If anyone followed this thread:
You knew I was looking for wheels. I have '93 Protege GT wheels, but they came with two winters on them so I can't use them right now. I don't want to use my GT wheels in the winter as they are in good shape and are rare wheels here. While I found a set of Miata wheels matching my GT's in size to put winters on, I was having trouble finding two or a full set of 185/65/R14 all season or winter tires on Kijiji in my area. I wanted to run a full set of all seasons on my GT's and winters on the Miatas.
I went junkyarding in London last week - ever have those moments in u-pick it yards where instead of looking for the item the item finds you? That happened to me - right place, right time, fresh arrival. I was looking for these and never thought I'd find them. They were from a 1990 Toyota Corolla 25th Anniversary Edition (Canada only). Loaded. These special editions came with fogs from the factory, and the only trim where you could get a power sunroof and rear spoiler. Two tone paint, pinstripping, its supposed to have fender badges but was painted, badges in the seats. Missing the floormats. And some if not most came with these wheels. They were also on the SR5 two door Corollas too. Same size as my steelies. 13x5, 4x100, 54.1mm hub bore. In decent shape for 20 years old, they cleaned up well after being caked in grease and brake dust. I found center caps for them at another yard. While the tires they came with were almost new they were a crap brand, so I swapped them with some Toyos I had on steelies from a 1990 Corolla I bought and trashed (jumps, derby, etc). Here are some pics I took today.
Edit: Sigh, the pics size limit on this forum is too small for jpegs, imo. I'll edit the pics and post them tommorrow. Edit: Pics up!
You knew I was looking for wheels. I have '93 Protege GT wheels, but they came with two winters on them so I can't use them right now. I don't want to use my GT wheels in the winter as they are in good shape and are rare wheels here. While I found a set of Miata wheels matching my GT's in size to put winters on, I was having trouble finding two or a full set of 185/65/R14 all season or winter tires on Kijiji in my area. I wanted to run a full set of all seasons on my GT's and winters on the Miatas.
I went junkyarding in London last week - ever have those moments in u-pick it yards where instead of looking for the item the item finds you? That happened to me - right place, right time, fresh arrival. I was looking for these and never thought I'd find them. They were from a 1990 Toyota Corolla 25th Anniversary Edition (Canada only). Loaded. These special editions came with fogs from the factory, and the only trim where you could get a power sunroof and rear spoiler. Two tone paint, pinstripping, its supposed to have fender badges but was painted, badges in the seats. Missing the floormats. And some if not most came with these wheels. They were also on the SR5 two door Corollas too. Same size as my steelies. 13x5, 4x100, 54.1mm hub bore. In decent shape for 20 years old, they cleaned up well after being caked in grease and brake dust. I found center caps for them at another yard. While the tires they came with were almost new they were a crap brand, so I swapped them with some Toyos I had on steelies from a 1990 Corolla I bought and trashed (jumps, derby, etc). Here are some pics I took today.
Edit: Sigh, the pics size limit on this forum is too small for jpegs, imo. I'll edit the pics and post them tommorrow. Edit: Pics up!
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