It worked!

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 07/19/2016 at 15:05 • Filed to: mazda3, wheelopnik, partslopnik

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Even when you’re having a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! there’s always something that comes around and brightens it up!

In this case, a mis-categorized eBay posting that’s eluded my radar for the past few days while searching for 16" wheels to run my summer tires on, I ran a random search and these popped up SUPER CHEAP.

I just hope they’re not bent :/

They’re off an RX-8 sport automatic and are somewhat rare, as they only made them for a few years. They’re light, and 7.5" wide. Perfect for the sticky Nexens I’ve had in my garage since I traded in the Camry.

Perfect to replace the banged up bubbling curbed and abused stock wheels with slippery hard Yokohamas that came on my 3.

Ash78, voting early and often > Takuro Spirit 07/19/2016 at 15:31

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Wow, not bad...I didn’t even recognize them. I love rare OE wheels because they’re the best of both worlds — stock look, but with personalization.

yitznewton > Takuro Spirit 07/19/2016 at 17:13

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Noice

Amoore100 > Ash78, voting early and often 07/19/2016 at 17:25

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Completely agree, especially when a vehicle has interesting/better wheels for foreign market counterparts.

shop-teacher > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2016 at 09:33

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I love it when I find cheap badly listed items. Nice find!

Mustafaluigi > Takuro Spirit 07/20/2016 at 13:39

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Are Nexen tires really that good? I love the price but can never find a real review comparing them to more name brand tires.

Takuro Spirit > Mustafaluigi 07/20/2016 at 13:45

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I was surprised by the grip and quietness of the ones I found, given the price. No one else made a 16" summer tire near the size I needed for around the $70 each they cost me.

I’ve sold a lot of their all season offerings to customers, but they don’t care much about tires enough to get back to me weather or not they like them. I haven’t heard any complaints though... so no news is good news?