"This size is hard to get and they need to be custom ordered from Japan."
It's normally not my job to go and correct people BUT it's poor etiquette to falsely make statements such as "custom order from Japan".
Earlier this year Rays Enginneering had decided to officialy branch to the U.S. (Santa Fe Springs, CA to be exact) in hopes to make access to their so called 'hard to get a hold of wheels".
Late last year while in Osaka, Japan

: in an in depth interview for Stripdown Video Magazine the head of Marketing for Rays had informed us of the soon to be at that time expansion. He then proceeded to give us a complete tour of their corporate office and it's historical background. Later we walked across the street to thier retail shop 'RAYS BROS'. how convenient....
VOLKS still remains to be the number one choice overall for the serious tuner and due to RAYS high standards are the reason why such factory race divisions as RallyArt, Nismo, and STI the choice to have their wheels produced by...
just ask Mr. HP himself... Rob

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