I felt there really wasn't enough tire on them, and plan on switchin to 17's

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WAHT DOES THIS FAP MEAN

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Sometimes I push it closed with my butt.

On the other car I have:
19x9.5 with 255x35x19 ALL AROUND (Time Attack Style)
The modifications include:
Custom METAL wide body (Skyline/WRX style)

Pretty much, anything goes

Thats what I want to buy, what offset?

Vert has a sleek & slim profile, so I think 17s look best. You know what I mean? I think most vert guys who go for aftermarket rims get 17s.

This car has 17x7...
http://forums.nicoclub.com/zer...01864

16s look smaller and 17s will also work better if you drop your car because 16s will go lower more... which is not good sometimes.

+1 on the ness i think a S13 on 16's looks fine...

my car on 17's

my old 17's

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Thanks for the input so far guy's ..without a question ""madcows"" car looks spectacular with the stagard work's he's got on it ..by the way i wanted to thank him for giving me a hand on fixi'n my guage cluster problem ..big time thanks anthony ....'runs like a charm now"

your welcome man i just gald we got it working....

Joshua 1:9 "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

The thing is Version Select or Origin kits are bit wild, so you should get massive 18s, otherwise your car will end up looking like this.

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True...ill probabnly get the wheel setup of the ones I posted earlier...BTW what are they? I mean the offsets?

FNs have 18x8.5 and 18x9.5 and buch of different offsets.

http://www.splparts.com/Parts/...t.htm

You have to do some research and know what you want to do like staggered setup, stretched tires...etc. But before that... IMO you don't want to put too wild bodykit on the vert. Since we don't have hardtop, it looks kinda weird with having fat bottom. You know what I mean? I rather go for subtle/mild bodykit and keep the car's slim looking. Besides if you want 18s, 5 lug conversion is like 95% required and your brakes will look tiny inside of wheel. If not, there's a chance you can find a good set of 17 inch 4 lug rims.

BTW, you can see how neko punch's car has been transformed here.

http://www.northwestnissans.com/test/nekopunch/

Yea lately I've been looking into all that stuff because you can't just say "hey im gonna put 18's on my ride and it'll look good." I realized there's more to it than that. As for the bodykit, you're right...i'm still looking around...it doesn't need anything too extravagant, something simple. I was hopeing somebody could photoshop those pics for me so I could see how it would look on a convertible. And i'm gonna do a 5 lug conversion later on.

Be sure to post pics of how it looks.

sorry my ugly mug has to be in it. it's the best picture i could find with the wheels.

anyways 17x7 in front wrapped with 205/45-17 and 17x9 in rear wrapped with 255/40-17. i love them except i wish the fronts had a deeper offset.

this is actually a pic of 15x8 and 15x10;
same design though, custom wheels! 4 inches of backspacing with over fenders all the way...YOU KNOW U WANT IT!
coming in january

you could either do 17s all around or a 17/18 stagger

under steer.

I totally agree, but you have to understand that it is the current (or recent) trend to stagger wheels so you will likely get a lot of arguments from people. A vert, it is already 360 lbs heavier than the coupe it is based on (according to C/D). So you might want to consider that most people are not buying their vert for the same reason one might buy, say an SE coupe S13 for example, rather they like the look foremost with a little performance on the side.

In reality, staggering was initally a band aid procedure in the old days to help muscle cars make more rear traction. Then more recently automakers used this technique to make up for rear weight bias issues with mid engine cars and traction issues on high hp cars (example, TTZX / Supra). In reality however, if and when automakers can make a sports car with the same size wheels / tires all around they will. Look at, say, a 93-95 RX7. The stock R1 had "only" 225/50 all around and recorded the highest skidpad (.99g) of any (standard) production vehicle ever recorded at that time and probably to this day. Miatas, NA 300ZX, etc...there are quite a few sports cars that could have had staggered sizes but didn't since they didn't need it.

In other words, Nissan worked their asses off to calibrate the multilink suspensions on the various vehicles that used them. Messing with the balance, particularly on a near 50/50 (hardtop) 240SX will only net mixed results and trade offs.
However most 240's are already SO off balance anyway, thanks to mixed brand suspension parts, heavy wheels, stereos, turbo conversions, and excessive lowering of the car, so why not let them stagger it, might as well. Going plus 2, 3, etc. is not going to make their car that much less of a slalom bandit.
So what I'm telling you is that most convertible 240 owners could care less about balance, a neutral chassis, or autocross, and don't drive the Dragon or the Snake but do want their car to look bad ***, which is the one thing a staggered setup does (at certain angles anyway). I understand this...and would probably do the same if that is what I wanted out of my 240's. But I still agree with you, as I am a purist.