These are Clean Wheels [Archive]

ScionVan

12-11-2003, 11:01 AM

Those wheels are facsimiles of the original 5Zigen Inperio S08 design. You can tell they are not the 5Zigens by the center cap (there appears to be a chrome ring; the original 5Zigens don't have that). I had 5Zigen bring over their last few stock of the 25mm offset M05s and S08s from Japan that were made specifically for cars like the bB, and they fit flush with the fenders unlike the S08s that were originally sold in the US several years back, and *especially* unlike all the knockoffs sold now that are all made for Honda offsets.
Info and pics:
http://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1200

Additional differences between these wheels and the rash of emulations sold nowadays under various other brand names is the quality of the finish. The 5Zigen wheels were made under stricter standards, so the finish on the face and lips are clean and smooth, and free of blemishes. In the US right now, you can get the 25mm S08s in 16" Hyper Black, or 17" Hyper Black or Super Silver... but none of those other colors unfortunately.