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Doesn't take much, just lots of bits not available anymore or know where to get them.

Cheers, D

It is certainly hard to find a good one. Mine is not perfect (still sorting out some of the interior stuff) but bodywise and mechanically it is superb for a 23 year old car. Whilst it is never going to embarrass a newer Skyline it is certainly fun to drive and brings a smile to my face everytime... :(

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You should try hit up Ben at HPI and and convince him he needs more suitable Watanabe's for his project... I have a HPI here with a pic of your car sitting in the auction yard with the Wata's still on and it looks beautiful. Offset is perfect

Yeah some Watanabes would be superb. I have Ben's email address, I might see if he wants to sell them.

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Yeah some Watanabes would be superb. I have Ben's email address, I might see if he wants to sell them.

What's with "Watanabes" they're like arseholes, everybody has them, what happened to some individuality?

Anyone would think they are the ONLY wheel made for Skylines.

Cheers, D

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What's with "Watanabes" they're like arseholes, everybody has them, what happened to some individuality?

Anyone would think they are the ONLY wheel made for Skylines.

Cheers, D

Depends if the wheel centres for the GTP's ever arrive....it looks terrible with those holes in the centre.

Come to think of it I might get some centres machined up if they dont arrive.

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I think the wheels on it suit it , I wouldnt bother with the Japanese Mini Lites or "Watties" if you prefer . Those Rays wheels are spot on offset wise and have lots of clearance on the standard brake calipers . Functionality wise I'd say they'd be hard to beat on a car like an R30 with its zero scrub offset strut/hub geometry . Those wheels are a "Reverse Rim" which you will find out about if you remove the tyres .

So fuctional good looking and not too many around .

Cheers A .

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Depends if the wheel centres for the GTP's ever arrive....it looks terrible with those holes in the centre.

Come to think of it I might get some centres machined up if they dont arrive.

Have you ever stopped to consider ............. at track days and WSID etc, those holes in the centre are maditory. Wheel covers, centres etc are not allowed, the nuts have to be visible, as I found out after I went to the trouble of getting centres spun for my BBS Lorinser wheels (see splumph thread)

Cheers, D

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All good points there guys.

Looks like I have been convinced to stay with the GTP's...

As for the wheel centres, I will not be tracking this car. I have access to an EVO 9 for that purpose so ultimately the track regs are not really an issue.

Speaking of wheel centres, they arrived yesterday. The centre fit the front perfectly and look great but I will need to get a couple of mm machined off two centres for the rear.

Adrian, while you are here, check your PM about the lock nuts.

cheers

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I'm not saying the GTP's don't look good, they do.... Just the Watanabe's look fantastic. Yes watanabe's have become a bit of a fanboy type wheel to have. But on a DR30 they are at home.. These are 16's with a perfect offset and the color of the wheels suits the silver very well.

Pics really tell a thousand words.. If I could scan it for you I would

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I'm not saying the GTP's don't look good, they do.... Just the Watanabe's look fantastic. Yes watanabe's have become a bit of a fanboy type wheel to have. But on a DR30 they are at home.. These are 16's with a perfect offset and the color of the wheels suits the silver very well.

Pics really tell a thousand words.. If I could scan it for you I would

Watanabes ............................. bullsh!t they is like arseholes, everybody has one AND they aren't an original design, just like everything the japs do, they are copies of the original ENGLISH MINILITE wheel.

Cheers, D

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GT-Ps are nice! I was looking at buying a set for my coupe back in the day, but they aren't cheap. My other choice was the Volk GT-U (mesh type) but they aren't available in 4x114.3.

All this trash talk about Watanabes is making me a bit iffy about buying a set of F8s from Japan, but I guess they're 100x more popular in Oz than here in NZ :P The last time I saw a set of 'em on any car would have been a good 18 months ago, and they were on some random 1980s Civic (go figure)...

Just out of interest what offset and width are you folks running on your R30s? The whole reason I'm getting the Watanabes shipped over is because the Work Ewing rims on my sedan seem to have the completely wrong values on the rear (15x8.0+24), and as a result they stick out from the guards by at least 20mm. Also, finding decent tyres to fit 15x8 rims proved to be the ultimate headache - I ended up stretching some 215s on, which was borderline when it came to warrant of fitness time.

Typical that I couldn't find any SSR reverse mesh rims when I was looking - now that the F8s are on their way, a whole slew of 15" SSRs have suddenly appeared on Yahoo Auctions Japan at bargain prices :blink:

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GT-Ps are nice! I was looking at buying a set for my coupe back in the day, but they aren't cheap. My other choice was the Volk GT-U (mesh type) but they aren't available in 4x114.3.

All this trash talk about Watanabes is making me a bit iffy about buying a set of F8s from Japan, but I guess they're 100x more popular in Oz than here in NZ :P The last time I saw a set of 'em on any car would have been a good 18 months ago, and they were on some random 1980s Civic (go figure)...

Just out of interest what offset and width are you folks running on your R30s? The whole reason I'm getting the Watanabes shipped over is because the Work Ewing rims on my sedan seem to have the completely wrong values on the rear (15x8.0+24), and as a result they stick out from the guards by at least 20mm. Also, finding decent tyres to fit 15x8 rims proved to be the ultimate headache - I ended up stretching some 215s on, which was borderline when it came to warrant of fitness time.

Typical that I couldn't find any SSR reverse mesh rims when I was looking - now that the F8s are on their way, a whole slew of 15" SSRs have suddenly appeared on Yahoo Auctions Japan at bargain prices :blink:

The pics below show 16 x 8's x +38 offset on the back of my HR30 coupe with a complete DR rear end. Wheels are shod with 225/50 x 16 Bridgestone G Grids.

Cheers, D

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o_O

I wonder what's gone wrong then... perhaps I'll pull the rims off and measure the offsets again, but I'm positive the calculation ended up being +24. Hope there's nothing funky going on with my rear suspension setup >_<

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