Rim Question for the Sooper-Smart Dudes who toil here...

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Homie says he has some rims for the Qbomb.
They are stock Infiniti rims from a g35 2007 or a g37 2009

They are 18 X 7.5 fronts and 18 X 8.5 rears.

They're purty.

WILL THEY FIT THE QBOMB???? Or will I be hating life I I screwed them on and blissfully pulled away?

Inquiring minds was to know since inquiring mind is pretty dim and has no idea.

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Front - 7.5" x 18" with 45mm offset with 225/50R18 W rated summer performance tires.
Rear - 8.5" x 18" with 50mm offset with 245/45R18 W rated summer performance tires.

That's the setup from the factory.

The offset is a little high. We know that an 8" wide wheel with 35mm offset fits pretty good... They will fit OK but will probably look kind of sunken into the wheel wells. The fronts could be close to hitting the struts, but I don't think they will. Easy to correct with some spacers. Spacer install is pretty straight forward too..

I really don't like staggered wheels especially on the Q.. Makes so you can't rotate them, and there's little to no performance advantage... Those tires aren't gonna be real cheap, so I prefer to get something that's the same all around so you can rotate front to rear.

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Thanks for the good intel. As usual!

I'll probably pass.

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The 16x7 +40 already looks sunken on the 97-01 Q. 99-01 Touring & Anniversary Edition 17x7.5 +30 sit much closer to flush. Mounted on the front, a 7.5 wide wheel with +45 will stick out one additional millimeter and will have 11 millimeters less clearance for the struts as compared to the 7 inch wide +40 offset. Spacers are a must if you decide to go with the V36 sedan wheels, front and rear.

http://marksink.com/tire_wheel_offset/offset.html

Wheels from a Z33 or V35 Coupe would be a better choice as far as fitment goes.

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They fit mine pretty well but note mine is lowered with Epsilir springs and tokico HP shocks. There WILL be a pretty big gap in the wheel well if left stock and have a pretty good rake to it as well. Below pic is my ride height. I didn't get used to it quick enough as you can tell by my lower valence. :frown:
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elwesso wrote:Front - 7.5" x 18" with 45mm offset with 225/50R18 W rated summer performance tires.
Rear - 8.5" x 18" with 50mm offset with 245/45R18 W rated summer performance tires.

That's the setup from the factory.

The offset is a little high. We know that an 8" wide wheel with 35mm offset fits pretty good...
The rears at ET35 will fit all the way around. 7.5" i a little narrow for a real tire.


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