Marc2K

Anyone have any pictures of Borbet Type T wheels on a 5th gen Maxima? I'm thinking of getting these wheels in 17x8 for my 2K SE, but before I do that I want to see what they actually look like on the car. I've seen the approximation at Tire Rack but actual pictures would be even better. I can't seem to find any such pictures on the web or here on the forums.

Thanks!

Marc

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iTrader: (1)

Could YOU post pics of these wheels, please?

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iTrader: (1)

well what do you know...the Maxima is representing on the Tirerack...with these wheels. Check it out

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iTrader: (1)

wooops...I meant to say Borbet Type E


THESE wheels are shown on a black 2K maxima on the tirerack

Marc2K

Yep, I ended up getting the Type E...

Marc

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iTrader: (1)

how do you like them? Are they lighter than the OEM wheels? I think those look A LOT like the one that come on the 2 door Mercedes (CLK?)

Marc2K

I like them. The only thing I don't like is that the outside edges of the front wheels are a tiny bit too far outboard for my taste--they don't sitck out, but they are flush with the fender. I would have preferred a +40mm offset to this wheel's +35mm offset (they're 17"x8"). Stock is 17"x7" with a +45mm offset, which puts the outside edges of Borbets almost an inch farther outboard than stock. There's an offset calculator at http://toy4two.home.mindspring.com/offset.html which is pretty cool.

The 17"x8" Borbet Type E weighs 23.6 lbs according to wheelweights.net. I think that's a couple of pounds lighter than the stock 17" wheels, although I don't recall the exact weight of the stock wheels off the top of my head. Each of my Borbet wheels with a 235/45-17 Potenza S-03 (27 lb according to Bridgestone's website) mounted on it weighed in at about 50 pounds on a bathroom scale (not the best thing to weigh them on, but it's what I had). This is +/- a couple of pounds of what I've seen reported for the stock 17" wheel/tire combination.