car is in motion. When the car is stopped, the unit displays nothing, making it a less obvious target for thieves. We're sure this will also end up in another market: as a more versatile successor for those hubcap-based ads we saw on some New York taxis last year.

[Via News.com]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Oooooh, those blingin shooz will go great with the blue neon under my '93 Sentra. AND, they'll really make that jeweled crown in my rear window POP!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Who needs christmas lights on their wheels. Why not at least have some type of display happening there? Scrolling marquee that comes into focus at 35, cartoon of the mudflap girl at 55?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

This is news? These have been out for years!

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[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

These are so old. why even bother talking about, other than the mockery factor.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Do you think this is legal in Germany? I'm very interested in this thing, but i dont think i will get in so soon in Germany... And how much is it? there's no information about it on their website.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Wow... Pimp these on a black sedan, and you will have a fine batmobile from "Batman Forever"...!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

This is reminiscent of those blinking lights for your bicycle spokes, circa 1980.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Toyota had these on Gran Prix cars back in 2000

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

This was shown on Top Gear ages ago, apparently the software stops people from entering offensive words by supplanting one of the letters for an '*'

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

can they mod this into the next NeedForSpeed Underground2 update? sweet. how about separate colors for the rims, and separate colour for tha spinners. pimpin...!!

any other nfsug2 gamers got hella pissed off with those stupid hatchback things and decided to just go all the way in the game with a Peugot? nowonder those hatchbacks are so fast...!! low center of gravity, very nice and tight handling especially at jacksonHeights, etc...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

just read through their website. they charge you money for the logos. WTF?

flo

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

Is there room for it to spell out 'I am a wanker'? Hang on, that's redundant..

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

I don't run in the trendy car circles but I figured these were due to come out as soon as I saw the ones for bikes. http://www.teamdroid.com/archives/2005/03/02/hokey-spokes-bicycle-safety-lights-with-led-spoke-lights-for-your-bike/
They need to be enabled in such a way as to read out SMS messages or maybe the time...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 19th 2005 1:36AM]

So beautiful the image is.