New JDM wheel options

[02Les]

12 hours ago, conkitchen said:

Hows bout dis lil gem from from the JDM? 

 

If Y'allz know your stuff, you may just notice the Japan markings  

 

On my 2002, aint never seen another nowhere. 

 

 

Has FPS Italy on it.

[conkitchen]

8 minutes ago, 02Les said:

 

Has FPS Italy on it.

yes it does cause it's a licensed product for the JDM. See the other markings in the center and see #3 below. 

 

 

 

but what do I know

[joysterm]

On 6/14/2019 at 9:46 AM, chargin said:

 

Thanks, this was when I first got the car in 2014, 4 sets ago....

Situation now with matching hardware:

 

 

me likey.......size and offset???

[02Les]

1 hour ago, conkitchen said:

yes it does cause it's a licensed product for the JDM. See the other markings in the center and see #3 below. 

 

 

 

but what do I know

 

 

and it's here too

Edited July 13, 2019 by 02Les

[chargin]

5 hours ago, joysterm said:

me likey.......size and offset???

 

Pretty Standard 15x7x24et

 

But:

 

Rose Gold Hardware, Mirror polished Lips, 1/3 height Billet Center Nut 

 

[Teelinger]

On 7/12/2019 at 6:27 AM, SteadFast said:

I'm working with the manufacture now to get bore specs.  They have a new color out too.

 

The bore hole size on the CMC 15" is 54mm. Will those fit a 2002?

 

James

[Conserv]

On 7/13/2019 at 2:30 PM, conkitchen said:

yes it does cause it's a licensed product for the JDM. See the other markings in the center and see #3 below. 

 

 

 

but what do I know

 

 

I’m with Les on this!

 

I believe that the JWL mark appears on rims manufactured in many countries, and says nothing about the rim’s country of origin. Just as global rim manufacturers need to get KBA certification in order to sell their rims in Germany, global rim manufacturers obtain JWL certification in order to sell their rims in Japan. I believe your rim was manufactured in Italy, by FPS (hence, “FPS” and “Italy”) under license (“Licenza”) from the design’s “owner”. I don’t know who owns the 16-spoke rim design. And I have seen other examples of this FPS model, always in European settings. FPS makes very high-quality rims, which is probably why they were the manufacturers for the early and late OEM alloys, as well as the Italian-market dealer-option alloys!

 

These are also good-looking rims, but they’re not Japanese-made.

 

Daniel (MOJOJOY) has at least one example of this rim — albeit in an ET8 offset — shown in the Wheels Database:

 

 

Best regards,

 

Steve

 

Edited July 15, 2019 by Conserv

[SydneyTii]

Yep as far as I understand it’s a licensing  thing, as in the wheeel has to have it to be sold in that country.

My Lemmerz wheels have the same mark and are not made in Japan.

 

[SteadFast]

23 hours ago, Teelinger said:

 

The bore hole size on the CMC 15" is 54mm. Will those fit a 2002?

 

James

 

My understanding is BMW 2002 has center bore of 57.1.  I'm aware that Miata's have a 54.1.  They show it on a Mini Cooper (on their website) which has a larger center bore of 56.1.  So I'm hoping they made the wheel for a more universal fit.  

Edited July 15, 2019 by SteadFast

[SteadFast]

So it looks like the center bore is more universal.  It looks like it is 73.1MM.  So in theory I could run a 73.1 to 54.1 hub ring.  I'm going to take the leap and try them out.  I plan to run 195 tires with them, with no flares.  Thoughts?  I think I'll have to massage the fenders a little bit.  

[Teelinger]

@SteadFast 73.1mm, really? Is that for the 14" wheels? The rep I spoke and the site below confirms that the 15" bore size is 54mm. 

 

https://rev9autosport.com/car-make-corn-s-aluminum-cmc-01-15-wheels.html

 

 

[SteadFast]

The wheels come from the parent company in Japan: 

http://www.carmakecorns.com/src/search/parts/parts_detail.php?id=1468P20171220154309&shop=1468 

 

Their website (the Japanese one)  states 73.1...  Perhaps I'm reading it wrong.  

[Teelinger]

@SteadFast those appear to be the 14's. Not sure if what they list as hub diameter is the same as what we call bore hole diameter. Lost in translation...

[SteadFast]

I've reached out to a few other places (phone and email), all with no response.  I'm half tempted to just buy one wheel to see if they will work!  In other news, I found a picture of the back of the wheel. 

[SteadFast]

@Teelinger

Okay, got the official response from the parent company.  

 

14": 73.1mm

15": 54.1mm

 

So you're really only looking at the 14's then.  So the real question, will the 20 offset on the 14's fit without flares.  I know i'll have to roll the fenders and likely run 185 or 195 tires.  Thoughts?

Edited July 29, 2019 by SteadFast