What on earth can hold these?
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We're not sure if this 42-inch rim is a tribute to the days of Conestoga Wagons or a tribute to American excess and wealth of yesteryear (like 2005), but this rim can be fitted on to your seven-story-tall earth-mover dump truck so you can be the flashiest driver at the coal mine. How much you ask? House, as in down-payment on a house (and I'm talking old-school down payment, like 20%) or roughly $80,000 for a set of four according to an Asanti representative.
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Let's do some math. Gold closed today at about $740 an ounce. There are roughly 35 ounces in a kilo. There are 5 kilos on this rim. There are four rims on a car. That means a set of these Asanti rims we spotted at the Lexani booth will run you back roughly $518,000...for the gold bar insets. That doesn't include labor, gold-plating of the rest of the wheel components, tires, or the cost of replacing your car when you get carjacked -- and you will get carjacked. Add it all up and you have some expensive rims. Oh, that is cubic-zirconium on the center cap. Why not diamonds you ask? Too gaudy!