- Hey guys, it's, wait, what?
- I do the slapping around here.
- This is a table.
Hey guys, what's going on,
it's Alex from Fitment Industries,
and we got the whole gang, the whole big boy gang.
I feel like I'm on a set for something
I ain't supposed to be.
You wanna do introductions?
- Yeah, I'm Dakota, I slap wheels.
(hard rock music)
- This is Sean.
- Yeah.
(all laugh)
- And I'm Gels.
- Yeah, and today we have a very very special unboxing,
that's the reason that all four of us are here,
because HRE decided to send us a little bit,
you're in front of me, a little bit of a special gift,
and this is, if you guys remember,
a couple, two, three years back,
they did something like super super special,
they made a wheel that was like...
They made pieces and they put it all together,
they made like a 3D wheel, all right?
So we're actually taking a look at HRE's V2 3D+ wheel.
- All right, yeah, yeah, I got my key,
'cause they don't let me have knives anymore.
But, I am one of the fastest unboxers in the midwest,
(indistinct) I'm gonna take my time,
because this is a very special moment, but,
yeah, crack that puppy open.
Don't be afraid.
- And if you guys are wondering,
HRE, everybody knows, I think, the brand now,
it's like the highest,
probably one of the highest end brands of car wheels
you can buy.
And HRE's been around since 1979,
they're pretty much known for doing the spokes,
super car wheels, so ever since the 80s, the 90s,
even into the 2000s,
and 2010 they reintroduced a heritage lineup,
HRE's always kinda been known as like,
the guys you went to for the super fancy,
the super bespoke stuff,
the stuff in America, this is made in the USA,
this is what they're known for,
and so when it came to partnering up
and doing something different,
this is what they came up with.
So this is actually a partnership as well,
so as much as I'd like to say HRE made the whole thing,
they actually partnered with a different company.
- [Gels] Oh, God.
- It's foam, that part isn't important.
- It still feels expensive.
- If you're wondering why all four of us are here,
you're probably "What the hell,
this is a lot of big boys in one spot!"
It's because this wheel
has been sitting by my desk all week,
and everyone has been itching to open it,
and we said "No, we gotta get our genuine reactions
to seeing it for the first time."
- And this is a partnership with GE Additive AddWorks,
so they actually partnered with GE,
and they specialize in kinda doing this sort of stuff
where they partner and they help
and they assist with creating
different sort of additive products,
and this is one of the things that GE helped HRE do,
and this is the HRE 3D+, you have to call it that.
Before we open the wheel, though, (indistinct).
- No, afterwards.
I am getting excited, though,
because you can already see this carbon fiber barrel.
- So in case you guys are wondering,
that is just the barrel,
and you could actually, the feeling,
usually with a carbon fiber barrel,
it's glossed over and stuff like that,
no, this is actual raw carbon fiber,
which is absolutely nuts.
- We got to see it first, 'cause we've been waiting longer.
- Just so you know, I tried to get you guys to see it first,
but Gels is selfish.
- I didn't say anything.
- Yeah, sorry, Gels.
- All right, ready? One, two, three.
- Oh my God.
- Oh my God. - That is so sick.
- Drop the B roll!
(exciting yet slow-paced music)
- How do they even do that yet?
How do you even...?
- All right, show the world.
- All right, ready, one, two, and...
- Three. - Oh my God.
- That's just a piece of art right there,
that is absolutely gorgeous, insane.
- [Alex] This is a 21 by 12 and a half.
- Yeah, it's a big boy.
I don't think I could fit that on the Focus.
- What about GTA?
- Yeah, that'll work.
- All right, so they call this the HRE 3D+,
but what they actually call this is,
it's an additive manufacturing process.
And what that really means is that
you have kinda this powder bed with powdered titanium,
and they use a laser to heat up that titanium
right where they want
to be able to build it up to this.
So think of this as kind of a titanium powder sandbox.
You'll have like a centimeter of powder,
they're gonna heat it up right where they want it,
and it's gonna turn the titanium from a powder to a solid
without actually melting it,
that's really really cool.
- It's like controlled heat, pretty much.
- Yeah, it's super insane.
And then with that, with my manufacturing background,
it really intrigues me, because,
when you weld things,
you get all kinds of, you tense up the metal,
and you have to put it through a heating process
to get all that tension out,
and with this process you don't have to do that.
It's super super cool.
- And then, so what it is, essentially,
is we have multiple spoke pieces,
and then they're all assembled together,
and they come together right there,
and then they meet up, make this beautiful design,
and then you have a carbon fiber barrel,
just to absolutely seal the deal.
- There's a couple things about this
that's really interesting,
because it doesn't really look like a wheel,
more than it looks like almost an exoskeleton,
you know what I'm saying?
It's like if a computer decided
that it wanted to make the best version of a wheel,
not what we wanted,
'cause there's some really neat things about this,
what he's talking about with the tech,
the fact that they can go in,
and they essentially have this dual inserted floating spoke
around this window here,
'cause you can actually see that it's
popping through on both sides,
just with a little bit of hair of clearance,
I mean it's absolutely nuts.
- The amount of detail through the entire wheel
is absolutely insane and using this process
is what makes them able to do it,
like Alex is saying, how it weaves through
the holes and meets and connects is just absolutely crazy.
- Yeah, so when Sean was talking about them using
the titanium powder, I think you said,
the titanium, so it's actually what they call Ti64,
so it is a titanium, yeah, TIE fighter,
that's how I remembered how to say it.
But, it is a titanium powder, and what it is,
usually when you think of aluminum wheels
and stuff like that,
you want that good strength to weight ratio.
With the Ti64, it's as strong as steel,
and even though it's like 60% heavier than aluminum,
what they're able to do is not use as much material,
so with the additive process,
it's not like they're machining anything away,
it's just that they add what they want,
so you don't have any excess, so that penalty that you get
with any extra material, for as far as aluminum,
you don't get with this,
so that's why they're able to keep it super super light,
even with the heavier material.
- And that's kinda why I think it's so interesting,
'cause it's an entirely different take
on how you make a wheel, right?
You have your gravity cast where they just pour it all in,
then you have the low pressure cast
where they pressure the molten in,
then you have a one piece wheel
where it's one single block of metal,
they push it all the way down and they still cut it off,
then you have a multi-piece wheel
which is like the heaviest version,
and then you have this, where it's like,
sure, the metal is a little heavier,
but, you don't actually have anything to shape,
it is just whatever it is.
- Set this down before I hurt myself.
- Now, one thing that's a little bit sad,
is this isn't in production yet,
you can't go out and buy these wheels.
They did make 'em in the,
they built them to the standard
that they make their other wheels,
however they did not test these yet,
it is more for marketing.
But it's just absolutely crazy to see
the potential and what's possible in the future.
- [Gels] They did it like, "Yeah, we can do that,
and we're gonna do it."
- And if you're talking about weight, too,
with the, these are all hollow, completely.
- Yeah, right, there's like an actual channel inside,
and yeah, it's so thin.
- So the spokes have channels inside of them,
in some of the holes,
to go all the way through the actual spokes,
now I don't know if you're gonna be able to capture that,
but like, if I give you an example, where is it,
this one right here, so these oval holes,
if you actually look inside,
it's not just a cut.
It's in between the holes, it's a channel of nothingness.
- You can look all the way down that spoke from the inside.
- So you can see all the way through.
The neatest thing about this
is even though HRE said
"It's not really for production,"
HRE would probably have zero to little doubt
that they could put it into production,
'cause they're all, they got the TV, the ISO,
they have all the certifications known to man,
because that's just what HRE does.
So, while this is a marketing piece,
I think this is one of those things where they're like,
"If somebody came to us with a wallet,
that was quite large, we could probably do it for ya."
- So yeah, it's absolutely awesome
that this is a 21 by 12 and a half,
and it's coming in at 21 pounds.
That is just absolutely insane,
and the wheel itself is just really light.
This is a massive wheel, this is a thick boy.
I'm a thick boy, I'm heavy,
this is a thick boy, and this is light.
Dummy light!
All right, so the real question is,
we've gone through the metals,
we've gone through the weight,
we've seen the beautiful design.
Am I allowed to slap it?
- Can you slap it?
- Yeah.
- I mean, I feel like you can, yes.
- Ti64! That's a unit, that is an absolute unit. Like me.
- I want you to know that there was no reverberation.
- No, it just took it.
- You could hear the sound just go this way,
and not back up. - And that is being
the only person that's ever slapped
a 3D printed wheel in the world,
here at Fitment Industries, making history happen.
- Slap it.
- I can't do that to it, I can't do it.
- Slap it. Gels, you lose every battle.
Gels, slap the wheel.
- It's just solid!
- It did feel good, I'm not gonna lie, it does feel good.
- Don't use your-
- There, now the Fitment Industries team
has officially slapped the only V2 HRE 3D+
printed model wheel, that's a 21 by 12 and a half,
and 21 pounds, with channels in the spokes,
it's dope as hell, and it does really neat titanium things
using powder and exact heat, it's pretty cool.
It's the future of technology,
and it's got a hella lot of concavity.
I mean if you actually look at the design
it's got some serious boys going all over that.
- For as much stuff is going on in there,
yeah, you do get some (indistinct).
- I feel like when HRE does watch this video,
and they see us slap it,
there's gonna be a small-
- Like a wince every single time.
Can we just keep it?
I just wanna keep it.
- So if you guys wanna pick up a set of HRE 3D+
printed wheels, you can't
at FitmentInustries.com,
but if you are looking for HRE wheels,
do be sure to check that out over at FitmentIndustries.com,
where we have everything for wheels, tires, suspension,
all that sorta good stuff,
plus if you're looking to build your car now,
you can do so, and it's a pretty good time,
you know, 0%, you can pay it off later with tax return,
and with HRE wheels, you're pretty much a fancy boy,
so these are some big ol' Johnnies,
you know what I'm saying?
These are the ones that you get
when you really wanna be Batman.
That's all I got.
Gels, do you have anything for the group?
- I can't believe they let us slap it.
- I will throw this like a shuriken at you.
And this will hurt, this will cut.
Gimme your hand.
- I already hurt myself.
- Gimme your palm. Gimme your palm.
- We don't trust you.
- That's why I put it down, yeah.
- Ow!
Where are you going?
Oh, he's stealing it, all right.
- All right, we'll see you later, peace!