I just ordered some XXR 521 18's. Its a wheel thats new for this year. fronts are 18X5 and rears are 18X10. http://www.nlmotoring.com/XXR-521-Wh...p/52177082.htm Anyway, the front is a +30 offset which is the same as the G 18s I have. The rear is +25 offset and I was wondering what tire should I run even with rolling the rear fenders. is 225/40 good enough? the lips are 3 inches btw

 

nice !!!!!!!!

 

yea, they kind of remind me of the BBS LM wheels. plus every wheel i had was black, and i think this will be the final wheel for the car.

 

thats great

 

i think its gonna look good!!

 

yep! i cant wait until they come in. 1-2 weeks

 

Holy stretch.... 225 (8.9") tires on 10" (25.4mm) wheels.

Why not run the 8.5" wheels all around with 245/40/18 or 255/40/18s?

 

245 40 is too big and would make the car sit higher up front and i kinda want the semi stretch look. but the rear is the one with the 3 inch lip according to a G35c that has them after a little more googling into forums. i found on tyrestretch.com that its okay for an 18 wheel. if its not okay in person then i'll run a 235 but i want to stretch. (no stretch war debates)

 

18X5 huh? lol those are beautiful though

 

no im sorry 18x8.5 haha thanks for catching that part. hey i had jus woke up at that time

 

lol i know what you meant just giving you a hard time...ill be waiting for you to get tired of those then ill buy em offa you used LOL

 

no this will be final LOL will be the 5th wheel. and this is the 2nd set that i will be paying for lol. I had Velox VK 18s, Enkei LM5 20s, 350z 18s, and now G35 blacked out 18s u can buy the G18s haha

 

Sick choice.

 

yea huh? again i cant wait until they come in. i ordered the fronts right now and this coming friday i will have ordered the rears. nervous

 

How do you suppose? 245/40/18 has a smaller OD than the stock 225/50/17s.

I'm glad you want to stretch the tires, and like the appearance, but realize you could fit larger (better) tires under car.

BTW, many of the fitments shown on tyrestretch.com are far from kosher; for example:



Good luck.

 

the circumferance of 225/40 i have now is 2 inches lower than 245/40, just keeping the lower stance. good scenario, my friend and I have 5th/5.5 gens. he has eibachs and i have progress (2nd lowest drop way over eibach) we both had 20s and he had 225/30/20 and i had 245/35/20. he sat waaay lower than me, all because of the tire. my drop served no purpose cuz the car stood up with a circumference of 84 to his 76 circ. so im just looking at it from a stance point of view. I'm working with the tires i have right now just so i could get the wheels at a good price Its just something i will have to play around with on tire calculator to get the stretch and look i want. i wanna do 215 up front and 235/35 rear. i just wasnt for sure about the 225 even though its been done. even at the time i might buy 2 rear tires if needed so we'll see

 

Uhh...you should check the math, or the tire sizes compared. Also, when you compared heights, it is a direct comparison of diameter/radius (even though it is also a circumference comparison, but less directly).



EDIT: better screen capture

 

All i know is that what im running now makes my car sit lower than a 245/40 or a 245/40/18, which is perfect. I done the math enough and i now could hit my exhaust backing into curbs. its lower trust me lol i been thru so many tires to know its not even funny. my whole concern was sizing on a 10 inch wheel not whats on there right now u get

 

Just to clarify, you cannot directly compare overall tire size using just the section width and aspect ratio. The wheel size adds directly into the OD.

For example, the 245/40 noted in my post above has a sidewall height of 3.85 inches which adds to the rim diameter to give the OD. So a 245/40/17 would have an OD of 24.7in (3.85*2+17), a 245/45/18 an OD of 25.7in, a 245/45/19 an OD of 26.7in, etc...

That is why for a target diameter the aspect ratio must decrease as either the tire width or wheel diameter is increased. The target diameter is usually stock as the speedometer is calibrated to it, and lower a vehicle with a decreased tire size causes other problems (primarily clearance).

Good luck.

 

Bad sizes. That front is going to be sunk in compared to the rear, especially on a 5th gen. 9j +25 and 10j +35 would have been a better match with two degrees of camber up front. As it sits now, the rear is going to be about 18mm (3/4 inch) further out compared to the front. Get a 15mm spacer for the front and be prepared to do some pulling to make them fit well.

In regards to tire sizing. The front will need a 215/35 while the rear should work with a 235/35. 225 is too much of a stretch IMO...

 

lol i got my own set of G wheels. but i'd like to see a pic of yours painted

 

1st off, this pic request is for phatboislim...






And just arriving today New XXR 521 18x8.5 Sorry for the camera phone pics. plus it was late when they came, it snowed about 8 inches here in dallas. long day too

 

what kind of center cap do you have?

 

I have the XXR center caps that came with them, but I wont be rockin the XXR caps. I'm gonna find some Nissan oem caps for them.

 

 

here is the mock up of how its going to look on the car

 

Man those are gonna look sick ! I love the blackness. What are you gonna do with your old wheels ?

 

im trying to sell them! got 2 people toggling but im about to skip them if someone else is willing to buy. im from shreveport and i was there from last wednesday to yeterday. how far are you from there? i could meet ya and u can look at them next time i come down there. you will get all 4 wheels and 2 tires only though. the front 2 tires i done enough damage on to let them go to someone else. $350 and u can take them

 

Oh im only about an hour or so from shrevport. I was just curious on the wheels , i just bought some 19" that are staggered . man i wish they had good tires on them i would do some trading with you if they did. (thats is if your where up for it) . I was looking for some all black wheels when i bought these but i couldnt find any so i settled for these , lol !

 

U mean trade the G rims? Depends on what yours look like, u gotta pic of them? )

 

yeah i got some pics of them but you said yor rims only have two tire ? but anyways here they are/ they are 19x8.5 in the front and 19x9.5 in the rear w/ like new hankooks .



front:



rear:


if you need more pics let me know

 

Is there any way you can post a close up of the "stepped lip" on the 18x8.5 wheel. I'm really interested in these for my wrx and I just want to make sure that it is indeed a "stepped lip". (I'm just worried cuz I saw that the 20x8.5 doesn't have the stepped lip when it's supposed to)

 

here is the front. the rear is on backorder and should be here the week of march 3rd. i've been searching on other forums also to see who has them. but a g35 has them but also has a bad pic. keep posted here and i will have the rears during that 1st week of march

 

how much they weigh?

 

when i took it out the box i put them on the scale myself. 23.3 pounds. i think the g wheels are 24 but hell same

 

Not bad at all considering the price.

 

Nice job man. Very nice.

 

side pics?? Need to see how flush..

 

That's as close as a side ur gonna get without not seeing the face . Other than that its not on the car if I seen the box and tape supporting the rim on the hill. I will put all 4 on when the other 2 comes in. I'm anxious as well

 

hey man any luck on those 18x10's, you get em yet, installed?