SSR's wheels for other companies.

SSR was one of the first wheel manufacturers to produce the three-piece wheel. It's unsure when exactly the other companies produced them but Enkei, Work and Rays Eng. mustn't have been far behind. Due to this,SSR manufactured a number of wheels for other companies including Devil Japan, Racing Hart and even Hayashi.

Here is one example. Below is the Devil Japan IF wheel made by SSR as seen by the barrel sticker. Though there is no stamping to say these are made by SSR, the sizing sticker on the barrel is enough proof.

Another example is the Hayashi Techno Phantom. This has a unique barrel sticker, one that shows some sort of relationship between the Hayashi and Speed Star brands. "we are wheel family"

Racing Hart is another company that has had their wheels made by SSR but those wheels were stamped to prove it. With the older generation of wheels (pre-1980) it is a lot harder to determine who made the wheel if there is no stamp because the stickers seem to whither away quite easily. As you can see on these Racing Hart/Takechi Project Spinner Mesh they are stamped with both Speed Star and Racing Hart, but just by looking at the front of the wheel you would think the manufacturer was Racing Hart.

Another set of wheels that I own seem to be made by SSR as well, but for a not-so-popular company called Maxim Japan. The wheels are stamped as Maxim Japan but also have the SSR barrel stickers.

I'm sure there are many more wheels that SSR have manufactured for other companies, and I'll be sure to keep an eye out for them.

An introduction.. and the XRS Longchamp.

As I am an SSR fan I thought my first post should be about one set from my collection. This set is the XR-S Longchamp by SSR and is in as new condition, never mounted onto a car and has never had tyres fitted.

The sizing of this wheel is 16x7 with a positive offset of 44. In 5x114.3 stud pattern I could see this wheel fitted on a nice MZ20 Soarer, though I've never actually seen this wheel on a car before. Not many sets of this wheel are around so I'm very happy to have this immaculate set.

The detail in the centre cap is pretty cool and unlike most of SSR's spin-on centrecaps. The raised letters on the XRS are a unique detail on these wheels. If these wheels had more wear and tear I don't think the caps would stay in such great condition.

They are a very nice decoration in my room. More wheels to come!