By Leftlane Staff
Thursday, May 4th, 2006 @ 11:30 am

Think product piracy is just limited to sunglasses and iPods? Think again. Custom wheelmaker AC Schnitzer took pride this week in destroying dozens of counterfeit wheels that were seized by customs officials and vigilant customers. “Image losses due to poor quality, and economic losses for the world-wide AC Schnitzer dealership organization amounting to millions, are only two important reasons why AC Schnitzer is taking firm action against product piracy,” the company said in a statement. The wheel copies — which mainly come from Asia — are converted to scrap metal for recycling. Some fun images after the jump…

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