12/03/2026
OJ's Roadster Blog Entry
I was over the moon when OJ got in contact about finding some wheels for his motor. We've been mates a couple of years now, and I won't lie, his black car became the butt of the joke last year. It was time for a change.
We sourced a mismatch set of wheels. For the fronts, a pair of 14x7 Work Equip Excel and for the rear, 14x7 Hoshino Impul Silhouettes. They were in absolutely dire condition, but I'm over the moon with how they came out, and OJ was too.
After respringing his coils and a couple months planning, he made the 300mile round trip to mine, where we spent the entire weekend turning the car from Photo 2, to Photo 1. A touch of welding required on the RH rear arch and absolutely bastardising the LH rear arch (filler does stick to rust if you try hard enough) and we got them on. New suspension all round and a full 2 stage polish meant he was driving a completely different car home on the Sunday.
Since the coils havent quite gone low enough for his liking, we plan to get together again before the end of the month to rectify this. It will also not be staying standard aero, more to follow in time.
Not sure why the long caption, but trying to prove that you do not need to spend massive money to make your car look great. Get yourself on the archives looking at 80s Japanese wheels and find inspiration for your own build. Stop with the same old wheels on the same old kit. Try something new.