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Those wheels do look so much better.


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Those wheels look fabulous on your car Peter and I can't believe how light they are!


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They do look fantastic: I'm glad there is agreement!

The wheel design started out as an exclusive for the AeroMax and after that production run ended the wheels were available, at a significant premium, on later Aeros.
As Tarka was built as a "show" car the factory fitted them, for which I'm incredibly grateful.

They are made by Rays Racing in Japan, they are forged, one reason that they are both light and strong.
I can't see them on the Rays website and MMC don't have them available, I understand.


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I've spent far too long looking at rays wheels https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/products/choose.php?lang=ja&
- the Max pattern are a variant of Gram Lights 57: Rays change the designs regularly.

So currently in a similar ballpark we have:
https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/products/wheel.php?lang=ja&wheel=57EX_D
https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/products/wheel.php?lang=ja&wheel=57XR

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The wheels you have identified are cast, the AeroMax wheels are forged.
This is the closest match...
https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/products/wheel.php?lang=en&wheel=S5-RR

Their 19" forged wheels seem to be about 80,000 Yen, so close to £500, plus shipping, import duty and VAT...
Lichfield in the UK are an authorised distributor.

https://www.litchfieldmotors.com/

Might be interesting to ask them for a price....

MMC sold the AeroMax at £2500 a set of 4, I believe.


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I found a small window of a couple of hours yesterday afternoon on the bank holiday weekend to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the Aero! Stopped in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex for a quick pic:

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indeed Peter, I was looking at pattern rather than method - and there isn't a forged Gram Lights 57 in the range right now...

Running 18" wheels I could be tempted by https://www.rayswheels.co.jp/products/wheel.php?lang=en&wheel=ZE40TA_III if they turn up in something other than blue, which wouldn't work on my car.
One of my supplied wheels was dented - I think by a spectacularly sharp ridge in the road outside Poole Harbour - it's been made round again, but long term I'll need to replace them.

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You won't dent a Rays forged wheel, they seem to be incredibly strong, and light!
Yes, in silver or gunmetal they would look cool on your S5.


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Originally Posted by PJC
I found a small window of a couple of hours yesterday afternoon on the bank holiday weekend to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the Aero! Stopped in Ashdown Forest, East Sussex for a quick pic:

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Great colour and wheel style thumbs


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I’m off to the Cotswold avec my favourite lady for a week with other couples in our village.

It’ll include a visit to the Factory on the Thursday.

Hope it doesn’t rain

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