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For The Love of JDM Wheels - EP.61
For The Love of JDM Wheels - EP.61
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About this episode
A deep dive into the world of JDM wheels takes center stage as Bobby and Aaron share their top 10 favorite wheels, discussing their unique styles and personal stories behind each choice. From the classic BBS LM to the iconic TE37, the hosts explore the significance of wheels in automotive culture, likening them to shoes that define a car's character. With a mix of nostalgia and expert insight, they highlight the diversity in wheel design and fitment, making this episode a treasure trove for enthusiasts looking to enhance their builds.
Topics:
jdm wheels
top 10 wheels
wheel design
personal stories
classic wheels
fitment
nostalgia
advan wheels
bbs lm
te37
In this episode we run through our top 10 JDM wheels we each love. We discuss brands like Work, Rays, Advan and more. What is your favorite JDM wheel?
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Welcome to the Rayhand Drive Guys podcast.
The show for guys who like Rayhand drives.
As always, I'm Bobby.
This is Aaron.
Yeah, yeah.
And this is episode 61, the Wheel episode.
Yes, the Wheel episode.
Yeah, we've been talking about this for a little bit now as far as, you know, wheels are such a huge part of any piece of artwork.
Right.
You know, wheels are, I don't know, I don't know what to compare it to, but wheels are such a huge piece.
They're like shoes, right?
Yeah, I mean, for some people, you can have so many sets tucked away in your closet, your garage, whatever.
Yeah.
But you can only rock once out of the time.
Yeah.
Kind of like shoes on your face.
Kind of like shoes, yes, I agree.
I could get that comparison.
Yeah, so being such a huge part of any build, we're like, we got to do a wheel episode, we got to do a wheel episode.
Finally, this week, I was like, we're doing the wheel episode because it is kind of long overdue.
And another thing, you know, about wheels, kind of like shoes is that everyone has their own flavor.
Yeah.
So, you know, our plan here today is to do a top 10, will each kind of go through from 10 to 1, our favorite wheels, you know, any other specs or colors or anything that you have based on that.
And we can have two totally different lists.
Yeah.
Literally.
Yeah.
Which is, is wild to think, you know, two guys at Shere Garage, both have skylines, both kind of grew up in a similar kind of,import culture.
And we can have two separate lists without talking to each other that have 10 different things on each.
So, yeah, it's gonna be good.
Yeah.
So, we'll get right into it.
And of course, if you hear one of us, you know, shout out one of these wheels, you're not sure about it.
On the YouTube, we do doing video and we overlay pictures of the wheels and stuff so you can use that for reference.
Or hit us in the DM if you're like, hey, I've never heard of those or where can I buy those, whatever we'd love to help you out.
So, let's do it.
Top 10 wheels each, you start number 10.
Number 10 for me, it's gonna be the ad van GT.
The ad van GTs.
Yes, this is the newer style wheel.
Uh, well, newer being not from the 90s, I guess you could say.
Typical five spoke, it's got awesome concave, comes in awesome sizes.
Yeah.
What's not to love about it?
It's like, um, they have like a decent amount of colors too, right?
Because I've like seen them quite a bit but I've never looked into them for myself.
Yeah, I, all the time I always see them in black.
In black, me too.
Yeah.
A lot of the times.
But I'm sure there are some other color ways out there that are cool.
Still cool, yeah.
But yeah, that's a nice just classic five spoke, good looking wheel.
Oh, yeah.
You put it on anything.
It probably look awesome.
So number 10 is ad van GT.
Yeah, that's me.
And, uh, okay, so for my number 10 is the work led sleds.
The led sleds.
That's the wheel people love to hate.
Yeah.
Uh, and shout out, uh, shout out the homie, Richie.
Yeah.
Uh, if you haven't checked out his episode, um, we did a one on one with Richie about hise K nine civic type R, but Richie had a red eG.
This is an iconic car for, for me personally in my mind at that time.
Yeah.
You know, this is like 2008, you know, 2009 ish.
It's a red eG backyard special spoiler, super clean.
I don't remember, do you have a B 18?
I don't remember what he had in it.
I think so.
But yeah, it was not sort of be.
Yeah, it was sick, but he had the buddy club spec to exhaust with the led sleds on it, dude.
And it just went so hard on these wheels.
Yeah, I remember when he prefers posted that I like hated it because the whole car hadthis like, you know, track inspired type of build.
You know, I had the gutted interior, the buddy club spec to exhaust.
Status seats.
Like it had this full like track build, but it had on these goofy wheels.
Yeah, but it grew on me a lot.
And I was like, actually, that's kind of cool.
Yeah, because I mean, you're never, you're never going to see those.
Like you never, you still don't see them that often.
No, hardly ever.
And, and it was super unique.
And it really matches his personality.
Like once you like meet him and you're like, okay, I see like, you know, um, soyeah, the work led sleds, if you don't know what those are, definitely Google, you know,head up to YouTube, whatever, because, you know, super, super unique.
And something you would expect to see, yeah, maybe on a VIP car or something.
Yeah, something.
They always made them in small sizes.
Yeah.
And I don't think I ever saw him bigger than a 16.
Yeah.
And I think his maybe were 15s, but I don't remember.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And they were sick.
They were wild.
Yeah.
And what do you got?
Number nine.
I got the regumasters.
The reg is how he regas.
Another five spoke wheel, you know, can't say anything bad about it.
They make just like the advent GT, they make awesome sizes.
Yeah.
You know, and all the, it seems like all these wheels, they all have like a GTR spec.
It fits these cars perfectly.
Or, well, not my car, it's a GTSD, but I make them fit.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
It fits nice, you know?
Yeah.
Like they all threw out that spec knowing at some point or another that, I mean, peopleare going to be looking for pretty much anything that's spec.
Right.
And they were going to be one of the options.
Yeah.
I think the regumasters are dope.
They, another thing, you know, on that subject is they really go with a broad varietyof cars.
Yeah.
They look great on Honda's, they look good on Toyota's, they look awesome on Nissan's.
Yeah.
Like they, that's one of the wheels.
It's a European wheel too, right?
Yeah, I think originally, right?
Yeah.
So, I mean, yeah, and that's funny because they probably go great on those type of cars too.
Yeah, that's what I was about to say.
Like, they would probably look great on any Euro car too.
Just the way they look, it's just like a classic, perfect look, I guess.
What color?
White for me.
Yeah, white or dope.
Yeah, I mean, I think I've seen Richie actually has a pair of the white regas on his EK90has now.
Yeah.
So, you know, from, you know, a skyline to a Civic Type R looked dope on both.
Where some wheels, they really don't cross over like that.
So.
All right.
Number nine regas, got it.
Number nine for me is the BBS LM.
That's obviously a classic wheel.
Dude, yes.
That's one of the two classic Japanese wheels that you always see out there.
Always see out there.
Always see out there.
It's insane.
Yeah.
And I personally like the gold face and this is one of the only times you will hear me saythis.
The only times you will hear me say with the chrome lip, the gold face with the chrome lipon the, on the LM's, that's like sick for me.
Like that on like a black GTR.
Yeah.
Just damn.
Yeah.
I mean, your GTT, right?
Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Those look good just like that offset obviously isn't quite that aggressive, more aggressiveoffset like the GTR.
Even so, those were sweet wheels and they command quite the price out there.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
Yeah.
I mean, just about everybody, their mother and their brother knows what a BBS LM is prettymuch.
But if you don't Google it up and it's a classy wheel, I would say.
I feel like there are classes of wheels.
And they kind of fit, you know, sport, you know, kind of performance look, whatever.
And these are definitely classy.
Yeah.
You could put those on your Sunday driver all day.
Oh yeah.
So number eight, what do you got?
Number eight.
Actually, going to be the five Ziggins F and O one RC's.
Oh wow.
If you're watching, it's one of the wheels up there, the white five spoke, another fivespoke.
The five Ziggins.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Let's see a trend going yet or not.
Five Spokes.
So the five Ziggins are those still in production.
I don't think so.
I think they've been long gone.
Long gone.
But that I have, I actually tell us a story.
Tell us a story.
I bought them brand new in 2008 when I was building my 180 S X bottom from in Juku racingin the 17 by 10 plus 12 in Juku back then.
Yeah.
And you know, I had to do a broke boy status.
I had to order a pair.
Dang.
And then you know, save up a little bit, order another pair.
And I eventually got them.
But one of them was a different color.
So I ended up painting them and dude, I don't know how many times they've been spray paintedover and over again.
And just color changes.
Yeah.
And just on probably like nine cars, 10 cars or something like that throughout the time.
The man's had these same wheels on 90.
You know, that's wild.
Yeah.
And then, you know, once I got out of the cars for a while, they just sat on the shelfin the garage in my dad's house.
And whenever I picked up the R32, I was like, bring them out.
Yeah.
Yeah, the light bulb went off.
I was like, I got wheels.
I got wheels.
I don't know if they'll fit, but I got wheels.
And now you've had them like stripped powder coated.
They're like a super nice finish.
No more spray painting for you.
No, no, no.
I had to clean them up, do them right, do them justice.
And then, though I'm on the R32 and I've rocked them for the first year.
And they're awesome.
They're one of my favorite wheels.
Another one.
You can throw on anything.
That's a nice concave five spoke.
Looks bad.
Looks good.
So the five Ziggin, what FN, what?
FN01, FN01RC.
FN01RC.
So, if you don't know looking up, as he said, they're probably discontinued, so you'd have toscrap around, find a used pair.
But again, another classic wheel that you would see in these magazines, you know, backin the day, like all the time.
Wasn't super high-end or anything like that.
It's one of those that was in stock everywhere, but throughout the time, they've just alldisappeared.
Who knows, they went to the crusher.
Yeah.
So for number eight, I have a pair of Volk CE28 ends.
I would have these in bronze, probably.
Bruns?
I've had a pair in white on my EVO9 MR.
And I really like them.
I mean, they're not terribly hard to clean.
They have kind of like a, I don't know, not to say a different look, but for raised wheels,it's more of a unique look.
So yeah, I mean, I really like those and I had them in like a 18 by 9 and a half or somethinglike that.
Yeah, good size.
Yeah, they looked really good.
So yeah, if I was eight deep in searching for wheels, I would grab some CE28 ends.
Yeah, they had some cool colors too.
Yeah, for sure.
I remember one drop they had like the mag blue, like this crazy bright orange.
Like, they had some pretty wild ones.
Yeah, I feel like it's at one point it was one of their kind of models that were reallyfocused on.
Yeah.
You know, and now obviously they've expanded.
But it's one of those classics in the archive.
Right, right.
Yeah, so that was number eight.
What you got?
Number seven.
Number seven.
I got the work equip O5s.
And work equip O5s.
Yes, this is only one of a few multi-piece wheels on my list.
So it is a five, five spoke style, just like my previous ones.
Yeah.
And these, I mean, it's just can't go wrong with them.
And you know, a nice, nice color on the face with a chrome lip, I think it will grade onanything, especially if it's fitted right.
And it's just one of those can't go wrong with it.
Right.
Yeah, I mean, the equips are definitely one of those classic wheels that have really likebeen featured on some of the best builds out there through multiple makes.
Right.
You know what I mean?
So those are for sure.
I agree.
Those are just one of those wheels.
And yeah, I mean, they're, they're not, it's not that they're common, but there's a lotof them out there.
And I think like people like VR wheels and like I think three PC us making the lips for them.
And so pretty much you can buy a trash set that's, you know, been curbed up.
Yeah, as long as your face is good, as long as your face is good, you can get lips likeyou can get.
Yeah, all day you can have a nice set of wheels like no matter what.
Yeah, now I agree those multi piece wheels, three piece wheels like for sure when it comesto rebuilding.
It's like, oh, scrap these.
Right.
Yeah, have the face refinished and like you're off to the races if you got the money, youknow.
So number seven for me are, so you'll notice I have, I'll have a few like kind of moreHonda specific wheels because I spend a lot of time in the Honda space.
And so gab sport, gab sports makes, it's pretty much the only set of wheels that they evermade.
It's like a, maybe like a 10 spoke, but they're, they came in like red and white and blue,like these different colors with a chrome lip.
Yeah, yeah.
They were, I mean, they were kind of hard to find, you know, at one point, obviously, they'rewonderful, but now you can't find them really at all.
But these wheels, I just really like the look of them on the EKs.
Like when, you know, you slam the EK on the gab sports, it's like, it's a good look.
It's a good look.
So I had to make sure I got these in on my list, especially the fact that kind of like someof these wheels that you've shared, you just not finding them, you know.
And so to bring the name up, just is going to ring a few bells and some guys heads listening,like, oh shit, that's right, the gab sports, dude.
They're going to be googling.
I'm trying to find some for sale.
So yeah, number seven for me was the gab sports.
All right.
Cool.
Number six for me is the Inky RS 3.
The Inky RS 3.
Yeah, the Inky RS 3.
It's another multi piece wheel.
It's a three spoke.
Three spoke.
And I've seen these in like really awesome specs.
There's a set on eBay right now.
It's a, I believe 17 by 10, 17 by nine, with, you know, lower offset.
So they're pretty cool.
They're cool looking wheels.
So I mean, they're in keys, but like they're the older ones where I feel like they're qualitynot that they're like, they had such a big market.
Right.
Yeah.
What color?
Silver white.
Either white.
White probably.
Or white silver white.
Yeah.
Hell yeah.
And it was the Inky what repeat RS 3.
RS 3.
Yeah.
Okay.
So number, that was number six.
Number six.
Number six for me.
Another set of works.
The Vs X X the gold face with the chrome lip.
Yes.
Like, right.
Like these type of wheels.
This is, it's not like the BBS LM, but kind of.
You know what I'm saying?
Those, those wheels that aren't just straight, you know, five spokes, you know, that, thatthey have these crisscross patterns and different.
Yeah, mesh.
Right.
And so to me personally, right, and you may feel the complete different way in that.
Again, is the beauty of the whole wheel thing, right?
Is like, I think only those style wheels look good with like a chrome lip like that.
Yeah.
Like that's the only type of wheel that personally gets me excited when it has a chromelip.
Right.
Right.
You know, it's the same way.
Like, these like dope.
Like, you know, you, you get me a chrome lip on some of these other wheels and everything.
Yeah.
Probably not.
So, yeah, if you haven't seen the work, VSXX is definitely, you know, look, those up.
Those are a real, I don't know.
Like you see those on some really dope builds.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And there are another one of those that they make lips for barrels and that I feel likethat kind of blew up the market on those a little bit too.
Yeah.
And so you've been seeing, I've been seeing way more.
And you know, it's not just these wheels, but a lot of wheels way more refinished ones.
All the sides out of the blue or stepped lip.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You're like, damn, are these brand new?
You're like, oh, no, wait, they refinished them.
How the hell did they?
They're right.
Oh, these guys are making this shit now.
You know, it's kind of crazy.
So that's my number six.
What you got for the number five.
All right.
It's a long one here.
You ready?
Yeah.
Okay.
The race Vesta trial.
Try Force Zelda.
The race Vesta trial.
One more time.
Go ahead.
Go ahead.
The race Vesta trial.
Try Force Zelda.
The race Vesta trial.
Try Force Zelda 9000.
Like, what?
Yes.
If you don't know what these are, I don't.
I have no clue.
I'm looking them up right now.
They're in.
They're in another awesome three spoke.
So trial that shop we visited the first time.
What is it?
Raise Vesta Vesta with an e.
Sorry, not to interrupt you.
But I got to see what deserves is.
Try Force.
Try.
Try Force.
Not like try like trying trying hard.
Oh shit.
Not try like try state.
Oh, my God.
I can't.
Try Force Delta.
No, just try force.
It'll come up.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Like they some of them say trial, don't they?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay, keep it moving.
Yeah.
Pretty much awesome three spoke.
They always or not always, but the good specs have a nice lip and yeah, it's just one of theselittle.
These look pretty dope.
And plus trial is a pretty cool shop.
Yeah.
When you said trial, I'm like trial trial.
Yeah.
I remember I've seen these wheels with the trial on them.
Right.
I think I have a screenshot of an R33 GTR with those on it.
It's like a whole ad.
Maybe it's a maybe it's a GTST, but regardless, it's an R33.
I don't know.
There's just one of those wheels that you look at and you think almost immediately ofthe 90s.
Yeah.
No, for sure.
It's a good one.
He have like a obsession with three spoke wheels and just we'll find out.
We'll find out.
So the trial, try for us, Del.
The raise Vesta trial, try for us.
I mean, usually they're just called Zeldas or yeah, Zeldas, try for Zeldas, whatever.
That's just a long name for him.
I guess you could say.
Yeah.
No, that's cool.
That was pretty exciting.
Number five for me is the Trident True TE37.
But into Codigreen.
Yeah.
So I had my first, yeah, my first right hand drive car.
Yeah, my first right hand drive car.
I was just making sure I didn't want to put any faults in for a was a, a, a, a, a, a, a,99 Civic Type R X and I had to Codigreen TE37's in 17 inches.
You know, they were like an NSX spec, but square.
And so I had those on my CTR and, you know, we got them with a little camber and they setup real good.
So since then, I've just wished I could get like a setback.
You know, just because they're, they're like the original to Codigreen TE37's, not likethe replicas or the re, you know, powder coated ones, but those originals were just likeso awesome.
So if I could had a Civic and got TE37's, I would have to do them with the Codigreen.
Yeah.
Got to.
That's number five.
All right.
And for me is the ADVAN AVS Model 6.
And if you don't know what these are, it's a six spoke wheel.
It's usually like, I don't know, no matter what width you get, it's flat face.
You know, if you get a pretty big width and a low offset, it's got this huge backspacingand it looks pretty cool.
It's just one of those flat face wheels that, I don't know, looks, looks the period, itlooks period correct.
So this is a six spoke.
Yeah, this is a six spoke.
Okay.
Six divided by two is three.
Oh wow.
Okay.
All right, dude.
So say the name one more time and what color?
It's the ADVAN AVS Model 6 and in white.
White and white would be my color.
And they come in like the GTR spec, you know, 17 by 9 plus 18, I believe, which is right,right there.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, for 17s, that would be nice.
So that was number four.
That was number four for me.
Okay.
Number four for me is the LMGT1 in white.
I'm going with you with white.
Yeah.
In white, the LMGT1s, I just, and this is another one of those multi-piece wheels that, youknow, the lips and the barrels are getting remanufactured or whatever.
And so I have definitely seen a ton of these kind of floating up for 10, 12, 8K depending,you know.
It's insane.
Yeah, it keeps in a set pop up for 8500 and I'm like, it's crazy, dude.
They're beautiful set of wheels, but holy cow, 8500 bucks, dude, that's money.
But it's low production, right?
And they are scarce.
But now that you do have these like lips, like we're talking about here, now you're seeing,again, these ones that pop up and you're like, dude, are those brand new?
Like, what is going on here?
Whereas maybe let's just say five years ago, that was a set of beat ass wheels.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, completely wrong spec.
Yeah, yeah, exactly.
So, no one of them.
Right, and now, you know, yeah, they bolt on these two new pieces and boom, these are8500, $10,000 wheels.
Yeah, it's insane.
But I love them.
I have always loved them.
I mean, I like any pretty much LMGT wheel.
Like I like the progression of them.
You know, like GTR spec LMGT wheels, you know, but yeah, that's me for number four.
Word number three for me is going to be the ad van AVS model five.
Oh, shoot.
Okay.
Cool.
I see where we're going with this.
All right.
It's another one of those great 90s wheels.
If you've seen Fast and the Furious, the first one, I don't know if anyone of our listenershave.
I doubt it.
But, uh, leddies 240 SX when she rolls up to the sandwich shop.
Yeah, those are AVS model five.
Yeah, yeah.
That's the first time I probably saw him.
Yeah.
And I didn't even realize it.
Didn't even realize it probably.
Yeah.
But they've always been a favorite of mine.
Having got my hands on the set yet, but it's one of those.
It's always in my safe searches on eBay.
Yeah.
Looking for that one to pop up.
It's waiting for somebody to hop off on.
Wow.
I can only imagine in the next few one of these wheels.
Is it going to follow suit here?
So my number three is another Honda wheel, the Mugen MF 10 in bronze.
I like these wheels on integras.
I really like them on integras.
And I also like them on EK9s.
I did notice that they were making like FL5 spec.
And I was like, huh, I mean, that wouldn't, that wouldn't be so bad.
But I've just always liked these out of the Mugen wheels.
You know, like there's also like the R and R and a few other ones.
But the, the MF 10 was really like, it's like a, you know, 10 spokes, kidney spoke wheel.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, bronze just goes hard on like a championship way.
Integrity par.
Take it wrong with it.
Hell yeah.
Number two, what you got number two, are you ready?
Yeah, absolutely.
All right.
I got the ad van.
Okay.
The ad van are a three DT.
Which, okay.
It's a, it's a three spoke wheel.
Yeah.
Is that these?
No, it's not.
Oh, okay.
Sorry, sorry.
Sorry, sorry.
So your number two is an ad van wheel, another ad van wheel.
Another ad van wheel.
Another three spoke.
Another three spoke.
And yeah, it just looks awesome.
It's a little bit different from the SA3Rs that are probably like the most popular, I guessyou could say.
They're a little more flat.
I don't know.
They look awesome.
I love them.
I want a set of them.
Listen, dude, are like, is ad van paying you on this episode?
Like, dude, like, dude, I wish.
Come on, dude.
That's dope.
I hear you.
I mean, a lot of times, like when you find a wheel manufacturer that checks all the boxes,it's hard not to be a fan of almost, you know, a bunch of their wheels, right?
Yeah.
Like they're obviously hitting, hitting that part.
And plus a lot of them are from the time that these cars were made.
Right.
So like, just the styling of them is matches.
Yeah, yeah.
Matches everything already going on.
So I think it's, I think it's a good thing.
Yeah.
So, like, a lot of guys will harp on that.
And that's like, that's a hard thing, right?
Like, 100% see it on both sides.
Like, period correct generally means more expensive.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So like, that's hard, you know, you get a guy that--And more work to find something.
More work and sometimes more work to get to the condition that you're looking for.
So that's what's hard is like, for me, it's like, do your thing.
You know, it's your car.
Like, but I do get the blend of period correct.
And, you know, newly re-released parts and these different things is like, sometimesdue to just doesn't add up for the checkbook, you know what I'm saying?
Yeah.
Yeah.
For my number two, another set of Honda wheels.
And this is absolutely my favorite set of Honda wheels.
And it kind of crosses over with a set of wheels that you had.
This is probably the closest that we've had.
Yeah, yeah, for sure.
The Spoon SW 388s in matte black.
That is like, to me, that's iconic Honda.
Yeah.
Of course, the Spoon, you know, EGs and all in the NSX and these different cars that ranthese type of wheels.
That was like the poster like Honda's for me.
So naturally, the SW 388 is like, it's a simple five spoke, like it's a regumaster.
It's a regumaster.
It's a regumaster.
Yeah, pretty much.
It's different stickers.
Yeah, it's a simple five spoke wheel and matte black that just like, it's like aespecially with their race cars being glue and yellow, just like neutralize the whole thing.
Yeah.
Yeah, so it made it work.
Yeah, and I would really, really, really love a set for this FL5.
Like that's probably why I haven't gotten any wheels for it because if I can't get these,I kind of don't want to spend the money.
You know, like I could put T37s, you know, those are kind of a diamond dozen for this carbecause they've put out those specs.
But the SW 388s get all bought up in those limited releases, of course, you know, and so,yeah, I mean, number two for me, definitely my favorite Honda wheel, the spoon SW 388s.
Boom.
Number one, dun, dun, dun, what's it going to be?
All right, go ahead.
Go ahead.
I'm like freaking out, playing with my cord.
Ready to get this.
Because we have, I have no clue what it's going to be. I showed him my list kind of before,
but he didn't show me his.
So, well, it's going to be the wheels that are currently on my car.
The super ad van, SA3R.
Yeah, boy.
And the GTR spec of 17 by nine plus 22.
Yeah, like those wheels are cool.
I mean, I'm not like a huge fan of less than like five spokes if, you know, you didn't notice,but these wheels, I think are cool because I like this center cap.
Yeah.
Like the way that they styled that and like the decals around the outside made it like,I don't know, just feel more like a track wheel.
Yeah.
So to speak, then like a cruising wheel.
And so yeah, like at first, when you first like start bringing, and if you're watching onYouTube, we got a few sets of these out front.
Yeah, I got a couple of them.
When you first started bringing these things around, I was like, oh Jesus, what is this guydoing?
I'm like, dude, just wait.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
And I'm like, man, like just seeing more sets show up.
And I'm like, all right, dude, like what are you doing?
And then, you know, had this set refinished because originally what color were these?
These were originally the blue lip with black face.
Right.
So, and that always fades off.
So they kind of look.
Yeah, they looked a little, yeah.
And I mean, like I guess the blue wouldn't be bad, but not for this car for sure.
But yeah, once you like got him, got him refinished, I was like, okay, like they're white.
But yeah, I mean, you know, like this obviously me thinking like dirt, but like then you puthim on the car and actually fitted it.
And I was like, oh shit, then I catch myself checking him out at Tokyo Auto Salon on carsand shit.
And I'm like, what the hell am I doing?
Slaps yourself.
Yeah.
Yeah.
But yeah, now I guess I'm respect for him.
So that's dope.
What originally got you, you know, into the three spoke lifestyle, three spoke of life style.
Well, the, the ad van's specifically like these exact, not these exact wheels, but this setup in spec.
I first saw the first like, I don't know, I guess you could say street drifting car that I sawis pretty much just like a 240 with like a cage and an SR that had like a standalone AM.
This was like back in 0708, something like that.
That dude's car, he had these wheels and I always thought they were sick.
So and that was also the first like I said, you know, pretty done up 240 that I saw onceI got into those.
So they just always stuck in my head and then I mean, I always liked them.
And then this set, I saw a pop up on marketplace, I believe, and ended up buying the four thatare on my car as well as four more.
Dang.
So a total of eight one sitting.
That's legit though.
I mean, you got what you needed.
Yeah, pretty much.
And, you know, just got a few spares kicking around now.
Yeah, now you got to have to put on your kitchen cabinets and whatever else, right?
Yeah, interior decorations.
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah, that's what you sell your girl like.
Hey, no, I'm buying interior decorations, but you don't worry about it.
Yeah, that's art.
So my number one favorite wheel, which I currently have two sets of is the raise LMGT4 inmatte black.
Yeah.
And so why do I like these?
I mean, they're clearly similar to the TE37s.
Yeah.
Missing spoke.
Yeah, but like just the style of them.
And so when, of course, like, I start really looking into these different versions of theLM, the LM's.
And so I'm like, what is, what do I, what do I want here?
And of course, like, once I found the LMGT4, it was, it was all over.
That was, that's the only wheel I want on my skylines.
That's it.
That's, it's just like.
Yeah, they're made for.
I don't know.
They're really made for it.
They are literally made for it.
And I know there's so many wheel choices for the cars.
And I see so many skylines period with dopes, different wheels on them.
And I totally love it.
But like for my, for the three that I will have, they will, this is the only wheel thatwill be on there.
I think it's just, and I have the ones behind us, those are gloss.
I prefer the matte just because it's, they don't, they, these turn, they're not going tobe matte.
Right, right.
You know, so it's like if you already had matte, that would be kind of nice, you know.
But yeah, I mean, they're, yeah, they're just, they're sweet wheels.
I'm sure you've seen them.
A lot of people have them.
And that doesn't bother me.
I've seen them on other cars, other than Nissan's too.
Yeah, me too.
I've seen them on like a super, I've seen them on like a DC5 or a Tehran.
Like, all kinds of, they are sweet wheels.
But they're, they're, yeah, they're sweet wheels.
They just say Nismo on them.
Yeah, I know.
But they're sick.
And it's like one of those, I don't know, it's one of those wheels where like, like what you'resaying, a lot of people have them, right?
Let's just say with GTR.
So a lot of people have, doesn't really matter.
It really doesn't.
It's not like, all those are played out.
Oh, everybody has those.
It's like, no, those are like the wheels for the car, right?
Like that's like what it is.
So, yeah, I've always loved seeing other cars with them on there.
I think it's pretty cool too, like they have like, Nurling on the inside of the bead to keepthe tire from slipping on the Omari spec.
On the Omari spec, yeah.
Always loved that was pretty cool.
Yeah, I mean, and that's just another little thing, right?
Yeah.
That they do.
So yeah, I mean, top 10s for us, we just figured we'd, we'd kind of throw these out there.
And if, if you think we miss something that's on your top 10, hit us with the DM, like,let us know.
I don't have any no rotos.
Yeah, no, no, nothing fake.
Like this is JDM wheels, not like CDM or whatever the Chinese definitely classics.
But yeah, I mean, we did just, we got a Facebook group.
If you want to hit us up on there, it's RHD guys, dash JDM boys.
There's been a ton of good discussion and posts in there.
So we've been having fun with that.
Of course, all the other socials at RHD guys.
And yeah, if you want some of the merch, rhdguys.com, we're all over it.
For episode 61, the wheel episode, I'm Bobby.
This is Aaron.
See ya.
Peace.
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