HI ALL,

There is actualy another company that is remaking that style of rim in a forged three peice that is going to be stronger than the original Simmons were. They will have a slight variation in the design of the outer lip that will be a cleaner finish, and the actual material of the outer lip is going to be a lot easier to clean and keep clean as apposed to the polished alloy version.

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what are they called, how much will they cost, and how are you privileged to this inside info ??

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Excellent. Hopefully they're not ridiculously priced. Its one of those things though. Its always going to be a remake of the original. =/

Old news. You can walk into Tempe Tyres now and put and order down for the remakes. They don't quite look the same but I've heard they are trying to get them looking closer to the originals.

Here is what they look like & more info here...

http://www.ausrotary.com/viewtopic.php? ... it=simmons

http://calaisturbo.com.au/showthread.ph ... ons&page=3

First remakes




Revised remakes

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Well there you go... It's old news


apparantly tempe tyres have bought out all the tools from simmons and will be producing 3 piece simmons wheels at a way better price then previously from simmons.

FR range etc

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wanna know what's old guys??? a Datsun 1600 with gold, silver, black or polished FR 17 simmons. been done sooooooooooooooooooooooo many times now. Get over it.

i was gutted when i found out simmons closed down. Then i found some FR17's in canberra, but the guy sold them on me the day before i was due to pick them up. but now i think to myself, thank f%ck i didnt buy them.
do yourself a favour.. spend a friday evening searching the web for rims. There are plenty of better style rims out there. maybe you should think about doing something different which might win you a trophy at a show, instead of looking like every other dato and not even copping a second glance.

that's my opinion anyway. if you dont like it, i dont care keyboard warrior.

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1600 with FJ20 & Simmons. something different.

Sounds to me someones still a little upset that they didn't get to go pick up there Simmons


Well I like the fr17 they a good looking wheel,

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That means producing them offshore, which is not a bad thing, just have to have good quality control and reputable factories producing them.

WTF is all that about? Who said he wants to win a trophy. Better style thats a matter of opinion.

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P.S. I want TE37's...

The original Simmons were made in China towards the end anyway werent they?

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WTF is all that about? Who said he wants to win a trophy. Better style thats a matter of opinion.[/quote]

WTF..who wouldnt want to win a trophy??????? most rims would look better in style if they're on a dato that's amongst twenty other datos with FRs on them.

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1600 with FJ20 & Simmons. something different.

WTF is all that about? Who said he wants to win a trophy. Better style thats a matter of opinion.[/quote]

WTF..who wouldnt want to win a trophy??????? most rims would look better in style if they're on a dato that's amongst twenty other datos with FRs on them.[/quote]

Well I wouldn't wonna win a trophy with a set of wheels that I didn't Evan like ...
I won't a set of wheels that I'm gunna enjoy and appreciate,

Soo , yeah I don't give sh*t about that trophy

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Meh....

I like the body kit on the commodore! The director kit has always been one of my favs! Wonder where you can buy one? (the kit not the car... -HAHHAhahahha)

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