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project.r.racing · Post by **project.r.racing** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:59 am

TOMSUN wrote:
project.r.racing wrote:
thrash wrote:lol, might i ask why you want 4 lug wheels?

it's funny.. we always want what we can't have.. down under we want 5 lug.. up there you want 4 lug..
swaps? :beer
It's nearly impossible to find a 4 stud wheel with a low offset.
You're forced to spend your life searching ebay, forums and yahoo japan looking for 2nd hand wheels that might fit! or $3,000 on a set of Simmons! :drool:

you cannot find a set on yahoo japan? i find that hard to believe. cos i see plenty on there every day.

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:23 pm

project.r.racing wrote:
TOMSUN wrote:
project.r.racing wrote:swaps? :beer
It's nearly impossible to find a 4 stud wheel with a low offset.
You're forced to spend your life searching ebay, forums and yahoo japan looking for 2nd hand wheels that might fit! or $3,000 on a set of Simmons! :drool:
you cannot find a set on yahoo japan? i find that hard to believe. cos i see plenty on there every day.

umm no. A set come up about once a week (I'm after 17x8 at a minimum)
Otomoto sell 4x114.3 wheels too. http://www.otomoto.com.au/photos.htm But not so far in 17's.

But Like I said...
Post a link... If they come up every day...??

dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:29 pm

TOMSUN wrote:
dirtygalant wrote:^^ I guess that's true for Australia. I find it easier to find sweet 80s jap style low offset wheels in 4x114.3mm than 5x114.3mm in NZ. The low offset 5 stud wheels seem to be the typical rubbish like chromies etc for Commonwhores and Falcoons etc.

Lucky for us (and probably the States) there are heaps of AE86s, S13 Silvias and other common 4x114.3mm RWD 'drift' cars around so there's heaps of wheels to choose from.
Where do you typically find them?
Got any links to examples of these wheels?

TradeMe (NZ alternative to eBay)
various car forums etc

a quick search on trademe brings up these:

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 458763.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 080560.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 215952.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =201062501

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 195394.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =200625947

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:57 pm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 458763.htm
Don't fit

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 080560.htm
OK.. But I'd rather JB factory rims

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 215952.htm
Prolly need to roll the front guards depending on height and camber

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =201062501

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motor ... 195394.htm

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/Listing ... =200625947

Thanks... But I have seen those types of small old skool rims that are mainly for the AE86's...

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dirtygalant · Post by **dirtygalant** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 1:03 pm

TOMSUN wrote:
Thanks... But I have seen those types of small old skool rims that are mainly for the AE86's...

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which is what I said originally..

picky wee bugger aren't ya? :P

you don't like longchamps? sheesh something's wrong with you haha.

project.r.racing · Post by **project.r.racing** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 4:11 pm

TOMSUN wrote:
project.r.racing wrote:
TOMSUN wrote: It's nearly impossible to find a 4 stud wheel with a low offset.
You're forced to spend your life searching ebay, forums and yahoo japan looking for 2nd hand wheels that might fit! or $3,000 on a set of Simmons! :drool:
you cannot find a set on yahoo japan? i find that hard to believe. cos i see plenty on there every day.
umm no. A set come up about once a week (I'm after 17x8 at a minimum)
Otomoto sell 4x114.3 wheels too. http://www.otomoto.com.au/photos.htm But not so far in 17's.

But Like I said...
Post a link... If they come up every day...??

hmm you never said you were picky in your 1st post.

now before i go trolling thru 32 pages of 4 stud 17in rims+tyres on yahoo. a bit more info from you will make it easier. matching front are rears? looking for +10 or +15 offset? or other? do you like open pattern designs or mesh designs?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:46 pm

otomoto do 17's now tom, in the watanabe style, with some gangster offsets & widths now..

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:49 pm

http://www.otomoto.com.au/showroom.htm

these rota rb wheels are the sex

I saw a set on a 240z the other day.. had the centres painted yellow, and the car was the same colour..

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

thrash · Post by **thrash** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 5:50 pm

although.. the 9 inch and 9.5 inch ones are -13 and -19 offset.. they won't fit, will they? or can you get them to fit by rolling the guards a heap?

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:36 pm

yeah those ones would take some guard pumping alright, or the silo treatment :D

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:00 pm

^^ project.r.racing
I appreciate your offer of help, but I do have a set of wheels lined up....
Don't don't get crabby with me, I was merly originally trying to point out that you don't want to just want to switch 5 stud to a 4 stud. There are some wheel option issues associated with that path.

Oh...
If you do come across a set of 4x114.3 in
FRONT: 17x7.5 to 17x17x8.5 +6 offset
REAR: 17x8 to 17x17x9.5 +12 offset
MUST HAVE DISH... Mesh or 5 spoke.
Minimal gutter rash and no cracks or buckles for less than 25,000 yen.

Let me know :beer

Like these would have been ok...
http://page13.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/r50565242

but like I said... they don't come up very often...

Post by **TOMSUN** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:05 pm

redzone wrote:otomoto do 17's now tom, in the watanabe style, with some gangster offsets & widths now..

17x8.5 +4 9.27kg $329 IN STOCK (That's $1,316 for a set).

Not bad. Love the dish but could be a bit too common and a bit too old skool... For the "modern" Starion rofl

Geez I'm a fussy prick :roll:

redzone · Post by **redzone** » Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:46 pm

yeah i reckon you can get away with wata's on a starion EASY. look at the tofu delivery AE86 :P and the black 1/24 starion model kit....

www.18u · Post by **www.18u** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 7:30 am

I was told Rota's are not adr approved

Please prove me wrong as they look the goods.

Post by **TOMSUN** » Tue Feb 10, 2009 8:53 am

^^ That will happen if you hit a gutter...

Actually I have heard that around 2001 that there was a bad batch of wheels from Rota and they they started to crack on the spoke. The company traced the batch and replaced the faulty wheels free of charge (as they should).

Austarion

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