CanyonCarver

Which of the following would look the best on my white Z?


5Zigen - FN-01R-C (Bronze)


Exel - DL-46 (HyperBlack) -


ADR Cypher

I will be getting 18" diameter wheels. Other than stock widths and offsets, what are my options?

91zxtt

I thought you were cheap? Did you hit the lotto?

I don't like the bronze/gold look, so the ADR's would be my #2 choice.

You could run 17's up front and 18's in the rear. It's a bit less expensive and that is the same set-up that Steve Millen used when he raced the Z32. It supposedly handled better that way. That's what I have. 255/40/17 in front with 275/35/18 in the rear. Very nice.

b300z

im gonna get these 5Zigens
you should check them out

CanyonCarver

Sigh, I am, my wife is letting me save my nickles from the soda cans and water bottles. I'll probably end up having to buy her a new car for her old wheels.

b300, I like those too, it's like I gotta have 5 spokers. I like the wheels with narrower spokes, that'll better show off the drilled & slotted rotors I'm gonna buy with the money from my paper route.

91zxtt

I don't get it.

Soda cans, water bottles, a paper route and a son that can hack into NASA's computer systems?!? What kinda 3 ring 'Family Circus' are you runnin' over there?

b300z

hey, you could use your son on some top secret projects, like break into a company account and steal fractions of pennies every time a transaction is made, like on Office Space.

oh and no daytons

CanyonCarver

It's a four ring circus, the 17 year old makes like $300/week selling his music CD's on ebay.

I tend to get into these situations where , as far as anybody knows, I don't have any extra money. Then things just show up. (hence the cans and bottles, Gee honey, I had a lot of them to cash in)

Kinda the opposite of that Harley commercial on t.v., A while back, I ended up coming home with a new motorcycle and the next weekend I had to go and buy a new dining room set too.

b300z

i just found my set of hyper 5zrs on ebay.
does 35 mm offset fit the 300?

and do you think the hyper black would look good with a blue paint job???

sorry canyoncarver, ill stop stealing your thread after this

CanyonCarver

That's fine ........ just vote.... lol

I like the hyperblack over the gunmetal or silver colors.

I've been having a hard time finding out from the Z community what widths and offsets will work. Maybe no one knows. If anything, call up wheelmax and tell them you're interested in this wheel and you need to know if a 35 o/s will fit.

tt dan

ive heard of Z owners w/ 18" x 10" wide wheels.... thats what i plan on running eventually.... or as soon as i have money.. the lug pattern is 5 x 114... hope that helps...

b300z

yea tt_dan
the pattern is 5x114.3
the offset is 42, which is pretty dang close still.
i tried to put some rims with an offset of 40 and they rubbed pretty hard.
so canyon_carver, an offset of 45 would be good, which i think is what 5zigens use

CanyonCarver

Actually, my service manual says that the stock offest is 45mm. A 40mm or 42mm offset, I believe, moves the center of the wheel outboard which would be beneficial to wider wheels. I'm almost positive that there is more wheel design criteria that comes into play than just diameter, width and offset. Especially where it comes to clearing the calipers.

tt dan

the other thing i have to think about is HICAS.... if you have a turbo car, your 4 wheel steering may kick in and make the tires rub, thats one of the things i am worried about when i get some rims.... its only like a 1 degree difference in teh tires, but it may rub..... other than that, it should be fine.... tell us how everything turns out tho.

reefatx

yeah i wouldnt go with the adr's personally they look great but after spending a ton of money and having to get two front rims after the 2nd pair i found out some distuirbing stuff; btw i have 19" adr's (http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/671127) but the thing about them is most places have stoppes stocking and selling them because they are infamous for random hairline cracks and easy damaging; so after getting the first pair i eventually had to replace the front two; but your damn right i got the "insurance" from the sales place this time

91zxtt

That's good to know. We should really start using the product reviews section on this forum. It would really help us make informed decisions about the stuff we want to buy on our Z's.

CanyonCarver

So, before you laugh, I'm no arteeest. I had to see what the wheels that I might buy look like on my car. So I painted them in. They're both hyperblack.

tt dan

they both lookpretty hott.... i like the second ones better, but thats just me.... its your Z... so choose your favorite.... but it will look hott either way

91zxtt

I like the 1st better, but they both look good.

b300z

yea the excels look good
can you paint some hyper 5zrs on your car for me??

CanyonCarver

LOL................ this sounds like something you'd have the time to do there with you're leg propped up. I was actually thinking, since I have a 36" wide color CAD plotter, of tinkering with the picture scales and printing out the wheels full size and taping them to my tires. But I was bored the other night at home and started playing with photoshop

91zxtt

Just the fact that you even thought about taping a printout to your car makes me laugh. That is dedication there!

b300z

im not a good artist, like z_wrecker was
ive tried to do it before but it just doesnt work
i tried to make them in CAD too, but i cant get the 5 spokes spaced evenly.
i think ill have to try printing it out tho theres my project for the weekend

CanyonCarver

:bump: :bump: :bump:

I finally saw my wheels in real life yesterday. They were on a bmw x5 tho, but they're the ones. :hpydance:

CanyonCarver

I'm so bummed ........ :doh: ...... I went to order my exel wheels today and the guy on the other end said they won't fit. They hit the calipers. I said, what the h$ll good is your website if it's wrong ????? He didn't even offer spacers

:badpc: :badpc: wheelmax.com :badpc: :badpc:

Back to shopping around

91zxtt

It could've been worse. What if he didn't know that they wouldn't fit and shipped them out to you. :doh: That would've sucked.