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Whether you call them jellies or dish mags or slotted mags, tridents or kidney bean rims, they are the quintessental 1970s alloy wheel. Datsun 1200 uses 4-lug on 4-1/2" pitch circle (PCD), metric equivalent is 4.113mm PCD.
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Slotted Mag ID Guide
Jellybean Rim ID Guide
Cast IDs
Many rims have the brand, the size, or other information cast into the wheel, most often on the back side.
Center Caps
- 3-screw
- 4-screw
- 5-screw
- Captive (slips into the center hole from behind, before wheel is fitted)
- Push-in (Pushes into the center hole)
Datsun B310 center caps fit many wheels
Slot Types
- Rounded
- Squared off
- Trapezoidal
- 4-slot (often called "dish mags")
- 5-slot (most common)
- 6-slot
4-slot
Rare 4-slot design
5-slot
Datsun 1200 SSS 12x4 Ward Wheels
5-slot 12x4
Cheviot Triden vs 1200 SSS comparo
12x5 offset -2 (5.75" overall rim width) with steel washers
flat-disc 5-slot from South Africa
6-slot
6-window slot mags
- Performance wheels#Spitfire
- Speedy
- American Dragmaster (rounded sloping shoulder, or stepped shoulder)
- International Dragmaster
- Astro Supreme
- Italia Carrera (squarish slots)
- Universal Wheel
Italia Carrera 114.3 PCD, 13x5.5, 2-5/8 backspace
8-slot
- Cragar Mach 8
Trapezoidal slot
Triangular-like slots
13x7.5 - rounded shoulders
13x5.5 - squared shoulders
Valve Stem
* Valve stem in the slot * Valve stem in the disc * Valve stem in the barrel
Valve stem in the disc face
Shoulder
Rare is rounded flange shoulders
Common is squared flange shoulders
Hub Area
- Flat
- Recessed
- Raised
Recessed hub
Raised hub (slightly raised in this case)
Brands
Peformance
6-slot Spitfires, listed by Performance up to 2007
Triden
Popularly called Trident-style, Triden was the name of a wheel made by CSA/Mullins.
- Mullins Delta Triden
- Mullins CSA "Delta"-brand Vectron
- Mullins CSA "Cheviot"-brand Triden
Modified 5-slot jellies. Sometimes called "tridents", they come with silver or black centers:
- Aunger
- Wildcat
- Ward