Watanabe
RS Watanabe http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp
- F8 - classic one-piece
- RS8 - three-piece version
- GR8 - thin spidery spoke three-piece version
- 4S - 4-spoke
Lug Nuts
8-spoke
Watanabe 8-spokes debuted 1968. Classic one-piece wheel in aluminum or magnesium.
F8A short spoke vs F8B/F8F long spoke
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/WatanabeF81471011433.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/IMG_5182.jpg
RS-Watanabe 13x6 with 185/60R13 tyres
Watanabe 14x6 with 175-width tyres
15x6.5
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175/50R13 & 215/50R13
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3-bird racing crane logo
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Canby%202009/20090614120331DSC07069.jpg
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B210 Sedan
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/wiki/100_3933.jpg
13 x 7
Fronts: 185/60R13, rears: 205/60R13 on 13x7 wheels
RS Watanabe User Photos
http://www.rs-watanabe.co.jp/category/userphoto/nissan/sunny
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/yudetyan-t31-b110.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/nakano-gb122-1.jpg
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/inoue-gb1221.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/inoue-gb1223.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/inoue-gb1225.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/inoue-gb1226.jpg
12 inch
13 inch - clyons
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/chris-sany.jpg
14 inch
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/image3.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/image5.jpg
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/kaneko-gb1221.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/kaneko-gb1227.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/kaneko-gb12288.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/suzuki_s.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/sawade.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/sawade2.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/sawade3.jpg
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/yamada-sani-1.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/yamada-sani-2.jpg
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/wiki/nakano_sanitora.jpg
RS8
RS8 - three-piece version of the F8
4-spoke
Watanabe '4S'ᴵ 4-spoke 13x5 in aluminum or magnesium
https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/wiki/wat13x5b.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/wiki/wat13x5a.jpg https://i297.photobucket.com/albums/mm219/ddgonzal/Datsun%201200/wiki/wat13x5c.jpg
Stellar Quattro
1981-1982 4-spoke/4-lug version of the Watanabe Stellar AL 5-spoke
Very similar to Nissan's S30 OPTION wheel, except:
- The Stellar has thin fins down the center of each star-ray
- Nissan rim has a more curved, even-width polished ray-section
- Nissan rim has a cast "disc" part
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