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Originally Posted by boardingnath
Taking a side step back to the 19's issue, I had a mate who went down to speak to a Sydney dealer about the Z and asked about the 19's not appearing on Aus models. He said that Nissan aus decided against it because of cost, and because the wheels are magnesium, they were concerned about them cracking on our roads and recieving too many warranty claims. Would be surprised if they reversed the decision, but just as happy if they did!
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All "mags" historically were made partially from magnesium as the name suggests. Nissan and ADR probably just saw the wheels as an expensive and unknown safety item that was easily canned initially. Now that the GFC is over and the Aussie dollar is strong, they may take another look at them for 2010. I’m sure they will realise that Rays Engineering make some of the best wheels in the world, so safety won’t be an issue. I think the lack of wheels was mainly a cost issue at the time.