new wheels, check. What next?

[phreeek]

Well I have had my 91 tt z for about 4 years now, I don't drive it very often (it had 98k on it when i bought it and now has 101K). I just bought wheels 18x8 front and 18x9.5 rears with 225/40's on the front and 245/35's on the rear. I still have the stock shocks and struts on the car and like the adjustability in the car. What do you guys recomend for updating the susspention? I do not race the car. And I don't want it any lower than it already is. Any other recomendations or ideas would be great. I just don't know where to start. Performance wise i was looking at a POP charger intake and a new computer boost jets and an exhaust, and recomendations there would be great.

Thanks and I look forward to all your oppinions. OH and the car is an AT. Does anyone have any experience with the AT line conditioners?


Modified by phreeek at 8:50 PM 4/28/2007

[sbird1]

How is it that you are only running 245/35's on a 9.5 in. wheel? I'm running 255/50's on the stock 7.5's. Am I missing something?

[tg]

wtf 245's on a 9.5??

I run 255's on a 9.0 and they taper in a bit.

Do you have any pictures of your tires on the wheel ?? lol

[phreeek]

Yeah, I was concered about this as well. I don't have the wheels yet they will be in Saturday morning, The wheels are the Stern ST-1 Grey.

A 245/35 18 has the same diam as the stock 245-45-16 with a 12.4" radius.

I was trying to keep these within the stock specks, I haven't picked up the wheels yet.

I will post the pics as soon as I get back from the tire store. I will make sure these are the right set up. I can still swap out the tires with 255 or 265's .

[evildky]

stock is a 225 on a 7.5" and 245 o a 8.5"I'm running 295 on 11" and 315 on 12" so I win with the help of a sawzall

as for suspension, a fat front swap bar will help keep it flat in the corners without effecting your ride height or stock adjustable struts

[phreeek]

I went with a 265/35 as you can see. Having the car on the lift exposed my next project and thank god it's just the exhaust. No leaks

Thanks for your help and any exhaust advice?

[nsrZ32]

Very nice Z you've got there!

[phreeek]

Thank you.

[92mintzx]

Nice wheels! My old wheels on my 240 were 225/45 front 255/40 rear. Size was recommended by local performance shop. I hated it the front tire looked fater than the rear. With a rear wheel drive car I like to see a higher fatter tire on the rear. I was looking at wheel packages and they had about the same size listed. Could I do 225/40 front 255/40 rear? Are they listing the tires this way to keep the hight the same?

[phreeek]

Here's a good link for tire sizes. http://www.1010tires.com/TireSizeCalculator.asp

[sbird1]

That Z looks very hot. The only thing I'd do is find some black brake paint and get to work on that. I'm about to paint mine blue hopefully this week.

[92mintzx]

Wow thanks for the link! I've been on that site before. I still can't get the wheels to line up with the picture of my car. Trying to find what wheels I like on my car.

[tg]

next project should be either exhaust or some clear jdm tails, especially on a white car!

[NSR240sxe]

Hot Z!! nice work

[freakonaleash1187]

Those wheels look very nice.

And as for the suspension, get some sway bars if you want to stiffen up the suspension but don't want to change the ride height.

[ddgsxr504]

Nice looking Fairlady you have there, wheels really set if off but I would have went with 18x9's in the front. You still have a little bit of fender gap there.

[HxC_Nismo]

sell me your stock rear tt wheels please email me [email protected]

[gpelite]

Nice Z, for exhaust I have a nice set of Greddy cat backs for sale since I want to change up mine. Email me or catch me on AIM if you are interested. They are nice as heck

[hannibal]

I love those Stern wheels! What are the offsets on them? And where did you get them??

The car looks great. Welcome aboard...

[phreeek]

Stock wheels are not for sale. I did see a web site that was selling them reconditioned for 400 /pr.

I am going to go with the HKS Exhaust. Thanks though.

I bought those wheels and tires through Les Schwab here in WA. Too find a retailer in your area contact the Golden Apple Corp @ 510-780-9800. These people are quite helpful. I couldn't tell you the offset off the top of my head. I'll see if I have the exact part numbers on my receipt when i get home.

Thanks for all your kind comments and I'll keep you guys posted as this project rolls along like at a snails pace.