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The mag shop in Osborne Park.

Can anyone tell me if they have closed down?

Been there 3 times now during business hours and they were shut.

Turned up at 4 today and there is a sign to say will be open at 10.30am tomorrow but don't know how long that sign has been there.

http://www.hotrims.com.au/

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have you tried ringing them? they should probably give you a straight answer.

the site also says "We are currently in the process of opening our brand new store in Osbourne Park", perhaps they are only open for a few hours so they can set everything up?

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look them up in the yellow pages or on the net dude...

bob jane in balcatta i thnk it is has a bit of a selection, tyre power in malaga nd there is another one just down the road a little bit i forget but tis like down beach road just past the round abouts i think...

they have a pretty nice selection... depends on what you want though...

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those kind of places only really have commodore and falcon rims and not too many jap rims

obviously theres MR mag, again i dont know how many 'great' jap rims theyve got but worth a try

have you looked at the sponsor on this site selling wheels from jap auctions?

he always has sets coming in

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went there on saturday, the dude was complaining about his partner not doing any work or some shit, he rocked up with his shorts half hangin down hiss ass, wasnt a good sight................

anyways, the rims seemed cheap, although they had a lot of shit house chromies, dunno if they are still open though.

apperantly the partner is taking over now or some crap......

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I didn't think they were open on a Saturday; they weren't on the couple of Saturdays that my friend and I went to have a look. This was a few months ago however. I pass them on a regular basis and didn't get the impression that they were closing.

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took 3wks to get my wheels, which initially was sposed to only take 4 days. never got any calls to say there was a delay, had to call them EVERY TIME.

got given wrong lock nuts, now i need 4 new studs.

customer service, they have none.....

u get what u pay for i guess, i am very happy with the wheels but thought that dealing with a local company would have been easier than dealing with over east, now i regret it....

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Just got my tyres from a bloke called Javed at WestState Autobarn in East Perth, just next door to the Golf box at the East end of the tunnel.

I can't vouch for dealing with him extensively as he just put 2 tyres on some rims for me, but he had a Sh*tload of rims floating around there. Big ones too. Can anyone say 19"x13"?!?

Could be worth a look...

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Chris,

Buy direct from japan. I got my works wheels recently through Perfect Run, took about 10 days door to door and saved a heap of cash... The guys there are great, have bought a lot of stuff and never had a problem.

They don't list rims on their website, but tell them what you want and they get it....

Highly recommend them...

Even with customs duty, gst and inspection fees it was still over $600 cheaper than any local shop could supply them for...

cheers

Brett

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Just got my tyres from a bloke called Javed at WestState Autobarn in East Perth, just next door to the Golf box at the East end of the tunnel.

I can't vouch for dealing with him extensively as he just put 2 tyres on some rims for me, but he had a Sh*tload of rims floating around there. Big ones too. Can anyone say 19"x13"?!?

Could be worth a look...

Yup same here have used Javed heaps of times there, bought about 3 sets of tyres in total, each time more than happy to help, gives bloody good prices to!

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