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I was wondering if anyone here knows of any Australian suppliers of these wheels?? I need to buy a set but if I cant get them in australia I need someone to decipher the differences between all the models and their offset system. I want a set of 15 or 16 inch tall rims with 8.5 fronts and the biggest they make for the back whick I think is 9 or 9,5. I need to make sure both front and rear have maximum dish.

Can anybody help or point me in the direction of help.

Thanks it is much appreciated.

Daniel

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yeah I want to buy new as I want to know what I am getting, plus I need to go through sizing so I ensure I am getting the maximum dish I can for the size wheels I am after.. Thanks for the input can anyone else help me out????

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panasport dont go wide enough, and when I emailed watanabe their response is sorry our engrish is poor can you maybe translate to basic japanese. Thats getting beyond me a little so untill I am desperate I would rather try to find someone who has been down this path already that can maybe help me out???

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after heaps of searching I have not found any australian supplier of these wheels. Looks like I will be doing my old trick of hiring a interpreture and hopefully buying direct from the company, this has worked in the past but it has also backfired with one company rejecting selling to a private person not a supplier!!!

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