Omg Omg Look What I Found!!!!

[pedzola]

http://kurobom.hp.infoseek.co.jp/h-civ-ep3.htm

Who here can read Japanese? :crym: Are these things for sale? I want one!!!

Also...

Who knows what kind of rims are on the real BTCC cars? Those are sweet, I want a set. I dunno how they'd look on black though... maybe I can get some bigass red graphics for my car. ;)

[Civicvtec1ps]

2002 december 22nd.
umm thats how far i can translate. damn it .
Toy looks nice.

[oldschoolimport]

its a fujimi plastic 1/24 scale plastic model built by someone that builds for a living, no doubt. most high end hobby shops carry these or can get these. expect to pay $30 to $50 for one of their kits.

[pedzola]

Damn. I enjoy building models but I can't paint or apply decals to save my life. It always comes out looking like ass... or worse.

=(

So the second question - anyone know what kind of rims are on the real btcc car?

http://www.hondatuningmagazine.com/features/0308ht_btcc08_z.jpg

[Suk02Si]

Looks like OZ's to me.

[bobdobbs]

OZ Superturismo:

[oldschoolimport]

Originally posted by bobdobbs
OZ Superturismo: BINGO, I was thinking OZ but I could not think of the model name. looks too hard to clean to me. too many spokes.

[pedzola]

Can you purchase these supertourismo's in 17x7 4x100 for our cars? Now that I know what they are im dying to find out more info on price and etc. Goin to do some searchin...

[bobdobbs]

Originally posted by oldschoolimport
looks too hard to clean to me. too many spokes.
Yup. I found a source for them in England a couple of months ago, but the Superleggeras are lighter, cheaper, and have four less spokes to clean...

[bobdobbs]

Originally posted by pedzola
Can you purchase these supertourismo's in 17x7 4x100 for our cars? Now that I know what they are im dying to find out more info on price and etc. Goin to do some searchin...
They do come in 4x100, but they're not imported and sold as far as I can tell and they're relatively heavy and expensive. You can get them from Europe, but by the time you pay to ship them, they're too expensive. Get Superleggeras.

[pedzola]

:sadm: how much?

[bobdobbs]

The wheels were about $300/each and shipping was like $75. $1500 for a set of four. :eek:

Edit: By the way, they're 23 pounds in 17"!

[oldschoolimport]

I bought some OZ Mito 15x6.5 about 10 years ago. they have gone up on their prices. must be proud of em. I know, it has been 10 years, but DAMN, inflation is a bitch.

[Suk02Si]

Originally posted by bobdobbs
Edit: By the way, they're 23 pounds in 17"!

omg! Great lookin' wheel, but at 23lbs, I'll pass.

[nozomi]

Originally posted by pedzola
http://kurobom.hp.infoseek.co.jp/h-civ-ep3.htm

Who here can read Japanese? :crym: Are these things for sale? I want one!!!

Also...

Who knows what kind of rims are on the real BTCC cars? Those are sweet, I want a set. I dunno how they'd look on black though... maybe I can get some bigass red graphics for my car. ;)


sorry man this guy custom built it out of a CTR plastic model. he had to look at BTCC pictures and fabricate those parts and decals

[BlasTech]

Looking closer, those wheels might also be these:
http://www.teamdynamicsracing.com/pro-race/Pro-Comp1.htm

[Zero Three Si]

I'm VERY VERY picky out rims. This have to be the best I've seen yet.

[1flySi2002]

the pic of the car has 16 spokes and the pic that dobbs put on only has 15. and same with the ones BlasTech put on too.

[pedzola]

I can't imagine they would use 23lb wheels on the BTCC cars? Although that civic is apparently almost 300hp. Oh well. Thanks nozomi for the info on the model. That sucks. I am waiting for an autoart model of our car or something.

The superleggeras don't look bad, but its not the same. They just don't have that same rally/hatchback/euro look. You know what I mean? Same style wheels on focus rally car, see that style a lot on VW GTI's and such also. It's really a "euro-hatch" kind of rim.

[bryan]

Originally posted by pedzola
I can't imagine they would use 23lb wheels on the BTCC cars? Although that civic is apparently almost 300hp. Oh well. Thanks nozomi for the info on the model. That sucks. I am waiting for an autoart model of our car or something.

The superleggeras don't look bad, but its not the same. They just don't have that same rally/hatchback/euro look. You know what I mean? Same style wheels on focus rally car, see that style a lot on VW GTI's and such also. It's really a "euro-hatch" kind of rim.

I really want those wheels but it would cost around $1,000 to import a set of 15 x 7's. Theres so many other wheels that are just as light or lighter and much cheaper that I can't justify spending that much money just because I like that look so much.

[crex2nr]

i dont care what anyone says, i just want that damn wing for my car. i just love that wing!!! :p :p

[bobdobbs]

Originally posted by pedzola
I can't imagine they would use 23lb wheels on the BTCC cars? Although that civic is apparently almost 300hp. Oh well.

Regulations. All the cars use them. (i.e., it doesn't matter).

It's possible that the wheels OZ supplies the Honda BTCC team isn't the same as what they're selling you. A race team might sacrifice some strength to save weight, since there aren't many pot holes on race tracks. A wheel for the open road, however, has to be much stronger, especially with low-profile tires on a 17" rim.

[2k2SiAutoXer]

the link is not working for me but are you guys talking about the remote controlled ep3?

--Tom

[kinonai]

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/urltrurl?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkurobom.hp.infoseek.co.j p%2Fh-civ-ep3.htm&lp=ja_en&tt=url

[pedzola]

"Something method of being attached the rear wing does the enormous air."

Thats great, this is the best translation EVER.

[EricP3]

Originally posted by pedzola
"Something method of being attached the rear wing does the enormous air."

Thats great, this is the best translation EVER.
id like to see you try and translate it.

[pedzola]

Sorry I shoulda put a :D after. I use babelfish a lot, I just think its funny what it comes out with sometime. You can still understand what it means usually but its not somethin you would normally say. Whens the last time you heard somebody say "enormous air?" lol

[Brettnyt]

"A little Civic Type of unpopularity -R is."

Haha, nice... That model looks awesome! I know I would screw it up somehow tho...