![]() The Advan T7 has been around for a long time, and although it is not of my personal favorites, it looks really good in concave offsets. Yashio Factory also uses Advan wheels on all of its car drift and time attack projects. The wheel in this photo is seen on Yashio Factory Oka-chan's D1 S13 Silvia. The Aristo that Manabu Orido drives in Formula D is rocking a set of these wheels in the attractive dark chrome finish. It's thicker, flatter spoke design distinguishes it from the RG. The Model T6 is another six-spoke offering from Advan. The RS wheel has also become very popular among the BMW crowd in Japan recently. Speaking of HKS, Advan has a tight relationship with them and Advan wheels can be seen on all of the demo and race cars built by HKS. The RS can be seen on big name cars like the Zero Sports time attack Impreza and Nobu Taniguchi's HKS Altezza drift car. The Advan RS is another popular part of the Advan wheel line. The wide, low offset GT-R face versions of the RGII like the ones seen on the R32 above look awesome on any kind of car. Like the Volk Racing wheels, they are also forged and are offered in some very aggressive sizes. The six-spoke Advan RG and it's successor, the RGII are some of the most commonly seen Advan wheels. Yokohama's line of Advan racing wheels are also extremely popular worldwide. The Gramlights 57 Maximum and 57 Optimise are two of my personal favorites. Most recently, the new Gram Lights 57D wheels with their wild colors have become very popular among D1GP teams in Japan. Gram Lights wheels are generally heavier and cheaper than the Volk wheels, but they still offer high quality construction and good-looking designs. There have also been other similar wheels sold by companies like URAS and Bee*R.Īnother popular Ray's Engineering brand is Gram Lights. The LMGT4 is quite popular for its aggressive five-spoke design and If I am not mistaken, a similar wheel is/was sold by Mazdaspeed. On nearly all of its models, Volk has released special "Time Attack" editions with red wheel lips or other models with machined lips, but personally I think these wheels look better when they are all one color.Īnother popular wheel made by Ray's Engineering is sold as the Nismo LMGT4 and can be seen on cars like Yoshinori Koguchi's 180SX and the the Nismo Skyline GT-R Z-Tune. The wheel is seen here on the VARIS Evo5 time attack car. The RE30 is a more recent addition to the Volk Racing lineup, and since its release a couple years ago, it has become an extremely popular wheel both in Japan and elsewhere. Ray's offers the CE28N in a number of different colors, and I don't think there is a single color that doesn't look good on this wheel. The Powerhouse Amuse GT1 S2000 seen above is just one of the many cars that the CE28N looks right at home on. Like the TE37, it comes in tons of different sizes that will fit everything from a Toyota Prius to widebody time attack cars. Right behind the TE37 in popularity is another Volk Racing wheel, the CE28N. ![]() There are also different variations of the original TE37 design like the "cup" and "gravel" versions. The TE37 looks particularly great in low offset sizing with the concave or "GT-R face". I could write several posts alone just on this one wheel. It looks right at home and car's dating from the '60s all the way to 2008 and it can be found on everything from vintage race cars and drift cars to time attack record breakers. It is one of the oldest wheels of this type and it's ultra lightweight forged construction and timeless six-spoke design have kept this wheel at the top when it comes to popularity. There is no Japanese racing wheel more iconic and popular than the Ray's Engineering Volk TE37. Again, this is not supposed to be an end-all wheel guide, but a simple overview of well known models. Now let's take a look at some the popular models. Besides being found on tuned Japanese cars worldwide, the quality of these wheels is good enough to be used by owners of high end non-Japanese cars like Porsche 911's and BMW M3's, and even Corvette Z06's. Even people who are not into Japanese tuning should be familiar with wheels like the Volk TE37 and Advan RS. Known for their high quality, light weights, and stylish designs, these wheels can be found all over the world and their styles have been imitated time and time again. Now it's time to continue our look at iconic Japanese wheels with a venture into the world of one-piece racing wheels.
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