Very rare might be the wrong wording, 'very sought after' is more appropriate. They are selling for 2 or 3 times what a Mk1b wheel is going for, an the price is going up all the time!!
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Those were actually fitted on a number of the jdm MKIa's. However, someone has painted the metal spoke portion black at some point because in stock form the spokes were silver. They are one of the better looking retro type wheels I think, with the original silver spokes though, lol.
I've had a few of these wheels over the years, and about 50% have had black spokes. These don't look like they have been repainted, so i don't know if they were all silver, maybe some were black? Maybe someone can tell me.
Well, that is interesting as none of my jdm sales catlogs show a black spoked version, and I have never seen any listed for the AW11 on YJ either. I do believe though that jdm Corollas also used the same wheel, and wonder if some of those were black instead, and may have been transferred batween cars over the years. I'll try and take a look at my sales catlogs when I get a chance to see if I missed anything.
Here is a pic of the one I am familiar with (if my file attachment upload works, that is, lol).
Last edited by Fab4mr2; 15th October 2011 at 07:54 PM.
Well, I checked the pics of my '85 jdm sales catalog, and could only find the silver spoked version. Don't have access to my '86 one right now.
The only black spoked one, for the MKI, that I know of for sure, was the one for the 'Black Limited'. So, hey, anyone that has a black spoked one can claim that it came from the rare Black Limited model, lol.
Please look through the completed items on ebay where one sold for exactly £88 a couple of weeks ago. Many people like the original wheel these days to keep these classic cars original.
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