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Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sat, 01 January 2005 16:45
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14" versions of these.. in bare metal... how much would they sell for? i dont think they're genuine, but they look good..
edit: im pretty sure they're 114.3 pcd, i shall check when i get the chance, by the way, incase your wondering, these are still in the rim... warehouse... thingy, 30 odd by 60 odd meters of space stacked 4 shelves high with rims, will get pics of everything soon, might be able to see what they have if anyone needs anything?
[Updated on: Sat, 01 January 2005 16:47]
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Banned User
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Adelaide
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October 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sat, 01 January 2005 16:53
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i am interested in a price on a set of the rims ( 4 or 2 )
14" 4 x 114.3
and more pics too please
cheers
Chris
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Perth, WA
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December 2004
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I Supported Toymods
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Glenmore Park, NSW
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March 2004
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Melbourne
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June 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sun, 02 January 2005 05:10
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whats the width of these rims and the length of the dish if thre is any dish?
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Location:
Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sun, 02 January 2005 05:20
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No dish... and the width looks to be 7", but ill check for sure when the stores open, i just want to find out what they're worth 
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, WA
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sun, 02 January 2005 05:52
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im pretty sure theyre super lights in which case theyre not worth very much compared to genuine watanabes which are much lighter
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Perth
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January 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sun, 02 January 2005 09:29
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warehouse... thingy, 30 odd by 60 odd meters of space stacked 4 shelves high with rims
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This would't be Mr Mag out near Morley would it? Because if so I went there before, and as AE95 said, they just might be Superlights as they are in abundance there.
When I was there, I only found 1 watanabe, it was a gold ~15x7 touring version with some huge dish. But there was only 1 and it was in pretty bad condition.
But if it isn't Mr Mag, where's the shop?
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Do they have any SSR or Volk meshies ^_^
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Perth, WA
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December 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sun, 02 January 2005 09:37
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Mr Mag it is, and i assure you, they had 5 of them, no dish, 4 of which were gold, the last, gunmetal, im just curious, would putting these wheels on an ae86 increase its value, or is it stupid to do so?
and i didnt say they were wantanabes, i said lookalikes
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Perth
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January 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Sun, 02 January 2005 15:53
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| EldarO wrote on Sun, 02 January 2005 17:37 |
and i didnt say they were wantanabes, i said lookalikes
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I know what you mean. But I was saying that I did find one watanabe wheel there. It was light enuf to lift the wheel with just your fingers comfortably
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im just curious, would putting these wheels on an ae86 increase its value, or is it stupid to do so?
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I don't think it would do much unless they were geunine watanabes or even konig rewinds O_o
And IMO, I don't think the value of a car matters if it has mags or not. It's the quality of the car and how it runs that makes a car's worth.
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Tasmania
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Mon, 03 January 2005 00:18
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Both "Black Racing" and "Watanabe" brand wheels can look exactly like the picture above. Both come from Japan and I would pay the same price for either. Other 8 spoke wheels like "Performance" Superlites from Australia, Panasports from USA, "Superlites" and "Minilites" from the UK etc all look noticeably different.
Price will depend on width and offset, and condition. People shopping for a 7" wide rim may have to pay a bit more because 6" and 6.5" widths are more common. 15" wheels may cost more than 14" because they can be harder to find, and more people want them. A full set should fetch a bit more than finding 2 odd pairs.
Superlites are cool, but Watanabe/BR wheels would fetch a bit more in Australia since they are imported just so people can enjoy the JDM look. Also Superlites are not avaliable in as many sizes new. Only 6" wide for the 14" I think.
If its a set of 14" x 6.5" Watanabe or BR rims, I would paying around $250-$600.
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Adelaide
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January 2004
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Re: Price Check: Wantanabe look alike rims
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Mon, 03 January 2005 07:30
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Do they have hollowed spokes, or are they solid?
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Perth
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January 2004
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