Wheel Info

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

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

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

If you have spent any time here at all, you have probably figured out, that I’m a huge Yokohama Advan honk. Yokohama makes some of my favourite wheels in both the eighties and nineties as part of their Advan line up. The Yokohama Almex line up however, is something that […]

Getting Started on Yokohama – aka. Almex

1 Apr, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / advan / almex / cast / nitto / panther / seventies / yokohama by Q Osborne

Target these! The wheel of a sophisticated man: 3-piece Command. In racing, a 3-piece wheel has merit because, strength and rigidity and lightness can be maintained while making the rim wide. A 3-piece wheel however, though theoretically superior, cannot achieve a high rating unless it is accompanied by advanced technology. With […]

Hayashi Command

18 Mar, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged 3-piece / adscan / hayashi by Q Osborne

If you’ve found me on Instagram, you will know that I got a nice gift in the wheel last week from Robbie: nine beautiful Motorfan mags from the late seventies. Instant content, and a serious high that made my wife question my alcohol tolerance. The buzz is now wearing off […]

On Target Again

11 Mar, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / keystone / seventies / target / target racing by Q Osborne

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