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Mid School BMX (>87) 1989 to 2003 (<05) => Mid School ( Keep the faith ) => Topic started by: motomagII on January 27, 2012, 06:00 PM

Title: sun rims info
Post by: motomagII on January 27, 2012, 06:00 PM: got some new sun rims and thought they were early rhino lite now they may be mistrals anyone know when they were first made .
wheels were aparrantly built in around 1992 or ish according to seller
Title: Re: sun rims info
Post by: mattfx81 on January 27, 2012, 07:31 PM: Late 80's to early 90's. Put a pick up.
Title: Re: sun rims info
Post by: kev-s on January 27, 2012, 10:28 PM: ive been looking into when certain sun rims first came out and theres not much info, even sun dont know much

theres some info here

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=13717

http://bmxsociety.com/topic/44012-sun-rims-timeline/'s=cff89eebb8e0eac513e1296cc3e90b85
Title: Re: sun rims info
Post by: THIRSTYKIRSTY on January 27, 2012, 10:58 PM: holpe they aint them wheels from bmx city

i got a set a while back,,,rims are very prone to buckling greg,,,,nowt like todays sun rimms
Title: Re: sun rims info
Post by: motomagII on January 28, 2012, 10:23 AM: Quote from: MADD DOGG on January 27, 2012, 10:58 PM
holpe they aint them wheels from bmx city

i got a set a while back,,,rims are very prone to buckling greg,,,,nowt like todays sun rimms

too much weight on em russ >:D
Title: Re: sun rims info
Post by: renegaderacer on January 28, 2012, 01:55 PM: I've got a set of Sun Mistral rims I'm refubishing at the moment. I got them around '91-92 but they had the older logo on them which might suggest they were originally made in the 80's.

Hope this helps?

Giles ;)
Title: Re: sun rims info
Post by: nic968 on January 28, 2012, 05:29 PM: The Mistrals were out from the mid eighties.. They had a raised inner ring like the Ayaya 7x. Their earlier rims were more like the Ukai box rims...Nice.. ;)