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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

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

Southern Ways is best known for their Glids II mesh, but as this advertisement from 1979 shows, there are a whole lot of great kyusha wheels by Southern Ways. The headline reads, “Your disk, will you change it?” As the image suggests, all six wheels pictured share the same shell design […]

Having Fun With Three Piece

23 Apr, 2016 in News tagged adscan / cross / glids / seventies / southernways / strobo / three-piece / wars by Q Osborne

You may not have heard of Topy Enterprises. That is forgivable. Although Topy has been producing wheels for more than 85 years, and today is a huge multi-national manufacturer, their focus has tended more towards commercial endeavours. They have served as a manufacturer for OEM application wheels (Nissan and Isuzu), […]

Topy Jovite

8 Apr, 2016 in News tagged adscan / eighties / jovite / topy 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

Debuting in 1977, the Xray was the fourth wheel produced by Rays Engineering. Preceding it, was the now near unobtainable Volk Dish, and the more popular Volk 3-piece mesh and Volk II mesh. Like the Volk II mesh which also launched in 1977, the Xray used a two piece welded construction. […]

Xray Forecasting the Future

7 Mar, 2016 in Wheel Info tagged adscan / eighties / rays / raysengineering / seventies by Q Osborne

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