How deep is your dish?
Last year Phu already sent me some pictures of the awesome wheels he is creating. Earlier this week he sent me these pictures of a 12J wide SSR Longchamp XR4 he just made:
This one is specifically made for Auto Fashion’s ’73 drag Celica and by the looks of it that Celica is going to be just as awesome as its rims!
Here is another picture to show that shows that wide lip even more:
Phu’s business is to create awesome rims out of “unwanted” oldskool rims and I must say he is doing a great job! If you need his services: his business is called Araya Wheels.
How deep is your dish?
How about some rare rims this time? I found this rare set of deep dish SSR Star Formula rims on Auctions Yahoo:
Deep dish SSR Star Formula rims
Lucky enough the seller provided us with all specs and details! They are 14 inch in diameter, 10J and 8.5J wide with a set of 185/60 and 205/60 Bridgestones nicely stretched around it!
Deep dish SSR Star Formula rims
The 8.5J rims have an offset ET -9 and the 10J rims have an offset ET-36!
Deep dish SSR Star Formula rims
The owner bought them secondhand for his S30Z but he states his S30Z never actually drove a mile with them. He did polish them before mounting them on the S30Z, so basically you have a “good as new” set of rims!
If you are all interested now, you can buy the set for a mere 280000 yen ($3100) here: SSR Star Formula at Auctions Yahoo
by banpei with 1 commentHow deep is your dish?
Remember the beautiful SSR F5 rims we posted two weeks ago? Well, how about a set of SSR F6 then?
SSR F6 14 inch 6.5J
You may think they are not as beautiful as the F5s, but they are much rarer than those 12 inch wide F5s!
This also reflects in the price: the F5s have a current bid of 10,500 yen ($115) for two rims and the F6s have a current bid of 49,800 yen ($560) for four rims!
SSR F6 14 inch 6.5J
The only vehicles able to use a six lugnut and use 6.5J wide rims in a sane way are some small delivery vans and mini SUVs like the Daihatsu Rocky.
What’s even more puzzling: the rims are 14 inch but the tires are 155/55/R15! I’ve seen someone doing such thing with an innertube between the tire and the bead on the inside of the tire. Anyone familiar with that type of tire mounting?
You can find these rims on Auctions Yahoo
by banpei with 2 commentsMost iconic wheel by SSR results
It was quite close and even though the wheel was not in the picture (nobody noticed!), but in the end the SSR Mk. I is chosen as the most iconic wheel by SSR! All that is left now is to choose the right size and offset for that wheel!
I made a small selection:
13 inch
SSR mk1 rims: 9.5J (front) and 11J (rear) wide
14 inch
SSR Mk 1 14 inch 7J
15 inch
SSR Mk. I 8J
As you can see I’ve put these numbers into a range in the poll.
Most iconic wheel brand results
It was to be expected and Jin already predicted it: SSR is the most iconic wheel brand!
So, lets find out what product by SSR is the most iconic wheel then! I found this great old advertisement of SSR at beeoneoneoh:
I made an selection out of it:
SSR Mk. I
SSR Mk. II
SSR Mk. III
SSR Formula Mesh
SSR Longchamps XR4
SSR Jilba Racing (isn’t that just a solid Work Equipe?)
SSR F5
SSR Star Shark, which is not in the picture, so here it is:
There are some other rims by SSR, but they are either newer or so rare you will never see them on a zokusha!