cherry blossom's survive

[c david]

http://page11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/n44687334

put these on your car and you will be a hero to some and a source of confusion for the rest..

cdavid

[Mat M]

You got a decoder/translator?

[sblake01]

Don't know if this will help much but here goes:

http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpage11.auctions.yahoo.co.jp%2Fjp%2Fauction%2Fn44687334&langpair=ja%7Cen&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools

[gogriz91]

Those are awesome! You have to have a pretty decent sized knowledge base to recognize the pattern and appreciate it.

[Blue Meanie]

350,000 Yen? That's like six bucks right?

I do dig the Mach 5 "M" pattern though. I bet Trixie is wet as we speak!

[theianmonster]

Oh My God! I've Wanted These Foreverrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Victor Laury]

Sakuras! Not sure but I THINK these are from the second remanfucture in the 90's

That really doesn't effect the value, as They all are freakin expensive. To date, I have yet to see a set in the US

I've been trying my best to be a student of Japanese alloy wheels and learn what I can from the web and direct observation. A couple of months ago, this (below) was posted on the club4ag.org site

---------reprinted w/o permissiom from club4ag.com

http://forums.club4ag.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=129798

Those are "Yayoi" by TECHNO RACING. Recently, NEEZ,Co. (Kagawa Pref. branch) re-produced in 15inch version. (15x8 / offset -10 Limited production of ONLY 40 / 240,000 yen for set of (4))

Currently, same re-production version are used on Tadokoro's D1 vehicle. Followings are some pictures of original logo of "Yayoi" Racing, re-production version and Tadokoro's D1 AE86.

Re-production version looks OK but I like the original "Yayoi".

----------end quote--------

more photos from the web

[sakijo]

Yayoi rims. Difficult to find in "regular" widths, these are truly rare. And yes, Blue Meanie, it's about 6 bucks if the exchange rate holds at 115

[c david]

sakjiko,

if you can buy them for $ 6.00 dollars or even ten times that when the auction ends, i'll pay the shipping and give you a 300 % finders fee...

i'm just kidding because i'm sure you are. 350,000 yen is far from $6.00 dollars. i'm posting this so others don't think they are "worthless" now or in a future search of the archives.

http://www.bloomberg.com/invest/calculators/currency.html

cdavid

[zbane]

350000 Japanese Yen (jpy) = 2993.0135 Us Dollar (usd), a bargain at twice the price.

If only I were made of money.

[sakijo]

Cdavid . . . Worthless??? you know as well as I do that the Sakura/Yayoi rims are almost impossible to find, and at that width, comparable to hens' teeth. I was just making light of Blue Meanie's joke of $6.00. At 3 grand, I'd buy them, but I don't have the car to put them on . . . . and I don't think the BOSS wwould entertain another project car , , , , , hahahahahahaha

[26th-Z]

Wow! Thanks for the pictures and the link. Cd, you should buy those, dude.