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These where made by a mate of mine that works in a machineshop so he made them in the spare hours. I think the will be pretty pricy if you have to pay for the entire thing
BBS E50's. How big? as big as you can fit under the front wells and clear the suspension and brakes. the e50 styling is so classic and the function of magnesium centers cant be beat.
I think a couple of us purist should plan a special op to remove the hostage.
I was working on my truck this weekend and rolled that bad boy up into the garage and it happened to rest near there, so I positioned it in the wheel arch and thought - wow, that would make some redneck happy! Haven't seen a sand rail made from one of these, but that looked pretty funny to me...
Not to worry - no special ops needed. The 79 former rust-bucket will be restored to it's former glory!
A set of ARE enkie 92 knock offs from a parted out mariah wide body. On my 83 LE. RB springs, Tociko blues, and 205/50 nitto neo gens. Love me some meshies!
Looking to get rid of these POS Diamond racing wheels. Soo heavy unbalanced and poor painting with these. They make the car feel very planted and look rad however.
They are just too heavy for me. 15x8 & x15x10 rear. Thinking of going 15x7 and 15x9.
Would like RS watanabe's but they are not in my budget. I have not seen a good looking replica yet.
This is true. According to my quick search just then, the first Minilites were made for the Austin Mini in 1961. Even though Watanabe probably popularised the style in Japan with the RS 8, it was not their original design and they were not released until 1968 (see https://jdmlegends.com/blogs/jdm-blo...at-jdm-legends ).
If you want smaller period-correct, aftermarket wheels, I don't think the 8 spoke banana style are a good choice and, personally, I don't think they suit 1st gens. They are better suited to late 60s, early 70s Japanese cars. Datsun 240Z, Mazda RX-3, early Toyota Celica etc.
Mesh style wheels are more period-correct (if that's what you're after). BBS RS came out in 1983 - in fact there's an magazine ad from their release where they are shown on a series 3 RX-7. SSR Formula Mesh and some of the other Japanese early 80s Enkei etc are also a good choice period wise.
If you want light performance wheels, Panasports do seem good from that perspective.
04-19-14, 11:50 AM
