Time to buy new wheels... 18's, 19's or Twenty (-Fo's)...

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QR25DE
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Just want to get some opinions on new wheels for the car. I currently have a few picked out:

Enkei FN-18 (What I have now but in 18" instead of 16". (See Sig).Enkei WDM in 18" (They don't have them any larger).

Nismo 19"

XXR 001 20" (Don't really like the design)... if I could find something like the FN-18s in 19" or 20" that would be cool.

Any suggestions? Want to order by the weekend...


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ThatGuyRoger
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i'd go with 19's but thats just me. seems like the perfect size for the car

the nismo rims are sexy too

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LongBeachCoupe
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movin to the wheels section....

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altima777
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nismo 19s

I saw this kid at a tire shop when i was getting my alignment done, he purchased 22`s for his accord coupe. seriously bordering on ridiculous...to each his own i guess.

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xeene
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QR25DE wrote:Just want to get some opinions on new wheels for the car. I currently have a few picked out:

Enkei FN-18 (What I have now but in 18" instead of 16". (See Sig).Enkei WDM in 18" (They don't have them any larger).

Nismo 19"

XXR 001 20" (Don't really like the design)... if I could find something like the FN-18s in 19" or 20" that would be cool.

Any suggestions? Want to order by the weekend...
nismo 19s

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michaelthepsycho
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18x8.0 fronts 19x8.5 rears (for the look of course... Not functional in FWD)

Enkei RP-F1 or RP-03

or if you're loaded:

Nismo LM-GT4VOLK ce28n

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Rob.Vegan
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He may want to go staggered but I don't suggest going with a bigger rim in the rear. I think that'd only look good on like a 69 Nova and the like.

Nismo 19" has my vote

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Rex
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Search for some G35 Coupe 19" take off's.

Great forged wheel for the price.

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headhunt3r
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Rex wrote:Search for some G35 Coupe 19" take off's.

Great forged wheel for the price.
But they're staggered

QR25DE
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I am digging the staggered look.

Here's my questions:

1. Regardless of rim, I want something with a very nice looking lip. Noticable deepness.

So I was thinking a wider wheel in the rear and a bit skinnier in the front for the staggered look.

I'm looking to spend ~2000 or less with tires. I am ordering from http://www.1010tires.com/ because I'm in Canada and it's one of the cheapest places I can find.

Anyways here's the setup:

Size of Rim I want: 18" or 19".I have the eibach pro kit.

What wheel sizes in the staggered look would fit with which tires and would people be able to post examples of what they have?

Does anyone know the offset of these rims so I can get an idea and the tire size?

19X8 in the front and 19X9.5 in the rear:



This would help me out greatly!

Thanks!!
Modified by QR25DE at 6:59 PM 5/6/2009

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Rex
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headhunt3r wrote:
But they're staggered
I'd gladly trade my fronts for someone's rears. That would give both people an un-staggered set.

You can still run non-satggered tire sizes (235 all around) and probably even rotate with little issue.

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michaelthepsycho
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225/50/18 front and 235/45/19 rear if you really want to go staggered :D Don't go too wide on rims... It's not as useful as getting wider tires. Save some weight!

QR25DE
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SO I made my choice based on everyone's responses and from what Paki has on his car. I ended up getting the same wheels. I'm seriously in love with them. I'm debating with 1010tires.com to get 8.5's or 9.5's all around (40mm or 35mm respectively).

OMG i'm f***ing broke. LOL.



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