Was lucky I got some original Yayois for free
the owner is like an old uncle of mine but he was
tired of old parts sitting around.
Sold them to a Tottori dude afterwards and
that paid for Uncles trip to see me recently.
Some wheels are just too overpriced!

Taiwan knockoffs

Genuine yayoi look better, have a more flowery hub area and a more defined barrel

Those ones aren't yayois

Yes, pink not red ... a pale red. Hayashi wheels are awesome

*pink

The red is one the Yayoi

Those rims. The red ones. So sexy.

215/40/15 sell well in Thailand, Hong Kong, Indonesia, malaysia pretty much anywhere they race toyota yaris and civics. Plenty of those jap bozo car hackers you mention as well.

They are a good compromise for track and street.

My friend runs them on a slightly lipped datsun 1000 and its on rails yet has just enough rubber but its no plush ride with kevlar seats and womens pads like cushioning







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Pretty awesome rubber though for racing Hayashi has come up with quite tough.
Now if they were in colors those Jp bozo stylers would line up for them :)

The target market isn't daily drivers, it's modified classics. The japanese kyusha shakocho style guys like the small tyres. The japanese kyusha/kaido guys don't care about the harsh ride as most would be lucky to drive 1000kms per year. When we were deciding what size to make this was the consensus. My vote was for a 245/45r14.
When I was testong the tyres on a few cars a realised the tyte height was suitable for 110/210/310's without too much speedo error. But not too many guys overseas run wider than 8jj on their cars.
We do understand these are a very niche tyre.

Besides needing a kidney belt.. I cracked every rim on my Merc in just a few mths

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