well my car actually steers better now.

are you sure you got that down properlly?.. "wider tires would reduce understeer because of more rubber in contact with the ground it just seems like it wouldnt slip as much" if you reduce understeer like you said, then technically you increase oversteer, so how is it not slipping as much with wider tires? oversteer is when your rear end wanders off somewhere usually on rear wheel drive cars, but which front wheel drive cars suffer from that? they understeer like crazy, don't wanna turn for sh*t, and with those wider tires, ur keeping that rear end planted even more = increased understeer because of more tire and grip on the ground. someone correct me if im wrong.

IIRC you are very correct. Due to the front providing all of the power and steering you experience both tq steer and understeer while you foot is on the gas. The more grip the better the response but that's only when you are not giving it gas. When you are providing gas thus making or maintaining the engines power to the wheels then you are 1) Applying tq/hp to the wheels and 2) increasing the downforce that is being applied to the tires via tq.

OK I'll stop being Mr. Obvious now.

i took some more pics after i washed it. The first two are cool because my window reflected the clouds

Ahhhh! Gorgeous! Need to wash car now! Need body-colored grille again! Need drop...badly. Your car just inspires me.

the car looks great man

i definately want my car to look as good as this white one man, im trying!!!! soon i will be on the road guys!!!!! look out for me!

im trying something new with mine, since i have the bottom accent, i want to make my grille that same color, its almost done, just needs the mesh secured and painted.

when do you plan on installing your tokicos and eibachs?

If people knew how to park there would be more parking spaces in the world j/p

If there was a limit on SUV sizes... there'd be more room in the world period

12 places in my apartment complex, 2 roommates per place equals 24 max parking spots used, since there is a rule for one car per person, yet we have something like 50 spots....

i get tired of door dings, if i catch someone dinging my door, they will be very sorry

Looks real nice man!! Big Props..
By the way, do they rub at ALL?? like on bumps??

Good job on the Max.

Thanks.
i have a small rubbing issue, but my car was in a small accident and it rubs because of that. its a tiny rubbing issue that i will fix by the end of the day, it only rubs when i hit huge bumps or take turns that have large hillybumpthings.

Whenever Cheocwa has the time to help me. Maybe some time this week.

Looking good!

Ok gregg, now that you're done with yours, you can come install a set on my Max.

mine too.. for free? thx

sure.....no problem.....
ill be there in 10 minutes with my pit crew and sponsors with the hookup.

Look very nice. I like it. Good job !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If that were only so true... BTW make mine 17"

Man that thing looks sick with those wheels!! Makes me wish I wouldn't have bought the Stang wheels and got those instead!!

Nice ride!

Not sure how I feel about those...

Not sure i care.....




JUST KIDDING MAN , i can take criticism, so if you dont like it youre not gonna hurt my feelings.

does look amazing man, it looks far better on the 3rd gen than the g35, lol. Can i ask what u got them for?

i got them for my maxima duh

lol i got a great deal 650 for rims and local beat everybody price on tires....

Hello, Not to butt in, but I was just looking into Infinity rims on eBay to find a replacement for one of the 6-spoke I35 rims I just got that was damaged, and I saw the same rims that you have. I think they are replicas, so I'm not sure about quality, but they were going for $440 a set. Just type in "I35 wheels" on eBay.

I was wondering what they would look like on a 3rd gen. They look great! I hope my I35 17" rims look as good. I will post pics once I get them installed.

Take care,
Mrkanda

Also, I wanted to ask, how is the ride with that size rim/tire combo as well as the drop and Tokico's compared to stock. The reason I ask is that I like the comfortable touring feel, but I want the look and performance that you have. Do you have any trouble with the ride being too rough now or scraping speed bumps, inclines, etc?

Thanks
Mrkanda

One more thing- I was reading about someone else getting 350Z wheels and tires and putting them on a 3rd gen, but they used the tires that came with it- 235/45/17 front and 245/45/17 rear, I think. Anyway, besides the obvious issues of rubbing/possible speedo-errors, I had another thought. Like I read in a recent auto mag recently about the new SC'ed Pontiac GrandPrix GXP w/ a V8 and FWD, would it help handling/weight distribution and understeering problems to have wider tires up front and norrower ones in the rear for FWD cars like ours? Thoughts? Thanks.

-Mrkanda

looks ok with the G wheels but I like the lexus wheels more

either set is an imporvement over stock though.

mrkanda, those $440 rims are knock-offs they say they are made in an oem facility, whatever that means.

also the ride is actually pretty good. i have 18s, 1.7 drop and tokicos i dont drive like an idiot or pretend my car is a racecar, but its fun and the ride is actually an improvement from my stock rims and unbalanced tires. i think i would scrape speed bumps, but i avoid them.

as for wider tires up front on fwd car yeah it would be a good idea, except we dont put down gobs of hp so its really not gonna improve much on the street. go to the wheel and tire section and check what size tires you should have to keep your speedo on and hints on what to get.

as for the lexus wheels, they are alright, but im not a fan of chrome on imports. take the chrome off and gunmetal them and they are sweet.

but young Skywalker, you need not pretend. It is a racecar. Use the force.

where did you get yours at?? i wanna get a set for mine, i'd be the only maxima i think in all of alabama with different wheels, do they just bolt right on?

best looking rims you can put on a 3rd gen IMO looks awesome!

Yeah ummmm. I'd have to say I don't like those rims on your car. I think they look terrible. And in my honest opinion, there's not a lot of rims out there that look bad on Maxima's. As a matter of fact, I haven't seen any rims on the org. that look bad on our cars (except Mr. Gone's dodge durango wheels). But, everyone else seems to like them and that's what really matters.

ive seen plenty of rims on maximas that i dont like.
these being one of them

thats cool you have an opinion, but it doesnt realy matter that everyone else likes them, it matters that i do.

Mr.Gone has Durango wheels? Mr.Zulu, Mr.Spock - do you concur?

Can't beat free! I'll always get you there.

Free Mustang wheels

yeah you got me in the ugly department.

Do you really think those wheels were actually mounted?