{"id":21232,"date":"2012-11-27T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T05:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/?p=21232"},"modified":"2013-02-17T18:22:33","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:22:33","slug":"sema-2012-this-sucks-copying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/","title":{"rendered":"SEMA 2012 &#8211; This Sucks #11 &#8211; Copying Ain&#8217;t Cool"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsema-2012-this-sucks-copying%2F&amp;media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FDSC_7478.jpg&amp;description=SEMA+2012+%E2%80%93+This+Sucks+%2311+%E2%80%93+Copying+Ain%E2%80%99t+Cool\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\" rel=\"lightbox[21232]\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"SEMA 2012 \u2013 This Sucks #11 \u2013 Copying Ain\u2019t Cool\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=SEMA 2012 \u2013 This Sucks #11 \u2013 Copying Ain\u2019t Cool&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\" data-text=\"SEMA 2012 \u2013 This Sucks #11 \u2013 Copying Ain\u2019t Cool\" data-desc=\"Two Steering Wheels Separated at Birth What do you think of this steering wheel? Dig it? It's a Billet Specialties designed and manufactured wheel they call, \"Draft\". More info on this steering wheel here. I stopped in Billet Specialties' booth at SEMA to chat with new friend Scott Sandoval and see\" data-image=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7478.jpg\" data-button=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/images\/social_share_button.png\" alt=\"Share\" class=\"linksalpha_image\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/scripts\/loader_iconbox.js?v=2.4\"><\/script><\/span><\/div><h2>Two Steering Wheels Separated at Birth<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21233\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" title=\"Billet Specialties &quot;Draft&quot; Steering Wheel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7478.jpg\" alt=\"billet steering wheel, sema show\" width=\"575\" height=\"669\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7478.jpg 575w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7478-128x150.jpg 128w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7478-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What do you think of this steering wheel? Dig it? It&#8217;s a Billet Specialties designed and manufactured wheel they call, &#8220;Draft&#8221;. <a rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Billet Specialties &quot;Draft&quot; Steering Wheel\" href=\"http:\/\/www.billetspecialties.com\/half-wrap-steering-wheels\/select-edition-14\/29263\/\" target=\"_blank\">More info on this steering wheel here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I stopped in Billet Specialties&#8217; booth at SEMA to chat with new friend Scott Sandoval and see what new products they had. I&#8217;ve been a fan of their wheels for a while after I used a set of their wheels a Mind-Only build of my 1961 Rambler wagon. That&#8217;s another story&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>To my surprise, Scott said they didn&#8217;t have many new designs, especially wheels, on hand because folks were stealing their designs as soon as they were shown at SEMA. I said, &#8220;Really??!&#8221; Still riled from one of the copy-cat&#8217;s dudes strolling right into the booth to grab this year&#8217;s new catalog, Scott directed me to another vendor at SEMA where I took this photo:<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone  wp-image-21234\" style=\"margin: 4px; border: 2px solid black;\" title=\"Copy of Billet Specialties steering wheel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7488.jpg\" alt=\"copied steering wheel\" width=\"575\" border=\"2\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7488.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7488-150x144.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7488-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSC_7488-575x554.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>With the fella in this booth staring at me, I grabbed this shot and compared, at the time by memory, to the Billet Specialties wheel. While not an <em>EXACT<\/em> copy, I have to agree with Scott, this design looks way-WAY too similar to the Draft\u00a0design.<\/p>\n<p>How much of this goes on before best new designs and innovations are held out of the SEMA show?<\/p>\n<p>For that, Ningbo Henri &#8211; YOU SUCK.<\/p>\n<h4><a title=\"SEMA 2012 Kick off \u2013 Your Guide to Everything SEMA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-kick-off\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click for everything @ <em>2012 SEMA Show from MyRideisMe<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mr_social_sharing_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Social Sharing Toolkit v2.2 --><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.myrideisme.com%2FBlog%2Fsema-2012-this-sucks-copying%2F&amp;media=&amp;description=SEMA+2012+%E2%80%93+This+Sucks+%2311+%E2%80%93+Copying+Ain%E2%80%99t+Cool\" class=\"pin-it-button\" count-layout=\"none\"><img border=\"0\" src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/PinExt.png\" title=\"Pin It\" \/><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><fb:share-button type=\"button_count\" href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\"><\/fb:share-button><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"horizontal\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\" data-via=\"myrideisme\" data-text=\"SEMA 2012 \u2013 This Sucks #11 \u2013 Copying Ain\u2019t Cool\"><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><div class=\"g-plusone\" data-size=\"medium\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\"><\/div><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a class=\"mr_social_share_email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=SEMA 2012 \u2013 This Sucks #11 \u2013 Copying Ain\u2019t Cool&amp;body=https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-sharing-toolkit\/images\/icons_small\/email.png\" class=\"nopin\" alt=\"Email\" title=\"Email\"\/><span class=\"mr_small_icon\">Email<\/span><\/a><\/a><\/span><span class=\"mr_social_sharing\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"linksalpha_button linksalpha_link\" href=\"\/\/www.linksalpha.com\/social\/mobile\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/sema-2012-this-sucks-copying\/\" data-text=\"SEMA 2012 \u2013 This Sucks #11 \u2013 Copying Ain\u2019t Cool\" data-desc=\"Two Steering Wheels Separated at Birth What do you think of this steering wheel? 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I stopped in Billet Specialties&#8217; booth at SEMA to chat with new friend Scott Sandoval and see what new products [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[378],"tags":[1636,1637,1794],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21232"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22341,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21232\/revisions\/22341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myrideisme.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}