Q Osborne

About Q Osborne

Quentin Osborne learned to love cars in the 80's, growing up in a family repair shop. He is now a professional driving instructor and event manager focused on promoting driving safety and skill through practical involvement in motorsports.

The hardcore Kyusha Shoe community was abuzz last weekend when one of the more interesting auction finds that I’ve ever come across appeared. It was a set of un-used and still in boxes Volk C1‘s complete with tags and instruction manuals, and one of the two aero options for the wheels, […]

From 1000 to 297000

6 Mar, 2017 in Shopping tagged composite / eighties / rays / ultra-rare / volk / yahoo by Q Osborne

With a logo showing a star wearing shades and a rizento cut, Hiro Engineering has always been a symbol for hardcore shakotan style. Originating in 1975, and with kenmeri Skylines fit with their body parts ruling my dreams, I imagined that wheels had always been a part of their product […]

A Hiro Born

15 Feb, 2017 in Wheel Info tagged asscan / eighties / hiro / speedstar / ssr by Q Osborne

Once again we are back to this quartet. If you’ve been visiting this site a long time, you will know that I am obsessed with the original Advan 3-piece series of wheels. Having owned all four, I am quite familiar with all of them. Oddly though, instead of satisfying my […]

Advan Three-Piece Series

1 Feb, 2017 in Wheel Info tagged advan / advan a3 line / digital model / yokohama by Q Osborne

Enkei is a big time wheel builder. The Hamamatsu based company was one of four original JWL manufacturers. On a global scale, they are easily the most recognized Japanese wheel brand, and entered foreign markets in a big way before anyone else from Japan did. Enkei makes wheels for OEM applications. They make wheels for […]

Mass Appeal Wheel

18 Jan, 2017 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / enkei by Q Osborne

My spelling is often terrible… but you can’t blame me here. I’m just trying to accurately portray history. In 1980, if you purchased a set of Rays Engineering Volk, or Xray wheels, they came with a nifty plastic card that insured your wheels against theft. The translation reads: Volk & Xray […]

Rays Guaranty Card

16 Jan, 2017 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / rays / volk by Q Osborne

While hunting for Kyusha Shoe paraphernalia, I recently stumbled upon something I never imagined existed. The first image found was this look at a Volk Racing Centerlock. I imagined that it was sourced from a catalog, or advertisement. However a closer look revealed that it was actually… … An Album Cover. […]

A Rays Record

6 Jan, 2017 in Rare Finds tagged centerlock / paraphernalia / rays / record / volk by Q Osborne

Among kyusha wheels, there are a select few that stand apart from others, usually because of unique design or construction. Generally they are the result of new ideas thought to be cutting edge. When time passes and that new idea never catches on, those designs become extra special. The Volk C1 […]

CFRP + AL

16 Dec, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged aero / Aero Cover / asymmetrical / composite / rays / volk by Q Osborne

Vintage catalogs and reader submissions are great, but every once in a while we come across some really unique and interesting resources. Someone recently advised me to check through old US Patents for vintage wheel design information. With great excitement and hope, I dug in, did some research… and poured through literally […]

Patented Design

2 Dec, 2016 in News tagged cromodora / design / giugiaro / melber / patent by Q Osborne

When I saw this advertisement in a 1986 Parts Catalog, I thought it was one of the most beautiful wheel ads ever. A visually striking aero wheel, splashing water, the bb Auto brand that was always a bit of a mystery… and some of the most difficult to translate/poetic Japanese I have […]

BB – Aero Arrow Wheels.

13 Nov, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / aero / asymmetrical / bb-auto / buchmann / porsche by Q Osborne

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