Air Jordan 5 Retro Grape NRG - Fresh Prince

[headdetective]

When that mesh starts to yellow all down the tongue

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

I thought an on feet would sway me more but this doesn't look good lo l.

Looks like he just got out of jail

Looks like two bloated sausages stuffed in a size 8.

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

When that mesh starts to yellow all down the tongue

That ain't no problem.

 

[headdetective]

How you figure?

I imagine it looking horrible. Especially with no laces to shield most of it.

 

[SC kid]

When someone asks you why your shoes don't have shoe laces....

 

[spoonmanofthehour]

How you figure?

I imagine it looking horrible. Especially with no laces to shield most of it.

My shoes will be trashed by then. All the netting will be yellow so it doesn't matter to me. They will be beaters.

 

[JACKFROSTY843]

Lol Imma throw 1 of these on and the other foot will be a concord 11. Balling on a whole new level with the grails......mid life crisis out chea

 

[jasonvoorhees08]

Just put the ****in' regular sole to them wtf is that

 

[jordan4eva23]

How long till we get the Hancock black toe 1s

 

[alchemist iq]

If I get a pair. I’m taking them to a professional shoe shop to punch holes through them. F all that noise. JB wildin!!

 

[sthebest]

These look stupid without the laces, especially with that shape. The OGs could get away with it because the toebox was sleeker.

Regardless, the Nike Air Grapes are a grail of mine so they’re a cop for me. Taking a exacto knife to the holes and copping some lace locks as soon as i get them. The only people that will rock these without laces are cornball dudes who want to dress just like Will did in the first season of that show.

 

[ARK]

It will take more than just punching lace holes in the upper. You'll have to unstitch the tongue from the sides of the upper just to get at the lace holes. Once you do that it remains to be seen if those sides will still hold together without that tongue stitch. If its a separate thread then it should work. Additionally the eyelets aren't plastic like the original and previous retros. Who knows how that material will behave with laces running through them. You'll have 14 holes to make on each side if you want it true to the original. Who knows if you'll even be able to get to the very first hole at the bottom by the tongue.

Then at the end of the day, will you be happy having to fix something Nike/Jordan decided they didn't want to do? Hard to say for me at least. Sure Nike Air would be on the back but the cost and hassle to add the laces seems like a pain in the butt.

 

[sthebest]

It will take more than just punching lace holes in the upper. You'll have to unstitch the tongue from the sides of the upper just to get at the lace holes. Once you do that it remains to be seen if those sides will still hold together without that tongue stitch. If its a separate thread then it should work. Additionally the eyelets aren't plastic like the original and previous retros. Who knows how that material will behave with laces running through them. You'll have 14 holes to make on each side if you want it true to the original. Who knows if you'll even be able to get to the very first hole at the bottom by the tongue.

Then at the end of the day, will you be happy having to fix something Nike/Jordan decided they didn't want to do? Hard to say for me at least. Sure Nike Air would be on the back but the cost and hassle to add the laces seems like a pain in the butt.

Still id give it a try, it would make a nice project with a rewarding payoff. It’ll be more satisfying than buying the 2013 grapes with that rock hard pleather. The sides should still hold together and cutting the stitching of the tongue from the laceholes area shouldn’t be that difficult. You can also use a dremel with a small head to speed up the process and drill the holes in, which would be a easier way to go about this.

 

[Deleted member 107398]

My guess is if you go thru with the hole punching, you would have to be very cautious with tightening the laces, may just have to let em rock loosely/lightly tightened

 

[SC kid]

Was the last retro that bad Lol?
The leather on these don't look much better

I think.

 

[tonytobacco]

 

[tonytobacco]

Ya'll gonna regret buying these if these new allegations are true. Bad timing for ol Will Smith and JB....


I wanted grapes but not like this.
not like this...

 

[SC kid]

What allegations

 

[tonytobacco]

Im not about to go down that hole here with certain people here lurking around

Im sure itll come up if you search for it

lets just say, its not good

 

[masagipatron]

If I could actually get a pair, I would cop.

 

[heatseeker23]

Wish they woulda just given us a real deal remastered grape 5

 

[Magic33]

Im not about to go down that hole here with certain people here lurking around

Im sure itll come up if you search for it

lets just say, its not good

 

[noblekane]

what the ****
fresh prince clearly has lace holes in that pic and they go and do this bull ****???

 

[Aquamanjay_]

Ya'll gonna regret buying these if these new allegations are true. Bad timing for ol Will Smith and JB....


I wanted grapes but not like this.
not like this...

Just searched jb and will Smith and saw nothing.

 

[ARK]

Just searched jb and will Smith and saw nothing.

I saw something about a potential allegation with a cast member from Fresh Prince.