*UPDATED* Limp Bizkit's Wes Borland and his contacts? *UPDATED*

hpkeeper

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Wes Borlands contacts.... I think those are the coolest things on the market, the only thing is... where are they on the market!?!!?!?!? if anyone can give me a link to where I can find a reliable place to buy a pair that would be helpfull. I've tried many of the listings in Yahoo, so if you know of any, please leave a link, Thanks! :)
 

Electric Amish

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Sorry, can't find a link, but I know if you go to your local eyewear shop they should have catalogs you can look through.

My wife has several pair like that. Cat's eyes, black w/ star and moon, 8-ball, etc.

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hpkeeper

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Yeah, I've got a pair of the wild eye contacts, but I was looking for something different than those... they're abstract, but not enough for me... that's why I brought up Wes Borland's oversized contacts.
 

BigSmooth

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Well, damnit hpkeeper, I'm trying to help you out here, but you keep shooting me down!! :)
 

DAM

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wes borland looks cool, ive never seen him on stage, but i migh see him in houston for the anger management tour, but all the videos and pictures of them playing he always looks very unique and just all around cool.








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hpkeeper

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Hey, who cares if limp bizkit sucks... I'm talking about Wes Borlands contacts, we aren't talking about sound... we're talking about looks... and those contacts look Cool
 

bonk102

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i agree, who cares about limp's music, those contacts are eerily cool and i would love to know where i could find some too, it would be halloween every night of the week
 

hpkeeper

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anyone know where to get some?

in the dullness of the past few days, I stumbled upon a company who does sell the contacts that wes borland wears, there are a few down sides to ordering from them, one of them is the obvious PRICE, they cost $325 a pair, that isn't including shipping. A few other things that are negative is that they effect your Peripheral vision, so you can't see as well, but you can, just like any other contact only darker. The very last sucky thing about it, on top of the cost of the contacts, you have to get a perscription filled out by your eye doctor for them, so if you aren't insured you are going to get stuck up the arse about another $40. Overall Cost roughly:

$400

If you are still interested this is the one company that I found:

9mm

have fun... hope you can afford it... I know I'm saving my pennies.
 

bonk102

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wow, after i saw that price, maybe i'll wait till i hit the lottery to go for it.
 

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Why? So you can be quirky and offbeat like him? Limp Bizkit is one of the worst bands i've heard in a long time. MTV bands should die.
 

hpkeeper

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Hey, they where good on their first album and in my opinion got progresively worse.. but like bonk102 said, this isn't about Limp Bizkit, it's about an image. Wether you like that image or not is irrellevant... are we now crapping threads in the off topic forum? it's about the contacts... not about limp bizkit's music, if you don't have any positive input please don't post.
 

hpkeeper

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WOOHOO! I just ordered my pair! they ended up being a whollapping $300, I have a pair of wild eyes that served their purpose, they where allot cheaper. But if any of you are still looking for a pair I got my pair at:

Lensquest.com

They have really nice customer service... could be because of the cost of the lenses, but it will be interesting never the less... if you would like to see what these things should look like once in the eye, I have a picture here...

Lenses

Have fun!

HPKeeper
 

hpkeeper

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never met him, but I'll remember that in the "likely" event that I bump into him.
 

DAM

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pretty sweet man, nice contacts. werent those the ones he wore for the nookie video, actually i think he wears those pretty often now that i think about it.




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hpkeeper

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Yeah, the Nookie Video is where I first saw the contacts, just took forever to find the contacts. I have the Nookie music video in MPEG format if someone who has a server would like to post it up on their site, I'll send it to you so the anandtechians can see what these things look like in real life.
 

skywhr

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Walmart had some brand of these for 89.99 @ halloween.
Oh and 9mm has them with no prescription....
 

hpkeeper

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Yeah.. Wall mart carries oversized lenses? Wow... I'd like to look into that... But I'd never buy a pair of contacts from wal mart. I've also looked into 9mm and they cost $350 a pair, and I got the same pair for $300 through lensquest. But thanks for the info! :) later