- What is going on, everybody?
Gels from Fitment Industries
and we are excited to announce
that we have partnered yet again
with Kansei Wheels for a free wheel giveaway.
That's right, for the month of January,
we are going to be giving away a free set
of Kansei Wheels from their Formlite line up.
That could be the Corsa, that could be the Tandem,
that could be the KNP, all that kind of good stuff,
all you're gonna need to do is pick up
one of the shirts right down below,
this shirt right here, it's an absolutely killer design,
probably yet again my favorite of all time.
So, pick up a tee shirt, you get automatically
entered in to win and of course,
we are gonna be making a donation
at the end of this giveaway just like
every giveaway we've ever done in the past,
some of the proceeds from the shirt sales
are gonna go towards that donation,
along with any other donations
that you guys might add as well.
So go ahead, pick up a tee shirt,
make a donation to a great cause,
and good luck.
- Hey guys, what's going on?
It's Alex from Fitment Industries,
we are at SEMA 2019, and we are back
with our good friend, the one that jumped
in front of us when we were trying
to get tacos last year, because we hadn't ate
in like 24 hours,
- It was worth it though.
- Yeah, it was totally worth it.
I don't know if you guys remember this,
last year, when we were, Kansei was
like this little, tiny,
- We were new.
- Booth,
- We were fighting for space.
- Just had the 240 SX,
- That's all we had.
- I remember that.
- Postage stamp of a booth.
Gratefully so.
- It was fantastic.
And now, besides just saying holy (beep),
you guys are moving now.
It's been one year.
- A very, very fun first year.
- That is exciting.
- Lot of fun, met a lot of great people,
a lot of great builds.
- If you guys haven't followed Kansei
on social media or anything like that,
I'd highly recommend it because watching
this story unfold is super incredible
to watch and Chris is a super cool dude
to actually follow along with.
- Thank you.
- So, we're gonna talk a little bit
of what's new with Kansei in 2019
going into 2020, and then of course
if you guys want to let us know
what you'd like to see from Kansei,
whether you want us to come back with a wheel giveaway,
whether you want to see new wheel designs,
I know a lot of times we've been talking
about the KNP is always the wheel
that gets questioned in our videos,
like, what is the bronze wheel?
It's the KNP.
- It's always in the background, super cool.
- The Kansei KNP.
So first we're gonna start off,
you have a new wheel.
- [Chris] New wheel, yes.
- [Alex] It's flow form.
- [Chris] New flow form wheel.
- [Alex] And what is this one called?
- This is the Roku.
Chrome finish right here, brand new.
Brand new release.
- And that one came from a forge line.
- Yes, we offered this in a forge wheel last year,
in our forge two piece program.
It had a great success, people really dug on it,
and people really hit us up,
what is that we gotta have it.
Course forge wheels fall into a different price bracket.
- Yeah, they're expensive.
- Understandably so, and we said hey,
with all this great interest,
why not bring it as an addition to our flow form line.
So that's what we did.
Took one of our favorite designs,
and it translated very well to a flow form wheel,
and we're happy to offer it.
- The best thing about it,
is that you, a lot of times when you're at SEMA
you can throw it on pretty much any car
in the world, right, because you're at SEMA,
you can put it on exotics,
you can put it on super cars,
but I always love coming here because you chose,
- Old school.
- You chose this.
- Yeah.
- And there is, I don't think
you could've picked a better car
to put these wheels on.
But this isn't the only thing that's new.
So we're gonna have you guys follow along.
We actually have a booth that we can walk through now.
Last year we didn't.
- Yes!
- So, the KNP used to be just 18s, right?
- Yeah, we introduced an 18 inch
after all the research we did,
but after all the great feedback
we got from our customers throughout the year,
we learned a ton.
It was like, wow, a lot of 240 guys,
a lot of drift guys, a lot of BMW guys,
car guys in general, they need a 17.
It's like a bread and butter size.
So, we took everything we learned
and we say, hey, what's our most popular wheel?
KNP, of course, so let's do that in a 17.
So 17 by nine, 17 by nine and a half,
Sort of holy grail fitments for the Japanese
S chassis crowd.
- Crazy thing about 17s, if you guys don't know,
is the 17s used to be extremely popular.
And then, 18s came along, and everybody
jumped on the 18 train.
- Yes, they did.
- Well it jumped so fast, that a lot of people
actually forgot to keep their 17s,
and they discontinued a lot of their 17 inch designs,
and then went from 18s to 19s, to 20s.
- Trying to keep up with the OE wheels.
- And so a lot of the 17 inch market
is all used wheel market,
because there is no more 17.
So to see a 17 come back, but still look
just as good if not better,
- Yes, absolutely, we wanted concave,
we wanted it step lipped, we wanted
the giant brake clearances that we were known for.
So that's what you see here.
Yeah, we think we've combined all those features
into one and really came out with a kick ass wheel.
- That's awesome.
And then you still have the same,
you've got the forged wheels.
- Our forged offerings are here,
still tried and true.
Did implement some really cool new colors for this year.
Holographic pink.
- That is perfect.
- Super cool.
Crazy bright green and our new forge wheel
for this year we're introducing
is our KNP but a directional KNP.
With a new engraving on it.
So this is the same KNP we all know and love,
but now we'll just do a little twist on it.
So there you go.
- And I like that it's just
a little different but it's not too crazy.
You guys spend a lot of time with this.
You really enjoy,
- We're into the details.
- The center caps, the gel center caps.
- Yeah, those are popular.
- And just so you guys know,
pretty much everything about this booth,
and I always try to talk about this,
because this is important to talk about,
is that Chris went into this and he's been
really working with his team
to make it all his.
So even if you look at these wheel stands,
these are wheel stands that they designed.
That they made because they wanted
to show off the wheel, how they take pictures.
So if you go through the catalog,
it looks just like this.
So instead of it being just being mounted
up against the wall,
it's different, it's unique.
The cars that they're bringing in to SEMA,
it's so cool to see it because
it always feels genuine.
- Absolutely, yeah.
We appreciate that.
- Without sounding like a sell out,
I've always loved Kansei.
- Thank you.
- Anything else that you want to tell the world
about what's going on?
- Well, we have tons,
listening to everybody, don't get me wrong,
we're listening, trying to do as much as we can,
development process, is long,
which we know but we want to make
calculated decisions to make the best
wheels that we can for the community
that we care so much about.
Cause we're car guys, too.
And believe me, we read all the DMs,
we want to be the brand of the people,
for the people, and really make a great product
for you guys.
So we're listening, and we got new stuff
coming out all the time.
So just cause of what you see here,
could be some new year releases too.
- Awesome.
- Hang tight.
- Thank you guys so much for watching,
hope you guys enjoyed this
and of course it's a blast to have,
to be back in front of the Kansei booth,
- Absolute blast having you.
- It was awesome.
And of course, if you guys are looking
for Kansei wheels just be sure
to check out fitmentindustries.com.
If you're looking for a five spoke wheel,
it's the KNP, please stop asking,
but if you have any other questions,
drop a comment below we'll be sure
to give them an answer.
I'm Alex from Fitment Industries,
- I'm Chris Sempek from Kansei wheels.
- And we'll see you guys later.
- Thank you.