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Old 07-24-11, 09:22 PM
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What is this rim called

I see the earlier rims are called waffles. does this newer rim have a name ?
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"+" rims
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Usually referred to as the x-men wheels.
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"Plus" or "X" wheels are what I usually see them referred to as.
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agree or just stock or regular.. i like to call em my ugly rims..
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Waffles - hmmm good

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Those are plus wheels and are the most common wheel found on the FBs.
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I call them "backup wheels."
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I like the + wheels a lot more than those damn ugly waffles.
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Originally Posted by R-cien
I like the + wheels a lot more than those damn ugly waffles.
Thems fightn' words for us SA folk. Watch your mouth. Waffles are only ugly when
not kept clean or when installed on non-mazda cars.
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they are the plus style aluminum wheels available on the RX-7 from 81-85. they wore a 185/70HR/13 tire from the factory.
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I love my plus wheels they're beautiful! I wouldn't trade them for any other wheels.
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thus fore evermore thy rims shall be named "X-man wheels".

I've always liked the waffle type. For some reason, I thought the waffles looked like the pattern on the Millennium Falcon on Star wars. Maybe a little? No? SC
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You guys are all on crack. They are obviously the "four-triangles-with-their-upper-point-lopped-off-arranged-in-a-circular-pattern,-also-with-a-circle-in-the-middle-removed wheels", not X or plus wheels.

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Lmao!!!!!!
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
Thems fightn' words for us SA folk. Watch your mouth. Waffles are only ugly when
not kept clean or when installed on non-mazda cars.
Lmao, no disrespect to the forefathers but with all due respect, and I do mean with all due respect they're fugly.

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Storage wheels?
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Classified wheels. :O)




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