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Postby bensale » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:26 pm

There you go :D I have no idea so for the value, although I do know what they aren't OEM.

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Postby wyldfella » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:33 pm

haha thanks for that im sure ill work it out one day
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Postby bensale » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:29 pm

Ooo, the tread messed up a bit! Did you delete the previous posts? Anyway, this is a really easy to use hosing site http://www.picoodle.com/

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Postby Sheck » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:41 pm

they look like a watanabe style wheel in stock offset, they are only worth what someone will pay for them. Look through some of the old for sale threads searching for watanabe wheels and you'll see what they usually go for.
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Postby Mr Starlet » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:16 am

Looks like watanabe replica Ben, I had a set of these back in the days of the starlet, true watanabe have this distinctive logo around the wheel nut area, I might have a photo somewhere....

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still nice and light though, just not the watanabe tag.
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Postby wyldfella » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:24 am

they do have a logo on it its like a relaly strange m hard to describe sound right?
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Postby GP » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:44 am

Looks like mine and the logo on mine is JML I think. It stands for Japanese light wheel. :roll:
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Postby wyldfella » Fri Jul 18, 2008 10:51 am

oh okies thanks guys,
i feel like swapping anyone interested?
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Postby Locutus » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:00 am

i think you'll find that it's JWL. it means that the wheel has passed a series of tests to render it legal for use on jap roads.
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Postby wyldfella » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:08 pm

hey it does kinda look like a jwl
so does that mean they are the real ones?
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Postby GP » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:15 pm

No, :D
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Postby wyldfella » Fri Jul 18, 2008 4:17 pm

bummer :?
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Postby bensale » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:06 pm

Mr Starlet wrote:Looks like watanabe replica Ben,


Not mine mate, the tread buggered up :)

I don't mind the design, you could paint them black and they would look pretty good!
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Postby wyldfella » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:11 pm

i just wish they some sortof of nut covers
i was thinking white :P
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Postby Fatty » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:26 pm

i have a set like that too. got them for $200 on ebay. i beleive mine are made by bridgestone in japan?? they are nice and light and seem well made. mine are black but the paint is very faded so i will repaint them before i put them on the car. you should be able to find a centre cap to cover that big nut in the middle. i reckon you should visit your local mag wheel shop i reckon they'd be able to help you out.
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