Work XD9 wheel misprint? WTF?

[Anto]

friend of mine just picked up some work xd9's for his evo, 18x9 +30. 5x114.3


SO WHY THE HELL IS 4x114.3 CAST INTO THE WHEEL

it's not even a multi lug patterned wheel

[brndck]

ooops. typo! (i'm assuming the wheel rly is 5x114.3?)

[Anto]

yeah. evo is 5x114.3

4.114.3 is cast in the lip of the barrel though

[TommyBoy89]

Reminds me of the rim I think on here stamped 5 x 100 and the sticker says 5 x 114, wtf?

[ryceboy_124]

Dude...its a misprint limited edition. Haha. Maybe the price will be worth more just like comic books. Kinda rare that that happens since they have QA for automotive parts...especially parts from Japan.

[eastcoastS14]

someone in japan probably got shot over this







they dont fuck around with quality control

[!Zar!]

Cast into the barrel?

Most of the time it's a sticker on the barrel.

The disk normally is cast.

[rican_nick]

i've seen this a couple of times.

2 sets of SSR Comps from Tire Rack that i've seen were printed with 4x100 and 4x114 and the wheel was a 5x114.

[GKTECH]

I've seen 50+ rims that have all sorts printed into the cast. It probably says 5x114.3 somewhere else also?

These wheels aren't one off's. Far from it.

[Anto]

OOPS

not barrel
there's a sticker on there

it's on the lip
pics soon

[liv2drift045]

i've seen quite a few wheels that are this way... my current set of Avs' are misprinted (where wheel meets hub) and my vs-kf's are misprinted (face/rear of spoke)... it happens.. i was so pissed when my kf's arrived and they were marked 5x100.... i was about to tear some shit up, then we were like... lets just try em on.... and they worked.... so w/e as long as they didnt send the wrong wheel...

[DUBCITY]

mine were misprinted too. they were 17x9.5 and 18x10s. i remember seeing the 4x114.3 cast in and being like WTF? i dont think i have any pics of them, but i remember it for sure. i sold them to someone on this board.

[DohcKA]

shit happens

[Matej]

Your friend should demand his money back!

[Gumballf355]

I have a set of Work Emotions 5x114.3 that have 5x100 cast into them.

[3AM]

I had te37s that were 4x114.3 and said 4x100...

[fay_jai]

not sure i had some wheels that had all the lug patterns on it before... but most of my rims i have the opposite pattern......

[yokotas13]

my XD9s had hte same thing
i thought it was funny


so did my Work Varianza S4S

[Chernobyl]

Yep same here. Of course my XD9's are yokota's XD9's.

Someone goofed.

[IIIXziuR]

someone in japan probably got shot over this







they dont fuck around with quality control

Hahaha Hell Yes
Knife to the guts

[jackjack]

hell yeah.... special edition.

[AKsamuraiS14]

i had a pair of volk racing C-ultra wheels that said it was 5x114.3 in the back, went to go put them on my s14 and they ended up being 5x100, sometimes its a fuck up through the company. it sucks!

[Dousan_PG]

i saw CE28n for a GTR that were 5x100 printed on them

its pretty common it seems.

[!Zar!]

Yup.

Sell them and market them as, "rare".

Shit, I don't know.

[BustedS13]

and somewhere in japan, seppuku is committed

[A Spec Products]

It's not a misprint

It's just part of the casting, nothing wrong with the wheel

It refers to the mold that was used to cast the wheel

Once they build the mold, they just use one mold

So the wheel that was built in the OP's case was a 4x114.3 test wheel

The bolt pattern / PCD is later drilled into the wheel

Bolt pattern / PCD should be referenced off the decal inside, or sometimes the offset / width are stamped into the back of the backpad

Don't worry

[McRussellPants]

Yeah, every wheel ever does that.

[muddafakka]

and somewhere in japan, seppuku is committed

Indeed. Wheel misprinting is a very serious offense. :faint:

[OptionZero]

yeah, i can't imagine having to keep a new MOLD around for each bolt pattern (maybe some?)

what Logan said about holes being drilled afterwards makes more sense

[mr_240sx]

yeah i noticed my xd9's say the same thing....oh well. they still roll the same.

[shade]

Same thing with a friends XD9s on his S2K. I noticed that and was like WTF? He didn't even know.

[sijia10358]

Yup.

Sell them and market them as, "rare".

Shit, I don't know.

BE A MAN!!! DOOOO THAT SHITTTT!!!!

[stiizy]

I have a set of Work Emotions 5x114.3 that have 5x100 cast into them.


me too:keke:

[clark]

lol, i wonder if there was anyone out there that saw the stamped "4x114.3" on the wheel, and saw the 5 lug holes, but still tried to mount it to a 4 lug vehicle.

but i love finding mistakes like that, it makes me laugh, it's no surprise though, i work for motorola and we have white papers and case studies that face millions of customers with ridiculous typos and misprints.

[300hp owen]

I believe that info may be in the 1st run casting to make the wheel meet certification / testing by the government. if they can meet those regs @ that pattern, then the other lug patterns work just as well.

some wheels have load ratings for the different lug patterns on them, my STIs SSR Competitions had 5x00, 5x114 and another lug pattern on the center section, each with its own load capacity at that lug pattern.

I hope that makes sense.

[A Spec Products]

It's not a misprint

It's just part of the casting, nothing wrong with the wheel

It refers to the mold that was used to cast the wheel

Once they build the mold, they just use one mold

So the wheel that was built in the OP's case was a 4x114.3 test wheel

The bolt pattern / PCD is later drilled into the wheel

Bolt pattern / PCD should be referenced off the decal inside, or sometimes the offset / width are stamped into the back of the backpad

Don't worry

LOL did people just miss what I posted?

Its not a mistake, not a misprint, none of that

People still speculating when I gave the answer already lol

[Anto]

Yup.

Logan answered my question. thank you sir

it kind of surprises me though, $1000+ wheels and it's an obvious flaw for those who are nit picky.

[240trainee]

Logan must be wrong.

I bet it was a fucking misprint.

DAMN JAPANESE FACTORY WORKERS!!!!

[SimpleSexy180]

well i call that TACKY.

reputable? XD

[300hp owen]

tacky?
obvious flaw?
jeeez, once you know why and how it came to be, then you understand that it is neither of the above.

[exitspeed]

If it was a baseball card or some rare coin you'd get some money.

But their just rims for a 240.

So, yea...

[TiNMAN]

Hahaha Hell Yes
Knife to the guts

knife to the face.

[SimpleSexy180]

tacky?
obvious flaw?
jeeez, once you know why and how it came to be, then you understand that it is neither of the above.


uhh no its tacky. you know how many people would bitch and complain about getting wheels with misprints? theirs plenty of anal people. although i wouldnt care but it would be awkward when someone looks at your wheel..then sees your 5 lug..."dude are your wheels fake?"

[A Spec Products]

uhh no its tacky. you know how many people would bitch and complain about getting wheels with misprints? theirs plenty of anal people. although i wouldnt care but it would be awkward when someone looks at your wheel..then sees your 5 lug..."dude are your wheels fake?"

You know how many people would bitch and complain if the wheel company made a new mold for EACH bolt pattern and size? LOL

It's more cost efficient and is logical from a manufacturing standpoint

Try recouping that mold cost and factoring that into the price of the wheel

Haha

[Brian]

careful....... might be the end of the world.