panasports for trucks?

[fisch]

I feel like there was a thread about this once before. (Heck I even think I started it, but a search yielded no results.) Does anyone know if they made a panasport/wantanabe/rota rb style rim for the 6X5.5 lug pattern?

 

If they did, what sizes did they come in?

[dat620]

there was a company back in the 80's that made a wheel that was very simular, i can not recall the name right now, i will do some diggin around, a couple months back some one posted a picture of a set that they found in a truck in a wrecking yard, never knew the outcome, i had pm'ed him and never got a answer back, but yea they r out there, i believe the size was 15 x 7, and 15 x 8, 6 x 5.5 , machined lips and silver spokes, every one used to use what we called rice bowls to cover the lug nuts. i seem to recall a truck somewhere in our 620 catalog, it is yellow with grafix, it had them on it.:)

[yello620]

In the 620 picture gallery thread there is a picture of a yellow with graphics 620 that is running them.

 

Sorry, i dont know what sizes they were available in or who made them.:(

[fisch]

Thanks for the info Dat620 and yellow! Found this picture! But not a lot of info.

 

Edited September 16, 2009 by fisch

[nismo dr]

Thanks for the info Dat620 and yellow! Found this picture! But not a lot of info.

 

 

damn I want a set of those

[motavated]

I think it has the Watanabe sign.

I heard that western wheels also made it in this style also.

Like this

with the panasport style like this.

I member seeing them too.

[motavated]

Here is one but the pics dont show... :(

http://forum.ratsun.net/showthread.php?t=9990&highlight=minilite+trucks

 

There was another one I have seen on here that was on the junkyard

[dat620]

both of those r the styles i saw in the 80's, n most recently in the wrecking yard pictures, and yes western wheel was the name i was trying to remember, those would be so tight to have..:D paint the spokes to match the truck color, and polish out the rim lip...:D:D:D

[1lo620]

 

I think this is the truck that Dat620 is talking about on the yellow truck

[fisch]

Thanks for posting that!! I looked but couldn't find it. So freaking cool!

[dat620]

that is the truck, the wheels are so freakin cool !!!! i used to drool over that truck, the model in my opinion takes away from the display of the truck..

[socaldatsun]

Soorry for bring up old threads from the dead but i have fallen inlove of watanabe! think having them redrilled will work? eather that or changing the patter of the lugs:/

[Farmer]

you can find hem sometimes on yahoo.japan auctions or japan ebay

[Radim]

Those are old school ProComps, Mini-lite design six lug.

 

SSR, makes six lug Banana spokes like Watanabes.

 

EDIT: The name on that truck is AWESOME.... being from OC and all... "HB Cruza"

[konig209]

Youbmean like these? Found em on here forgot where though. I think they are from a malasia truck

[tdaaj]

I was lucky enough to find my westerns about a month ago, two differents sellers in the same day, same town, 5 total, very stoked. Tootin my horn a bit

 

[K_trip]

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