TommyNtama

I just had 19's on my car that you guys have seen here before. Long story short, they were used, lasted 2 years, I barley hit any potholes but the 2 front wheels ended up cracking.

Now, my car at the moment has

- Stillen front lip
- Ionic rear valance
- Ebay side skirts. Bad fitment, but they look great for the most part

Now, I had to go back to my little saw blade rims that come stock with the car. I'm actually REALLY surprised for a few reasons

- Forgot how awesome the ride was
-Car isn't lowered, but believe it or not I look much less silly on these rims with my lip kit vs an non lowered car on 19's. Looked too clown carish.
- The car looks like it sits lower since - fatter tire = less tire gap, or so it looks.

Anyway, I'm really happy with the basic concept of stock, tiny little 16's/17's, whatever they are, but could you guys recommend a nicer looking stock wheel that isn't bigger than a 17 for my car? Whatever the size is for the wheel I have now which is the sawblade.





It may be hard to explain, but those wheels with what my car has now would be completely fine with me. I can't stress (in retrospect) how silly I looked on 19's.

I like that look of that a ton, which is also stock for the maxima.



Thanks in advance

njmaxseltd

iTrader: (19)

5th gen 17's look the best on a 4th gen.

TommyNtama

Woah, that looks great! I've never actually seen them in chrome!

Is chrome coming back at all?

Amerikaner83

iTrader: (17)

the pic above is NOT the "sawblades"...that is the 16" 97-99 SE 5 spoke wheel.

But I agree, the 6 spoke SE wheel from the 2002-2003 SE looks damned pretty on the 4th gen.

look at this thread for inspiration:

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...ti-wheels.html

TommyNtama

Oh trust me , I know. LOL, the saw blades are a bit of an eyesore in comparison.

The rims I posted are the ones I really like but am having a hard time finding. The ones in your sig = DO WANT.

Appreciate the thread link too !

JoshG

sawblades r much better looking than the other 2 stock rims they came with the car,

I call them...

Honeycomb rim
And weird plain plate rim.

TommyNtama

My buddy has a stock 98 with the rims that Amerikaner has, or something to that effect. Not hub caps, but star shaped rims . What about them?

Amerikaner83

iTrader: (17)

those are standard SE rims from 97 to 99. fairly common actually, they're 16s and not bad.

TommyNtama

I'm just tryin' to figure out if 17's are going to be too big. In that thread, some of those cars aren't lowered and still have that appropriate look to let them slide.

18's is too far, but so far on ebay I've only found 17's that look nice, no 16's.

dwapenyi

iTrader: (3)

If you lower the car and put wheel spacers, OEMs look better and better. And the ride doesn't suffer too badly either. This is my car with OEM 2001 I30 16s, lowered with H&Rs, plus 5mm spacers all around;

TommyNtama

Looks real good, but the thing is. Since I've had the stocks back on, I realized that I think it will look great with stock rims (Just not the sawblades), and some tint.



Here is mine now with dem saw blades, haha. I am convinced that with some tint and OEM 5 spoke rims, I could have this thing looking REAL nice.

But see after my excellent photoshop - It goes from "Dafuq u thinkin' mayne?" to, ok. Basically socially acceptable



And lastly,

dwapenyi

iTrader: (3)

On your car the blacked out sawblades look way better than the 16s, but thats just me

Lowering it will make it look even meaner.

brandnew

iTrader: (5)

Why don't u just but the 5thgeb or 6thgen 18s find them for basically same price lower the car on those abd ur all set that's my setup

Sitting on gr2/eibach pro kit

brandnew

iTrader: (5)

Not the best pics of my drop but it still looks stock but not too low I don't rub and my tires are super thick 245/45/18 I'm sure if I had low pros it would look better and I could go lower .. But I don't race nor do I want many axle problems

TommyNtama

Looks great. However, I like the ride height and how comfortable the tires are, all I needed was nicer looking rims.

I'm going to go with those little 16's !

JoshG

also im curious why do some maxima's have that Black Line on the door ends, near door handles? Mine does not have it.

Amerikaner83

iTrader: (17)

it's just a piece of rubber, a door ding guard basically

TommyNtama

Takin' a second look at your car. Wheels and ride height aside, there is just something bout' a white 4th gen. Do want

NismoMaximaA32

I just bought a set of 6th Gen 18's for $240. I'll be slapping them on the Max soon. I like em more than the 5th Gen SE 17's everyone seems to have.

ugufru

I just put 17x7" rims from a Juke on mine because I got a really nice deal on a set that was practically new in the box.

My original choice was something like a 2003-2006 G35 rim in 17" or 18". They just look "right".

After seeing the Juke wheels mounted with Direzza ZIIs in 235/45R17 they fit the wheel perfectly and maintain the 94w load rating. -pc

asand1

iTrader: (1)

I like the 17X8"s on the Maximustang.

asand1

iTrader: (1)

Pics please.

Turbobink

iTrader: (2)

Might be able to talk me into selling mine ...

JoshG

^ damn that is one sick looking maxima, If I could, I probably would paint my maxima from white pearl to viper red. I have the Black/white look, and I think red/black looks sick as well

Amerikaner83

iTrader: (17)

that's no ordinary red..that's CRIMSON BLAZE...a 99 color only. Just like my Lakeshore Blue...99 only

ugufru

asand1

iTrader: (1)

Those look good