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Revision as of 10:10, 5 November 2015

Aftermarket wheels to suit Datsun 1200 come in a never-ending variety of sizes and shapes.

	Wheel Guide
	Wheels factory Sunny wheels
	Nissan wheels Nissan/Datsun
	Rims for aftermarket wheels
	Rims Types: jellies, modular
	multi-spoke, Minilite, mesh
	3-spoke, 4-spoke
	Big Wheels (16"-18")

Suppliers

Wreckers are your best bargain here ... lots of 13, 14, 15, 16 and 17" wheels and tires.

Manufacturers

SSR Speed Star Wheels sells new and classic designs
http://www.panasport.com
Konig makes a retro-style wheel with the proper offset for RWD application. Konig Rewind
Minilite Wheels - The real deal! alloy racing wheels 12x5 only $159 each in Silver, Black, White. Gold and Anthracite also available.

Mail order

tirerack.com
http://classicdatsun.com has Panasports

Types

Steel

Also see Nissan spare wheels: Pursuits

Aftermarket steel wheels with Datsun pattern (4 on 4.5") are available in a large variety of diameters, widths, and offset.

Aero Race Wheels 7-slot steel

3-spoke

ROH 6JJx14 post

Advan Oui

Mesh

Meshies

See:
* Cheviot Quatro (has rim bolts)
   ? 
* Cheviot Hotwire (circular center; X-mesh)
  
* Nissan Bluebird TRX
  
* Speedstar Mesh
  
* Simmons V4, Simmons V5
  
* Southern Ways/Epsilon

15" Simmons-style meshies on Datsun 1000

Modular

* Weld
* Dragway Pro
* Cheviot Armorlite
  
* Mullins Centreline
* RHO Gambler [8-hole]
* Centerline (USA)

Mullins Centreline were a Modular-style rim. It differed slightly from the Cheviot Armorlite:

Armorlite: flat disc including hub area
Centreline: hub area of disc slight recessed

The Dragway Pro was another common modular-style wheel, identified by five round holes in the disc.

RHO Gambler (8-hole)
album

unknown 10-hole
album

unknown
album

album

Jellies

Slotted

Jellies or Slots

See main article: Jellybeans

SSS, 6-slot, 5-slot, 4-slot

Minilite Type

Possibly the classiest wheels of all time. Famous 8-spoke design.

See main article: Minilite

Many Spokes

Hurricane/Cyclone/Turbo

8-spoke
* American Racing VN47 VECTOR
* American Racing SE VECTOR

10-spoke
* American Racing VECTOR - 10 spoke

12-spoke 
* Cheviot Turbo - 12 spoke
* Appliance Turbo Vec - 12 spoke

13-spoke
* 14" AMC Turbocast II
* American Racing

14-spoke 
* Western Wheels Hurricane - 14 spoke

15-spoke 
* ET Industries Turbine -15 spoke 
* American Racing Cyclone II - 15 spoke

16-spoke
* A Team Western Cyclone II

20-spoke
* Nissan R30
  
  
* unknown 14"

30-spoke
* Western Cyclone

32-spoke
* 200B SX

32-spoke large-disk

Bakkie Alloys

B140 wheels

A-line BZR

Evo BK222

Centerline

Centerline made the ultimate 1980s drag-style wheel (modular type).

14x7 rear, 14x6 front (or are these Cheviot Armorlite?)
album

Cheviot

See main article: Cheviot

Armorlite, Classic, Hotwire, Hustler, Raider, Sonic, Triden, Quatro

Campagnolo

album

CSA

Mullins CSA

15" (used with spacers)
album

CSA Gladiator (similar to CSA Essen, but with tapering spokes)
album

Dragway

http://www.dragway.com.au

* Pro: 8-hole
* DB11: 8-hole billet
* Indy: 5-hole
* Centreline: no holes

4-spoke

Indy

misc

photo photo

Enkei

Apache

post

Globe

Globe Products of South Australia

CSA was bought by Mullins in 1986.

Mullins Wheels Pty Ltd
Globe Alloy Wheels
CSA Alloy Wheels
25 Cheviot Road 
5108 Salisbury, South Australia

Bathurst

Globe Products originally made the Bathurst wheel, which was also made for Ford as the Daytona. It is very similar to the Performance Challenger.

Bathurst is still sold new as of 2015 http://www.mullins.com.au/iwt-bathurst-al-trailerwheels.asp

Challenger: http://www.performancewheels.com.au/Home/Wheels.asp?theGroup=C&Cat=Classic

photo

photo photo photo

Hayashi

Street

The classic Hayashi Street wheel http://www.hayashiracingusa.com/

Type ST old school low offset
Type STF old school high offset
Type CR deep stepped

crashed

SIMILAR: ital racing 13x6j et+13
gallery

Yayoi

Yayoi (弥生)

Prototype Yayoi disc

Techno Racing

13x7 and 13x8
album

album

sic:hiyashi

Libre

Libre by American Racing (later by Shelby American). "daisy" style

See main article: Libre

Momo

15x6.5+40
album

album

Peformance

New Performance wheels

album

Challenger

The Challenger model is very similar to the Globe "Bathurst" wheel.

Challenger?

Speedy
album

Rebel

Rebel Wheel in Wollongong

13x7
album

album

post

Riverside

Japan's River Side wheel

Star-type (similar to SSR SuperStar)
album

album

ROH

http://www.roh.com.au/

Contessa (minilite-style)
post

album

Simmons

See main article: Simmons

B45, V4/V5, FR/F90, OM

Southern Ways

These are best identified by a cast S W on the back of the wheel. It can also be identified by the three "digits" in between the four lug holes. By contrast, SSR Mesh has a diamond between each lug hole.