TE37 MR2s

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alan_uk
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Re: TE37 MR2s

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Shinny were did you get your cebter caps as mine didnt come with any ?
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Re: TE37 MR2s

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Accept no imitations.

(I'm a wheel nazi)
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Re: TE37 MR2s

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JD wrote:Accept no imitations.

(I'm a wheel nazi)


Yep, agree with this. 8)

My personal opinion anyway.
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Inovit

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I have inovit st16's but a square set 17x8's et42s running a 255 tyre on the rear with rolled arches.
They look great but the stretched look on the front bugs me!
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Re: TE37 MR2s

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alan_uk wrote:Shinny were did you get your cebter caps as mine didnt come with any ?


The centre caps pictured are not genuine. They are very cheap imports (bought from ioffer) and needed to be resprayed (which I did in 8B6 to match the car).

I also have some flat caps (which I've kind-of assumed are genuine) which are just white. Although, not being refurbed at the same time as the wheels, they probably no longer match.

Flat caps:
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El cheapo caps...
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...which faded...
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...but look awesome when painted again...
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...yup, still look good 5 years later:
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Nic
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Re: TE37 MR2s

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You can get cheap copy Volk/Rays plastic centre caps on AliExpress, see here http://www.aliexpress.com/wholesale?cat ... enter+caps
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Re: TE37 MR2s

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I was looking for a set of 16" TE37 wheels for mine for months, whilst waiting I saw an MR2 fitted with a set of Nissan R32 GTS-T & GTR wheels and really liked the look of them. The wheels are manufactured for Nissan by Rays and are a really good fit for the MR2, an added bonus is that the rear GTR's are made of forged magnesium alloy so are very light in weight.

It was really difficult to find 2 x GTS-T (16x6.5 front) and 2 x GTR (16x8 rear) wheels, so I found another member on here who also wanted a set and between us we bought 2 complete sets (4 x GTS-T & 4 x GTR) for £400 and then split them. So we both got a set of really good quality Rays wheels for £200.

I don't have a decent pic of them on my car but here is what they look like.

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GTR Wheels
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Re: TE37 MR2s

Post by Nic »

Just noticed there's a staggered set of 16" TE37's for sale in Hong Kong for HK$9200/£828.

http://www.28car.com/par_dsp.php?h_vid=120917012&h_vw=y
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alan_uk
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Re: TE37 MR2s

Post by alan_uk »

shinny wrote:
alan_uk wrote:Shinny were did you get your cebter caps as mine didnt come with any ?


The centre caps pictured are not genuine. They are very cheap imports (bought from ioffer) and needed to be resprayed (which I did in 8B6 to match the car).

I also have some flat caps (which I've kind-of assumed are genuine) which are just white. Although, not being refurbed at the same time as the wheels, they probably no longer match.

Flat caps:
Image

El cheapo caps...
Image

...which faded...
Image

...but look awesome when painted again...
Image

...yup, still look good 5 years later:
Image



Yea i seen a few sets with the flat caps in looks a bit plain i really like the 1's you have

I expected them toarrive with a set but came with none lol
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