DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NB8A,B,C RIMS

[yakob]

A gentlemen from japan offered to sell me rare GOLD NB8B rims. When did they come out?

Did the NB8B come in different finishes other than the gold?

[marcusus]

I've never even heard of gold NB8B rims? Anybody else?

Perhaps he's just gotten them powdercoated/sprayed/whatever?

[yakob]

I dont know, they are from Japan so it is quite possible. do they 8b's come in different finishes or is it all the polished alloy?

[wun911]

Its paint and its silver, gold would be interesting never seen it before.

[yakob]

As would i, i wonder how they would look if they were chrome dipped.

[PUR157]

The Gold NB8B rims to my knowledge were standard fitment with the Japan Only Mazdaspeed MX5...
A sort of limited edition... it came with a whole pile of Mazdaspeed goodies from factory...
except they cheaped out on the rims... by painting the standard ones gold...

FAQ from Dandycars UK Specialist MX5 importer

Incidentally reverse engineer that website for a great resource on every limited edition you could ever get your hands on...

[marcusus]

If the premium on the gold rims is something massive, just stick with buying standard ones from here and getting them powder coated in some sort of gold colour.

That being said, I personally reckon the only colour gold rims on a '5 look good on are the 10AE, and even then, only on different wheels to stock. The OEM wheels look fine in either silver, black or white, but any other colour and I reckon it's clashes a little with the car.

[yakob]

They are the way they are for a reason, wouldnt change them for a million dollars

ive had a bit of a setback with the recent accident ive had, but im slowly going to get around to buying them again