Thinking of wheels part 2

[1990_q]

I like these off a 370z. Its a forged 18" wheel and these and a S600 AMG staggered 18x8.5 and 18x9.5

[maxnix]

Many wheel posts previously.

What matters most is hubcentricity, wheel strength and wheel weight, assuming dimensions are correct.

[paranoidjack]

C'mon Brian - don't be surprised. NICO has been seeing this for years, Tech talks about it all the time. It's not the poster's fault, the car's just aren't worth rehabbing. But they look nice with wheels and tints.

As these cars are over 10 years old (sometimes 20) and 200k, we're slipping into 3rd and 4th owners.

1st - factory maintenance2nd - (hopefully) factory maintenance3rd - replacing broken parts (very rarely factory maintenance)4th - making car run, duct taping the CEL, and WHEELS, TINT, and SPRINGS. Junkyard parts when the car stops moving.

[oldmako]

Some valid points. But car purchases are often irrational and decisions regarding their upkeep can be as well. With the comically low value of these cars spending tons of cash to use only OEM parts becomes an issue as well. At some point age catches up and the dollar signs show up. I for one will never spend $4500 on a transmission for this car. Ain't gonna happen. Perhaps if I bought it new and had spent an additional $25,000 maintaining the car since then I would. But, I didn't and suspect most didn't either.

I have the stock turbines on my car and I hate them. They look nice enough when clean, but they're a pain to clean and at 16"....appear too small for the car and the wide tires I like. Boring. Dull, drab, lifeless, listless, inane, zzzzzzzzzz. While it's easy to overdo it and put idiotic wheels on a car, to each their own right? And when someone actually gets it right, then the car looks great. I saw a 700 series BMW in Europe with aftermarket wheels and it transformed the look of the car. It was gorgeous. If I knew what they were, I'd be tempted to hang a set on my old heap...provided they were hub centric of course.

In the meantime, I'll keep looking and hoping that wall street allows me to hang some wheels on it when I replace the tires later this year.



Modified by oldmako at 1:45 PM 2/22/2010
Modified by oldmako at 2:29 PM 2/22/2010

[Romeo5k]

both of those wheels are completely ugly.. forget the spec.. the looks suck!!!

[Rex]

The Z rear wheels are too big and have too low of an off set to fit without major camber, roll, pull, etc.

The second are the wrong bolt pattern.

Plenty of threads with good options, check both here and NICO's VIP sub-forum

[1990_q]

yes i know the benz is 5x112