Want Cosmics or Dunlop alloys in an 18"?

Great spot AK, those would look great on the right machine! Hmm....

or dirty great CF van in an ironic mean A team stylee, or even some pro touring style touches instead in 17"

damn my daft ideas! wow, next stop.. ebay... better not!

on the subject of dunlops, cosmics and gemini wheels, a mate says that they where all made by dunlop, i.e. the dunlop D1, the dunlop D1 cosmic, and the dunlop D1 gemini?

i always thought it was 3 different manufacturers.

so whos right?

Back onto those wheels; they are rather nice for a modern wheel! i wouldnt say no!
realy want some 10" dunlops for the kitten, ever since i got the bad boy; maybe its time...

Nah, they are all different companies. One or the other may have bought others of them out but they are/were all differnt companies.

Dunlop is Dunlop (now part of Yokohama I think)

Cosmic may or may not have been part of the Cosmic accessories group, and they or someone else were making cheap OE fit alloys until like a year or two back at least. May still be doing so. I got all excited finding a NEW Cosmic alloy wheel sounce, then saw the wheels and was disappointed.

KN were part of GKN manufacturing I think.

There used to be loads of different steel and alloy wheel companies in the UK.

I think Halfords wanted £600 for a set of 17s with tyres for these OZs but I could be wrong.

Oh lordy those are sweeeet.

*awaits some to come up on the bay*

Dunlop are part of Goodyear Dunlop.

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Really? They must have changed hands because I recall them being bought by a Japanese firm at one point.

Andy, they probably contracted out manufacturing on most if not all of their wheels to a casting company. For example Smiths used to make wheels for a lot of other people before launching their own brands

There is definately a Japanese arm (or leg) to the Dunlop company though, as they make motorcycle race tyres out there - the J racers won't ride on the British tyres apparently (and vice versa I would hope!).

Those wheels look kind of Turbovec-ish to me. As with all modern rimZ though, no dish. And there aren't that many retros that look good on un-dished rims, in my humble opinion. But, get them on the right car with the right stance and they could be a winner