He had to order them though a JP contact. I dont think there is an aust distro. I emailed their head office last night they forwarded me on to the JP branch.

Michael May at Garage88 in Sydney got mine for me. Didn't take long either. Either call him or email sales@garage88.com.au

Correct. The 16x7 is for a Japanese race series.

See above for Garage88 details. All I'll say about the price is that it reflects the quality.

From the TWS website:
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Taneisya Forged Wheels

600 S. Adams Road Suite 220
Birmingham, MI 48009
USA
Tel: +1-248-723-3399
Fax: +1-248-723-3391
Mr. William Young
Cell: +1-248-705-4510
E-mail: byoung@tws-forged.co.jp
Mr. Jeremy Nicholson
Cell: +1-248-563-8587
E-mail: jnicholson@tws-forged.co.jp

I've emailed and talked to them on the phone. They no longer distribute TWS wheels in the USA and referred me to Kana (k_fujisaki@tws-forged.co.jp) to answer my questions for shipping to the US. Kana's reply: "...unfortunately the US retailer Forged Technologies is not active at the moment and we are not engaged in direct business with final customer." Kana is able to help with other questions directly related to the product itself, though. When all else fails, I suggest trying Japanparts for your JDM parts inquiries. They generally price things competitively with reliable shipping.

Lame, US always gets shafted. If there was in importer who'd amortize the shipping cost then I'd be all over a +1 size set of these.


@CSG Mike can you work your magic?

JParts has been pretty good at pricing things below the MSRP posted on manufacturers' sites to eat up some of the shipping cost. The only other importer I've seen that is sometimes competitive (though not as reliable) is Nigel. Haven't had luck with US-based vendors.

As a rough example, if springs MSRP at $400, JParts would price it at $375 + $125 shipping. So you effecively pay $100 for shipping. That's pretty reasonable considering how it has to fly from overseas and you can have the part at your door by the end of next week. When I'd inquire about the same part through a US-based JDM parts vendor (say, Bulletproof Automotive), they'd mark it up to $450 + $200 shipping with 8-12 weeks delivery. These are not exact numbers based on a real part but I was given a similar upcharge ratio when they quoted my STI lip kit (so I went with JParts).

Anyone in NZ or Australia, Michael @ 41 can get these.

This looks interesting. 10 lbs seems crazy light for all I know.

That would be saving 10 lbs per wheel since the oem wheels are 20 lbs.

Is there a pic with the 16's on an FRS?

Lewl Bulletproof. They wanted ~$600 USD for the unpainted TRD wing. I got it ~$360 shipped to my door from JParts.

I don't have any TWS contacts myself but I'll ask around...

Damn that sucks! I was excited about these! Thanks!

Yes, that does sound pretty darn amazing- 40lbs off of drivetrain & unsprung weight is nuts..that's almost twice more drivetrain-weight savings than a lightened driveshaft/flywheel/pulley combined.

Saving 1kg off the wheels, is not equivalent to taking 1kg off the flywheel.

I'm not knocking losing drivetrain weight at all, but you'll notice 5kg off the flywheel, significantly more than 2.5kg off each rear wheel.