- Hey guys what's going on?
It's Alex from Fitment Industries.
We're at SEMA 2018 and I am with
- Chris Sempek, Kansei Wheels.
- And I would pretend like I know exactly what's going on,
but Chris actually stopped us in the hallway
and went like, "Yo I watch your videos,
come check out our wheels."
It was a little bit more than that, right?
- A little bit more than that.
It was a little bit of bragging involved.
- There was some formality, we got pulled over...
And actually we're checking out Kansei?
- [Chris] Kansei Wheels. - [Alex] Kansei Wheels.
- [Chris] Kansei.
- So Chris is with me, we mic'd him up
because it's really busy out here, it's really loud,
but I promise you that this is
the first time that we're looking at these brand new wheels.
And usually at SEMA,
we see cars that are
wide body Lamborghini Aventadors
with these three piece crazy wheels.
- Chromed out trucks.
- These big trucks, and I am looking at a 240SX
- A 240 of all things, a 240,
an '89 240 of all things.
- An '89 Nissan 240SX.
So we are off to a very interesting start.
So Chris is gonna talk to me
a little bit about these wheels,
and we're gonna look at them.
Now I haven't...
I've tried not to look back here,
I haven't even grabbed a pamphlet,
but I'm excited.
- I'm excited to tell you too.
- So tell me, give me 20, 30 seconds about what's going on.
- Give you my elevator speech about what's going on.
So Kansei Wheels,
it means a Japanese engineering philosophy,
designing products with a customer's emotions
and feelings in mind.
I'm a wheel designer and engineer myself by trade,
so I'm very passionate about the tuner community,
and I'm happy to present some new,
simple designs that I think fit this crowd very well.
And I'm happy to show you guys
a little bit about what we have going on here today.
- Cool, so it looks like just based off what I'm seeing,
is that it's like a JDM tuner drift style wheel.
So I've already seen a lot of the younger crowd
kinda walk over here.
- Oh yeah.
- And I keep hearing, - They see the car, they know.
- "That's fire." "That's rad."
- "That's lit."
- There's lit.
- AF has been tossed around.
- Terms that I really just don't wanna say in public,
but nevertheless, they're being said.
So I'm excited.
So I'm gonna walk through this,
Chris is gonna kinda be here on the side
to be sure that I don't get anything incorrect.
- For sure, yeah.
- I'm gonna steal one of these,
and we're just gonna go right down the line
and check these wheels out.
So this first, forged two piece, right?
- Forged two piece, all cut in-house in southern California.
Forged hoop, forged barrel--
- I'm just grabbing the cheat sheet.
- Step lip. Please use it.
This is our premium line,
so for customers looking for a more tailored fitment,
custom finishes, lot of wide body stuff.
People are getting very creative out there
in the tuner world.
- And this is the Jūgo?
- This is the Jūgo, yes.
15 in Japanese, jūgo, yes.
Really cool dark burgundy sparkle we did on it
just to help it stand out,
and it's one of our premium offerings.
- So something that's pretty interesting, as you guys know,
obviously there's multi-piece wheels,
there's two piece wheels.
Two piece welded though?
- Two piece welded, yes. - Not as common.
- Not as common, but equally as strong,
if not stronger than a three piece wheel.
- The only other companies that do that still,
and it's actually the older companies,
are companies like WORK, right?
WORK used to weld their two piece wheels.
- Yes, yes they did.
- So that's pretty exciting.
And they just look...
This is a new design.
- Very new, yes.
- Newer wheel company.
- You're one of the first people to see it.
- But it doesn't look like you really messed up on anything,
it looks like a good, established design.
Again, I'm not paid to say any of this because
literally we just, we sell...
- Just walking through.
- Yeah seriously.
But it looks good! - Thank you very much!
- I really enjoy it.
- We put a lot of thought into the design process,
and the manufacturing process as well,
to just build something that's simple and clean,
and we think we'll get to see it
on a lot of different vehicles out there.
- So you're imagining like JDM,
you're imagining drift scene, you're imagining--
- JDM, wide body FSRSs, S15s, R32s, 90--
- So I know there's people out there
that love those kind of cars, 240SXs, that sort.
So if you guys have a car like that,
drop a comment below,
let us know what wheels you're running
and then of course if you're interested in these wheels,
maybe we'll be able to essentially
get the plug with you guys eventually.
Moving on to the next one, this one is this wheel, right?
- This is our flagship wheel,
the KNP. - KNP. Okay.
- Yes, classic five spokes.
Named after a buddy of mine
that I started this project with years and years ago.
It's finally come back to life,
and I just believe this looks so good
on a lot of 90's era cars.
- [Alex] It's insanely simple.
- Like I said, the five spoke has been done
how many times over?
But just a little bit of concave,
throw it in the step lip,
and I think a lot of guys
could really see this on their rides.
- It looks good.
And I mean you're looking at how much for weight?
Like how much does something like--
- Between 20 and 23 pounds, all depending on your design.
- So that's pretty good. - Pretty light.
- That's not bad.
- Yeah we wanna be light,
but we also wanna have some fun with our styles
and our look.
- And tell me, so America?
Where's it made? What are we doing?
- Southern California, Orange County.
American hoops, forged hoops, forged centers,
all cut in house on very nice machines.
- Cool.
- We take a lot of time and care
to make sure the wheels are cut properly, sanded,
and up to show quality for our customers.
- But this is your baby, this is your thing, this is--
- This is it, yes.
- We got you, there's a cut-out of the booth for right here.
- I've got my section of the carpet, and this is--
- You've got 2 seats, you're ready to go!
- Yeah, I'm ready to go.
I'm very excited to share this with the world!
- So then we have the Alpha, right?
- Yes, the Alpha. - Forged two piece.
- You gotta have to have a mesh,
you have to have a mesh out there.
And we had a lot of fun with the color on this one.
It was gonna be gold,
last second I was like we gotta do a fun color,
let's do teal.
- Awesome, I dig it.
I like the mesh, you have to have one.
- Gotta have a mesh, yeah.
- And then we have, hold on, the Roku.
- Roku, six in Japanese.
- Okay, so it's a six spoke.
- A lot of Japanese character in here,
you can see some Japanese influence.
Gotta have a six spoke, homage to the Godzilla,
homage to the Skyline, six spokes were hot in the 90's.
Had to do it big, and just do it simple,
with just the dark gray texture.
- Yeah, it looks good.
- So this is our one piece cast line,
and this is all flow form.
So super lightweight, stronger barrels,
a little bit lighter.
Again we're in between 20 and 23 pounds,
right in line with some of our other buddies
in the industry.
And we had a lot of fun with the styles on this one.
- I like it, this looks good even in the one piece.
That adds effect.
- [Chris] Yes, so you see the KNP.
- It looks good.
- Like I said, it's our flagship wheel
so we wanted to offer it in our premium line
and our one piece line and like I said,
that's some brake clearance in here, concave step lip,
you get that motor sports feel.
And I think you could see it
on a lot of different type of cars.
- So something that's always interesting is,
we get talked about, we get new brands,
we get existing brands, we get old brands,
but it's always fun to hear about brands
that are literally just starting out,
because it's exciting, right?
- It is exciting.
- And it's cool to see something that's in this market,
so a lot of people we've talked about during SEMA,
we see the Brixton, we see the high end wheels,
we see all these VIP Luxury, Lamborghini...
- Oh yeah, Lamborghini--
- It's cool to see a wheel company for these cars.
Cuz you guys love these cars, we love these cars.
350s, 240SXs, all of those cars--
- G35s, yeah everything.
- Those are the cars,
I mean for me that was the car when I was 16, 18--
- We all grew up with, we all came up with,
we had a buddy who had one.
They're all in the scene.
- Yeah, and so it's definitely a popular car.
And it's cool to see this happen.
- Thank you!
- So we wanted to show you guys,
this is probably something that you guys might be watching
and you're like, "What did I just watch?
Who are they and what are they about?"
And I wish I had more answers for you,
but what you can expect
is that Kansei's gonna try and get out there,
try and get wheels out to people
that I think is just the perfect market,
it's the tuner drift scene,
it's the guys that want something that looks nice.
- Staggered, aggressive fitment.
- And I think it will be really cool to see.
And we wanted to let you guys know,
because this is what SEMA's all about,
is about seeing something new,
but also seeing something unique,
and something that has a little bit of a passion.
It's cool to see that you're here to do this.
- I love it, I'm happy to bring something
to the community I love so much, and grew up with.
- Thank you so much for letting us steal your wheels,
and steal your mics, and steal all your space,
I appreciate it.
- Come on by anytime.
Look forward to the wheels coming out very soon.
- And let us know if you guys have any questions
in the comments section below.
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I'm Alex from Fitment Industries.
- I'm Chris Sempek from Kansei Wheels.
- And we will see you later guys, peace.
- Bye.
(heavy bass music)