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citmov

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Are these real Cobra R wheels?
on the inside is says "HINODEX" as well as "MADE IN JAPAN".

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Thanks in advance!
 

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Yes, real cobra r are on fact made in japan. They don't say ford anywhere. Those are the highly desirable r58 wheels which are lighter and stronger than r50s which are ford made r wheels.

Early ones said "Nippon" later ones said "hidonex"
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
Yes, real cobra r are on fact made in japan. They don't say ford anywhere


Those are probably r58. Do you see a "24" on any spokes??
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Yup, there's a 24 on the inside on one of the spokes. It says 17x9JJ 24. 24 has a circle around it.

BTW...what is r58?
 

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citmov said:
Yup, there's a 24 on the inside on one of the spokes. It says 17x9JJ 24. 24 has a circle around it.

BTW...what is r58?
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Yes, those are r58 wheels. It's the part number


M-1007-R58 - 1995 SILVER MUSTANG COBRA R WHEEL
 

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Mustang5L5 said:
Yes, those are r58 wheels. It's the part number


M-1007-R58 - 1995 SILVER MUSTANG COBRA R WHEEL
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Cool, thanks Mike!!
 

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R58 is the 24mm offset rims
M179's are even harder to find and are a 36mm offset, i am forever looking for sets of those rims.
 
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Mustang5L5 said:
Yes, real cobra r are on fact made in japan.

Early ones said "Nippon" later ones said "hidonex"
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Incorrect. Early R58s are cast "HINODEX" only.

Source: I own 1995 Cobra R #181 with the original wheels.
 

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well that gets that 5 year old mystery solved. Now I can sleep at night. You've been waiting 14 years to post that one?
 
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Actually I was waiting that long for you to post a wiseass comment.

Congratulations for taking the bait, junior.
 
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stykthyn

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It's like everyone is grumpy these days.
 
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Folks do like to complain. Others just get their feelings hurt really easily.

Actually, in all seriousness, people do use these forums for research. Regardless of the age of a thread, if it has incorrect information, it deserves a correction. If it's not corrected, it can result in a costly mistake for someone depending on bad information.

It's very simple.
 

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Agreed. Maybe @Noobz347 Can clean up any irrelevant posts.
 

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mikestang63 said:
well that gets that 5 year old mystery solved. Now I can sleep at night. You've been waiting 14 years to post that one?
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@stykthyn just went to Dad and told on you, you're so grounded!
 
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Meh. Like anyone really cares.
 
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JoeAsheville said:
Folks do like to complain. Others just get their feelings hurt really easily.

Actually, in all seriousness, people do use these forums for research. Regardless of the age of a thread, if it has incorrect information, it deserves a correction. If it's not corrected, it can result in a costly mistake for someone depending on bad information.

It's very simple.
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I absolutely agree with you.

Now on to more important topics. Did you find your Stangnet username and password in a time capsule or something? I'm actually really curious as to how it came about that you come up out the basement after nearly 14 years to make your first post.
 

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FoxMustangLvr said:
I absolutely agree with you.

Now on to more important topics. Did you find your Stangnet username and password in a time capsule or something? I'm actually really curious as to how it came about that you come up out the basement after nearly 14 years to make your first post.
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If he hasn't been active since the switch I think a lot of names defaulted to that.
 

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Agreed. Maybe @Noobz347 Can clean up any irrelevant posts.
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Oh, imagine how many of my posts would be deleted were that the case.
 
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