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Thanks! Will look into Jesse’s service. Now I need to see if they have 2 more wheels on there. I also saw a full set of silver Efini center caps, I think someone was asking about them in this thread or another thread.
Wish mine has the GD logo, I got it from oversea and it seems to have a bigger tip than usual and no GD logo. Other than the tip the rest of the exhaust is identical to the Ganador Ti, and there is GD-730 etching on the canister. How you get the tip so blue?
I want to believe the same factory may have made an iteration or 2 to bring to the market. I had really cleaned mine up with agitation and a deep bath plus the pic was is direct sunlight for the appearance. Still vibrant in general. Some down stream heat cycling may have lend a hand in it as the spring clamp and ex piping section looks the same. Love it !
On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 at 06:15, Jesse Streeter <jesse@jessestreeter.com> wrote:Here is your invoice. Please note that it does not include shipping. You need to go through the online billing system first using the link at the bottom. Once you have completed that, you will be able to see the total amount owing.
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Item Name Auction ID Cost Ship To Me Bank Fee Comm SPEEDLINE Mag-R 17x8J/9J+45 114.3-5H x4 h518685027 Ą27,500 Ą3,800 Ą500 Ą2,700 Totals Ą27,500 Ą3,800 Ą500 Ą2,700
Tyre Removal: Ą4,000 Invoice Subtotal (excludes international shipping): Ą38,500Credit that has been applied to this bill: Ą25,000
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The likely parts manual to cover the bathurst wheels would be AJFA06.
The Verion 6 brochure ,which mainly covers the Spirit R, shows the Bathurst TX with it dark wheels proud. The Version 4 brochure shows two tones of the 16 "
Highpressure casting" wheels but makes no reference as to why. The Type RB Bathurst in the the brochure shows the SSM version with silver wheels. No mention of the second colour in the options pages.
Maybe the dark wheels where meant for people "in the know".
Thanks! Will look into Jesse’s service. Now I need to see if they have 2 more wheels on there. I also saw a full set of silver Efini center caps, I think someone was asking about them in this thread or another thread.
On Sat, 27 Feb 2021 at 06:15, Jesse Streeter <jesse@jessestreeter.com> wrote:Here is your invoice. Please note that it does not include shipping. You need to go through the online billing system first using the link at the bottom. Once you have completed that, you will be able to see the total amount owing.
Items in this invoice
Item Name Auction ID Cost Ship To Me Bank Fee Comm SPEEDLINE Mag-R 17x8J/9J+45 114.3-5H x4 h518685027 Ą27,500 Ą3,800 Ą500 Ą2,700 Totals Ą27,500 Ą3,800 Ą500 Ą2,700
Tyre Removal: Ą4,000 Invoice Subtotal (excludes international shipping): Ą38,500Credit that has been applied to this bill: Ą25,000
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I think the longer you own a car the more you appreciate its original form. The 16" OEM wheels look great with the early bumper, it all works well together and they are exceptionally light and strong. They are pressure cast, allowing them to use thinner aluminium as it's less prone to manufacturing defects, there are very few rims in 16x8 as light at these. I wonder if this process was quite expensive and the design revision was a cost saving action and reverting to the more traditional casting method, explaining why the wheels are thicker walled?
The only two bad wheels that were OEM are thankfully quite rare, the OEM 3 spoke and 10 spoke that were offered early on as an option (Japan only). They are pretty grim!
I love my OEM wheels, the first wheels I've had on a car where I don't even consider looking at other rims as a replacement, they just work with the car. They even look good covered in brake dust in this pic .
The thin wheels were prone to breaking. Drag racers seem to love them. I have bought and sold four sets. As for 16" I prefer the 99 ones (used up to 2002 on the Type RB). They are very light as well.
With help of Jesse Streeter , I completed my staggered set of Speedline MAG-R wheels that came on my first parts car. Really digging these at the moment.
Not on OEM wheels, though I had a set of the Spirit wheels some years ago and loved them.
As a longtime believer in the OEM design, like Ceylon, I appreciate the FD's lines more and more. I shaved the rear side markers and ground down a number of welds that were visible. Did the same kind of thing in the engine bay.
There were a few examples of Mazdaspeed 18" wheels in the Mazdaspeed catalogues. Also Brian Long's book mentioned. Nice OEM upgrade if you can find.
I personally think they're too big, and their offsets play a real havoc to the original suspension scrub wise. However, if you want it for appearance purposes, there is no better wheel. Provided you can find them...
These tuner bibles out of Japan are a huge resource for spotting era correct mods and accessories. It is very interesting to see the evolution from magazine to magazine as the FD tuner scene went crazy.
I have (by accident) been accumulating bits of a few of the more famous body kits. (early Veilsidde, C-west)
I personally think they're too big, and their offsets play a real havoc to the original suspension scrub wise. However, if you want it for appearance purposes, there is no better wheel. Provided you can find them...
The gold with silver lip belong to certain colours. They’ll look fantastic in a darker coloured FD. You can kinda get away with it on the red.
I would still want them in the white though..
Cracked open one of the tuner bibles. Seems Recaro SR-II were considered an after-market alternative for FD. This makes me pleased, because I have stuffed a pair intp my car.
Hard (to find) evidence
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