Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Old School wheels..... the new ones?

So there are many choices in life. some of the most important choices you have to make in life come down to decisions like, a house to buy, a woman to marry, and what rims to get for your oldschool ride. but with these life changing decisions one must make the right choice. so, when it comes to oldschool wheels with a new school twist, that decision comes to us that much harder. i have compiled a short list of some of the most popular emulated oldschool style wheels that are now on the market...
we first start with the Konig B-Bombs. these are replicas of the SSR MKIII (mark 3). they come in 4x100/4x114 bolt pattern and in 15x7 or 15x7.5 and have offsets of 0 and +8.
these might be the most popular of all the wheels listed. The konig rewinds. these happen to be replicas of the eight-spoke Watanabe and might be the most precise replica of all the others. they come in 4x100/4x114 and come in size 14x7 and 15x7 in -9 or 0 offset.
we now continue with some XXR wheels or formerly known as Sportmax. these wheels were designed with the oldschool style with lightweight design. these particular sets are called the XXR 501. not sure exactly what they replicate, but they come in 15x7 and 15x8, 4x100/4x114, and come in +38 and +15 offsets.
another version of the eight-spoke design, these are the XXR 002. what is really nice about XXR wheels is that they like lip... this design, along with the 501 has a 3inch lip. these come in 15x7 and 15x8 in 4x100/4x114 and have offsets of +38 and 0.
Now Rota has been around for a while now, but recently released a newer version of their Rota RB, which is also an eight-spoke design. these are called the Rota RB-R. not too sure about the sizes and patterns this set comes in because no information has been released on the Rota website.
lastly, we have the Drag Dr-20. not necessarily the more popular vote on this list, but it still holds its own amongst the other replicas. it follows the disigns of the Work Equipe 03. they come in 15x7, 4x100/4x114 patterns and have 0 and +10 offets.

soo... after reviewing these wheels, i'd really wanna pick up some new wheels. the wheel that i would have to go with would be the XXR 501 or the Rota RB-r, if i knew more about it. well there you go.. my short list of newschool oldschool wheels. take your pick, but choose wisely. no school like the oldschool.

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