The Road Warrior Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Hi, Does anyone know the difference between pre-facelift & facelift 17” stock alloys? Apart from the centre hub design? Apparently the facelift wheel has a slightly different design, can anyone tell the difference just by looking at pics? I’ve seen both wheels in photos but apart from the plastic centre hub I really can’t see any difference Is this a 96+ facelift wheel? http://www.megaboost.co.uk/supra/min...s/P1010791.JPG Certainly looks the same as: http://www.engine-power.com/img/spec...a_mk4tt_06.jpg Many thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Look the same to me: "HTTP 404 - File not found" for both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 LOL: My original '94s refinished: http://www.megaboost.co.uk/supra/mine/wheels/wheels-01.jpg The ones I believe to be facelift: http://www.megaboost.co.uk/supra/mine/wheels/trackday17s/P1010791.JPG A picture of a facelift Supra with standard wheels: http://www.engine-power.com/img/specs/toyota_supra_mk4tt_06.jpg As far as I was aware only the centres changed? Perhaps the source that told you the facelift wheel design was different can enlighten us both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 DEFO the same wheels, they simply changed the centres. JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I'd read that they were different. I think it said the holes were bigger in them or something like that??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branners Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 Not heard that before, which holes? To get a set of wheels designed and manufactured cant be cheap so I would have thought they would have continued with the same design and just stuck the different centres in, but then the facelift models did have quite a few new bits on them. I put what I believed to be facelift and normal wheels side by side and could see no difference but then I have no way of knowing if the facelifts were infact facelifts.. JB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I'd read that they were different. I think it said the holes were bigger in them or something like that??? That wouldnt make sense considering the Jap market usually use narrower wheel nuts, and the facelift wasnt sold in Europe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I think the 17" ones are the same they have wider spokes than the 16" but as far as I'm aware the facelift ones just have a different cap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon F Posted October 20, 2005 Share Posted October 20, 2005 I have seen a slightly different wheel on an SZR. There were small strenghtening webs running across the width of the rim, close to the spokes. They were quite difficult to see, but if you ran your finger across the wheel, they were easy to find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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