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Old 08-17-03, 02:00 PM
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Identify my Wheels!!!

I have no clue where they came from, who they are made by, or what car they were originaly from. They have the Mazda marking on the center of them, they are 15x6 or 15x7, never really measured them, 15mm offset.

Any idea who made them or what car they came off of?




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methinks I've seen those on a Limited Edition 7... not sure though.

Chances are if they've got Mazda written on them, they came out on some rare seven.

I mean hell, Mazda even made those rotor-shaped ones!

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Look at the back of the haynes manual. that car has'em
My guess would be they were made for mazda.
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They are not the LE wheels, I don't know what they are heh.
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Originally posted by vipernicus42
methinks I've seen those on a Limited Edition 7... not sure though.
I think you're talking about these: http://mishoga.image.pbase.com/u16/m...050592_IMG.jpg copy and paste url into address bar for it to work.

These are the '83 Limited Edition wheels, 14'', not the same as the ones I posted, but they are the same style.
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Re: Identify my Wheels!!!

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I have no clue where they came from, who they are made by, or what car they were originaly from. They have the Mazda marking on the center of them, they are 15x6 or 15x7, never really measured them, 15mm offset.

Any idea who made them or what car they came off of?




those are weds. otherwise, it would be riken. i had weds but traded it with my bro for the panasports.
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they look alot like my rims...i got mine when i bought the car, im unsure of their origin tho...
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Here are Weds,

Here are Riken, copy and paste url for it to work, http://members.tripod.com/luckyod0/images/View_of_rear_wheel.jpg

Neither one are an exact match.

Here's another pic of my wheels from a couple years ago, copy and paste for it to work, http://www.wheelspecs.com/forums/attachment.php?postid=1610

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Also, the wheels on the back of the Haynes Manual are not a match either. Those are SSR Formula Mesh,

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I think they might be Enkei's... I'm almost positive of it...

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They almost have to either be a Mazda wheel, or some other company made them for Mazda. The first picture I posted is a little blurry, but on the center of the wheel there is the Mazda marking that is on the other stock wheels that came on rx-7's.

Going around the center, they are marked:

6-JJx15..........OFFSET 15..........Mazda Marking..........VIA


I've been searching all night on google and some other search engines, but I can not find any other wheel that is an exact match.
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COLDY13 the first 3 piece wheels you show are not weds, they are epsilons. the wheels you are asking about are either enkies or weds. they are not a mazda wheels, alot of after market companys that made wheels for our rx7s had the m marking on them. my epsilons do. where did you get the pic of the epsilons? might they be for sale?
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That wheel looks like a Weds E/1...which normally has a gold face though.
Mazda didnt make a 15" wheel for the RX-7 until the the '86 GXL.
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My wheels came with a gold face, but they were also coated in hardened brake dust, so when I scrubbed it all off it took off a lot of the gold finish. So I repainted them dark grey/black. The mazda marking on them confused me, I didn't think that any 15'' came stock on a 1st gen either, but I didn't know that that marking was on any aftermarket wheels made for the 7.
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I'm almost positive that those are Enkei's. I have seen an identical wheel at an auto wrecker attached to a 7, but there was only one wheel there, otherwise I'd have snagged them.

I'll have to ask my local wheel guru. This guy used to have 10 different sets of mesh wheels. He'll know which ones those are.
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I under stand mine are weds. I had polished the gold off it.
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i have some 13" goldface enkies...... and those arent them..... they have a flat center, i like the ones i have the best....



i heard of romours from more than three people that mazda offered some wheels that looked like the oneson the back of the cover..... but it might have only been offered by certain delerships....
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The look similar to mine,

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A lot of aftermarket wheels are available with the make of the car on the center caps. They just put a different sticker on 'em.
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I'd have to see them, but they look a lot like "Exip" wheels. Which are rather common in Europe (hence the Haynes car having them). The rotor shaped wheels (original Mazda) are very common here aswell.
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theyre weds, it says on the back lol.
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Originally posted by Sk8r_dude
theyre weds, it says on the back lol.
No, they don't say on the back, other than what's written around the center on the front they are unmarked.
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Originally posted by rotary emotions
I'd have to see them, but they look a lot like "Exip" wheels. Which are rather common in Europe (hence the Haynes car having them). The rotor shaped wheels (original Mazda) are very common here aswell.
Yeah, the Haynes car is very close, but I already posted, those aren't a match either, they are different.


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