The Short Version
- 4×100 on a 60 mm bore — every grade, every year.
- It does not follow its Sunny B14 donor, which splits between 4×100 and 4×114.3 by grade.
- Every Rasheen is four-wheel drive. There is no 2WD version.
- The 1.8 ft Type S and the 2.0 Forza get 15-inch wheels; everything else is 14.
The Question Worth Asking
The Rasheen is built on the Sunny B14 platform, and the B14 is one of the most awkward cars we have documented — 134 rows at 4×100 with a 60 mm bore, 51 rows at 4×114.3 with a 66 mm bore, split by grade, sometimes under the same chassis code.
So the reasonable worry is that the Rasheen inherited that mess.
It did not. We read all 27 Rasheen rows across every chassis code — RFNB14, RHNB14, RKNB14, GF-RFNB14 — and every one is 4×100 with a 60 mm bore. No split, no exception, no unresearched cells.
The Rasheen took the base-grade B14 hub and used it across the range. For a car whose donor is a known trap, that is genuinely reassuring.
Factory Specification
| Chassis | Period | Grade | Wheel | PCD / Holes / Bore |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| E-RFNB14 | 1994.12–1997.01 | 4WD Type I / II / III (1.5) | 5.5J×14 +40 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| E-RFNB14 | 1996.04–1997.01 | Type F, Type L, Type J (1.5) | 5.5J×14 +40 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| E-RFNB14 | 1997.01–1999.08 | Type I, Type II, Type S, Type A (1.5) | 5.5J×14 +40 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| E-RHNB14 | 1997.01–1999.08 | ft Type II (1.8) | 5.5J×14 +40 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| E-RHNB14 | 1997.01–1999.08 | ft Type S (1.8) | 6J×15 +35 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| E-RKNB14 | 1998.04–1999.08 | Forza / Forza S Package (2.0) | 6J×15 +35 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
| GF-RFNB14 | 2000.05–2000.08 | Type M (1.5) | 5.5J×14 +40 | 100 / 4 / 60 |
Note the pattern: 14-inch at +40, or 15-inch at +35. The 15-inch cars sit 5 mm further out, which is the only meaningful difference in the range.
All of Them Are Four-Wheel Drive
Every grade name in the database carries 4WD. There is no two-wheel-drive Rasheen, which surprises people who assume the off-road styling is cosmetic.
It is largely cosmetic in the sense that the Rasheen is a raised Sunny rather than a genuine off-roader — but the drivetrain is real, and it matters for wheel choice: you are putting wheels on a vehicle that will be driven on gravel and snow by a fair proportion of its owners.
Buying Wheels for One
4×100 with a 60 mm bore is the ordinary small-Nissan combination, shared with the base Sunny B13 and B14, the Wingroad Y10 and Y12 and the Presea. Wheels are plentiful.
The trap, as always with 4×100, is the bore. Wheels in this pattern are made at 54.1 mm for Toyota, 56.1 mm for Honda and 59.1 or 60 mm for Nissan. A Toyota-bored or Honda-bored wheel will not go on a 60 mm Nissan hub — which at least fails obviously.
Aesthetically, the Rasheen wears small steel-look and classic alloy designs far better than modern wheels. Fifteen inch is about the limit before the proportions go wrong, and the factory 15×6J at +35 from the Forza is a good target if you want a period-correct upgrade.
Importing
The Rasheen launched in December 1994 and ran to 2000, so the entire production run is now eligible for US import.
It was never sold outside Japan, and it has become one of the more sought-after JDM imports for reasons that have nothing to do with performance — it is a small, square, charming thing from the same Nissan design moment that produced the Pao and the Figaro, and it is considerably more usable than either.
The Forza with the 2.0 is the one to look for if you want the larger wheels and a bit more pace.
What We Could Not Verify
- Factory tyre sizes per grade. The aggregate page does not carry them and we did not open all 27 grade pages, since the PCD and bore were unambiguous and uniform.