New Wheels! (on a 1st Gen)

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08-25-2005, 03:39 PM

Cray54

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New Wheels! (on a 1st Gen)

Update 5/17/2010... These wheels are for sale for $1400 obo (professionally refinished, no tires mounted since refinishing).

I finally got a set of nice rims for my car! Now... I just need to fix all the dents and get it painted... I put a full set of coilovers and Tokico Illumina struts, and front camber/caster plates on it. I still need to adjust the ride height (lower it by about 1/2" I think) for it to look quite right. They are BBS RS rims 16x7 in front and 16x8 in the rear both with 24mm offset. The front tires are 215x50ZR16 and the rears are 245x45R16. I just finished rolling the rear fenders and dont have any rubbing! Check it out:

Check out how closely the rears line up with the side of the car:

Looks a little tougher with some more meat in the back... dont mind the messed up tail pipe, the 3" stainless mandrel bent piping is in the garage waiting for a good Saturday:

I'm quite excited that I finally got them on... but I have to leave for 2 weeks for work so I can't drive it around for a while...

-Chris

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08-25-2005, 05:44 PM

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Those look sweet on the ride man. Good pick. Hopefully one day I can find some good rims to put on my second gen. How does it handle now?

08-25-2005, 05:55 PM

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I only had time to drive it around the block... but steering seems to be more accurate, and it does not seem to [power]oversteer as easily in the turns.

-Chris

08-25-2005, 06:47 PM

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man i am jealous of all you who got dem fancy shocks/struts i cant find jack

but nice wheels, classic BBS design

08-26-2005, 09:32 AM

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sweet wheels!!! Did you get them off a Q45? Not sure if the lug pattern is the same but it the only thing I can think of off the top of my head that would have a RWD offset and comes with those wheels stock.

08-26-2005, 07:14 PM

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Thank man... they were on a Nissan C31 Laurel (Japanese). I think they were ordered to fit the car originally. They were the only set I have seen that would fit the Maxima quite right as of yet... definitely very close, and a little lucky :-).

-Chris

08-26-2005, 07:51 PM

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Hi Chris:

I take it that you're not still looking to sell your car - It looks TOO good.
How is the 1/2 inch of lowering going to affect the camber on the rear wheels?

regards
bob

08-26-2005, 08:03 PM

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Wow, your car looks great! The wheels match it perfectly.

08-26-2005, 09:13 PM

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My head is spinning a mile a minute... the wheels were bought knowing they would fit a 510 if I sold the car... but I think I'm going to keep it :-). However, I am still looking to get rid of the engine setup. I "kinda" just picked up a 36,000mile BMW 5.0L 300hp V12... and want to stick it in something... not sure what yet.

I havent had a chance to check the existing alignment with it raised up a bit. I am only going to lower it within stock tolerances until I can pull the rear crossmember and slot it for camber/toe adjustment. Thats when I'll lower it to the best [visual] height.

-Chris

08-27-2005, 07:26 AM

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That's a cool motor, but IMO, it's just not right to cross builders. It disgusts me when I see classic Fords and Chryslers with small-block Chevys in them. If you really wanted to do a drastic motor swap, maybe an RB25DET (turbo straight six out of a Skyline/Cefiro) would fit. Another idea would be to drop in a VK45DE out of a Q45 - this has already been done with a few 240Z's and it makes for a hell of a car...

I'd think your best bet would be to build up a turbo setup from an old straight-six Z, since the blocks should swap right in, right? It would probably be the easiest and require the least amout of midification to make it fit...

Good luck!

08-28-2005, 11:52 PM

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I'd think your best bet would be to build up a turbo setup from an old straight-six Z, since the blocks should swap right in, right? It would probably be the easiest and require the least amout of midification to make it fit...

Good luck!

i think (acually pretty sure) hes done that already...just what ever you do keep it origonal...

RB motors seem to do well in skylines but they dont really do to hot in much else

08-29-2005, 12:14 PM

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RB motors seem to do well in skylines but they dont really do to hot in much else

I don't really know. I've read some Australian boards where there are guys having success with modifying turbo RB's in A31 Cefiros (the RWD precursor to the A32 Cefiro/Maxima/I30). They have some of the coolest cars down under.

08-29-2005, 12:34 PM

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RB motors seem to do well in skylines but they dont really do to hot in much else

Where did you read that? I've seen a few other cars with the RB swapped in, they turned out great.

S

08-30-2005, 05:36 PM

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Niku-Sama is right, I already have a 280ZXT engine in there. Hoping to get a 3" mandrel bent exhaust on in a couple weeks for a reasonable power gain.

I agree with you, MaxKlinger... but it is fun to think about putting that thing in the Maxima. I'm probably going to put the BMW engine in an old 3 series BMW in a year or so... we'll see, plans are always changing.

The other thing is that the RB series engines weigh more than the original L24e engine... the bmw v12 weighs about 100lbs less (according to various sources, i'll know for sure when i weigh it).

-Chris

08-31-2005, 07:51 PM

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sweet! that is one hot 1st gen.

08-31-2005, 10:08 PM

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so what are you going to do with that peice above the rear bumper?

09-02-2005, 09:17 AM

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The new wheels look really nice on your car.
This encourages me to work on my wagon.
You do the 1st Gens proud!

09-02-2005, 02:15 PM

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thanks again guys.

the piece above the rear bumber is being replaced ($74 new from Nissan). I need to pick what color I'm going to paint the car or choose to just color match as best as possible, and start getting to work.

-Chris

10-07-2005, 08:04 AM

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Sweet...........was wondering if they still made the only part on my first gen that has rust on it.

I run the 1984 300zx wheels with 215/55s and not really any rubbing.......and the speedo isn't changed because they're really close to the stock diameter.

10-12-2005, 09:40 AM

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contact http://www.courtesyparts.com/ for the best nissan pricing (i've found). they can get that part, and several other body parts. some can be had at a reasonable price, some are much more expensive.

-chris

10-12-2005, 11:03 AM

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Call Dave Burnette at South Point Nissan, he runs circles around the guys at Courtesy....1-888-254-6060

10-12-2005, 11:12 AM

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Hay Cutler,

I'll call there this afternoon, I'm always looking for the best place to get parts... courtesy was just the best i'd found yet. Where are they located?

-Chris

10-12-2005, 03:36 PM

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Hay Cutler,

I'll call there this afternoon, I'm always looking for the best place to get parts... courtesy was just the best i'd found yet. Where are they located?

-Chris

In Texas, just like Courtesy

10-30-2005, 01:55 PM

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WHERE'D YOU GET THE COILOVERS AND STRUTS???
I NEED a set for mine....

10-31-2005, 12:00 PM

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you want mine? i'm considering selling the set. you basically would get coilovers for a 280zx, and they go right on.... let me know

10-31-2005, 01:36 PM

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looking very nice. the beamer engine would be wicked.

11-13-2005, 09:37 PM

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hey chris, this is ashley. thought id say hey and tell you the wheels look bad *** on there. email me some time and let me know how much longer you're going to be in Atl. i got the max home yesterday and started tearing it down for the swap. next weekend i should have the donor rhd z car here and will be trying to get everything prepped for swap over.

05-17-2010, 08:52 PM

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I'm selling these wheels now for $1400 obo. I have had them refinished, but have not mounted any tires. Price includes locking lug nuts.

05-19-2010, 09:19 AM

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wow,very nice! and do i spot an S130?

05-19-2010, 05:29 PM

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it is, it almost looks like a ZX-R but the tail lights are the later 80's 280 lights and not the 79'/early 80's lights

so i guess mabe a look alike spoiler stuck on it, of course its just the very edge i can see so it might be completely different