How rare are the factory mesh wheels i want a set for my fb but cant find any that arent in use on someones car

 

are you talking about the 1983 LE BBS Mesh Wheels that came on the 83' Limited Editon rx7?

 

got a pic?

 

I think those are the ones your talking about. the 83 LE rims are quite rare and hard to find in good shape. There were only about 3000 LE's made, so finding the rims for the car is just as hard as finding the car itself.

 

maybe they are rikens then cause i was looking through the rims section and came across those casue ive seen them in black and gold

 

Since we are on the subject, not meaning to steal the thread or anything..., but how rare are these? They were on the car when I bought my 79' SA and was one of the reasons why I purchased it.

 

dont believe ive ever seen those wheels before, but i want a set, goddamn. you got all 4 center caps?

 

Yup, on like 2 of the rims the paint is somewhat flaking off. So I was going to get them repainted once the SA is up and running. I also have the lug-nut wrench with the bag, and the bad has the same "M" logo on it. I was thinking the previous owner took them from the earlier RX's?

 

I thought they were Enkei's, not BBS's.... I am about to go out and look....

 

Druken, I have never seen those kinds of rims either...an interesting find, indeed...

 

the m on the wheels seem to be pre 79, could they be from a Cosmo ?

jeff

 

fwiw everything I've read said that 5000 83 LE's were made. Either way in the overall scheme of things they are very rare, seeing as Mazda made almost half a million first gens world wide. I agree those wheels shown above do look to be pre rx-7 vintage, given the old school "M" logo and all. Cool looking for sure....

 

those wheels would look pretty badass on an FB. Nice ones. I think any stock mazda wheel looks good on these things, i love my GS's wheels!

 

heres the 83le wheels.
normally they have black plastic center caps but i use gslse centers.

 

WHAT?!?! really? Hmm im not sure...i just heard that they were made by BBS....so i could be wrong. Anyone know the answer?

 

they have the same stamp that every other mazda rim has.
i think they are just "bbs style"

 

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The wheels are BBS, it says it on them, forget where; but when I took them off the car I saw the logo

Ryan

 

after seeing the le wheels i deff. think im talking about the riken wheels

 

I've gotta get me some of those!!

Jon

 

Unless I'm badly mistaken these are the factory optional alloy wheels for the RX3, and I think they were available for one year only.

Steve

 

I have a set of the 83 Limited wheels and I wanted to know who made them also, I have always been under the assumption that they were factory BBS wheels since later model rx's used BBS's for factory wheels and they look alike to bbs wheels.

I went and looked at my wheels as they aren;'t on the car yet and there is no 'bbs' identification or bbs logo on the wheels, but on one of the spokes I found a small unusal logo or marking that looks similer to a cursive 'mc' (sse paint drawing below) <--Not sure what company that is or what it stands for but the most logically to me it stands for 'mazda corpration' or something close.

-heres a pic of what the cursive marking looks like and wherre its located on the car.



anyone have a for sure anwser about this ?

 

I see that logo on alot of rims (not just mazdas)...what is that logo

 

I think this would be the markings seen on many rims.

http://www.enkei.co.jp/en/t_know_02.html

Japan Light Alloy Wheel (JWL) Standard for Passenger Cars. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport requires that aluminum wheels for passenger cars (with 3, 5, and 7-number plates) sold in Japan bear the JWL mark. The JWL mark can be displayed on wheels that have passed the standard through a self-certification system.



Similarly, the ministry requires aluminum wheels for trucks and buses (with 1 and 4-number plates) to bear the JWL-T mark. Even if a vehicle is classified as a passenger car (with 3, 5, or 7-number plates), if it comes with LT tires as standard equipment due to its GVW (gross vehicle weight), it must use aluminum wheels bearing the JWL-T mark.



A third-party entity called the Vehicle Inspection Association verifies whether a product meets the requirements prescribed by the JWL or JWL-T standard. This association permits a product to bear a VIA mark if it passes rigorous quality and strength verification tests conducted in accordance with the JWL or JWL-T standard.

 

Unless I am badly mistaken, BBS's are not made in Japan, and on the back of mine they say "Made in Japan".

 

After doing some research - BBS's are made in Germany. The 1983 LE wheels are definitely not BBS wheels.