mizjif

Ok. so my problem is this: I recently purchased a set of wheels knowing for a fact that they were rare as i'd never seen them ever before. So now after little help anywhere else, and no luck on my own, im coming to honda-tech guru's to help me solve this mystery. So the wheels are these:

Make: Desmond
Model: ????
Size: 16x7 +32
16x8 +35

They are 4/5x114.3 bolt pattern

I can put more photos up at request but have these for now:

NW Classic Honda

Those are hot!

mizjif

thx and i guess they are the only set on the continent as nobody has ever seen another set, not even the guy who brought them over for me :D

mizjif

anyone??

egab

Hope this will help

http://www.memoryfab.com/wheels/brands/244/

xunsungheroesx

They look like similar to the old version of Volk Racing GT-P without the VR centercaps.

Also there's another similar Desmond 6-spoke wheel in this thread, but it has grooves in the spokes that yours don't.
http://www.initialdrift.com.au/forum...pic.php?t=4351

S.P.I.cc

those are sick!!!!

mizjif

hmm, interesting. the tomei 'desmond' is similar but yet is definately different (if that makes sense lol)

definately the most help i've gotten from anyone, at least this gives me a lead now to tomei. lol.

thanks everyone!

Phuviano

Email the manufacturer, they should know the wheel.

mizjif

i cannot find any 'desmond wheels' website. apparently they are made in russia and then sold out of japan? not sure.

even memoryfab had no idea what model of desmond they were.

damn, im rolling on a genuine wheel this summer :D

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

This would be your best bet, when it comes to email addresses.

front@desmond.co.jp

(Keep in mind, that the email will probably need to be in Japanese.)

mizjif

amazing. thankyou, i know someone who speaks fluent japanese so perhaps i'll get her to email for me. thanks again!

DA9_DAD

iTrader: (4)

Ask Oppossum Jenkins, he will most likely know.

moonshadowmetallic

Well if Toyo doesn't know, we may be in a scary, catastrophic and life threatening situation.

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

lol, well it's not like there aren't wheel designs that neither Opossum nor I know about. We may know a lot, but that definitely doesn't mean we know everything.

I've seen that design by Desmond before, but never along with a name/model. I would love to get my hands on some 1980's and 1990's literature from Japan to hopefully flesh out some of these naming conflicts, but it's not like they're any easier to come by.

moonshadowmetallic

Well, of course we all know that, however, its easier and safer for us (the less informed) to assume that someone knows every wheel ever made =p

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

I wish I could claim that, but it'd be a bold-faced lie.

mizjif

hmm. so as i suspected these desmonds are rather rare. would this put any kind of value on them? what do you guys think they are worth?

lol i feel like im on antique road show or whatever that show was called.

r.wright

iTrader: (58)

can i get a clear close up picture of that emblem on the center cap?

mizjif

k i'll have pics up soon for ya.

mizjif

pics for better reference:

r.wright

iTrader: (58)

so wouldnt they be called desmond auto strasse or wise sports auto strasse made by desmond? i know wise sports used the desmond foundry for many of their designs.

mizjif

i've searched through all kinds of combos using wise sports, auto strasse and desmond, and cannot find a thing.

mizjif

bizzump. anyone else able to help?

KillBot

I dug up an Auto Strasse Zephir



Still digging...