tire suggestion help 19x8.5 19x9.5

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Gizzmo25
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Car: 91 300zx 2+2 Na
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hey guys i needed a little help on my 91 2+2. I bought some staggered 19x8.5 F 19x9.5 R rims off a buddy with g35. I got them for 300 bucks. He has tires on the rear 275/40/19 and no tires on front. I was planning to change out all of them. I wanted to know what you would suggest. My z32 is not lowered and stock as of now. I am planning to drop on coils soon but need tires bad since my stocks are almost shot! Would 235/25/19 Frt and 265/35/19 work or would you suggest another setup. Thanks


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t.mcginley.jr
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Not sure how well 19's fit on these cars. I checked the Wheel fitment guide:

wheel-fitment-and-tire-size-guide-t512311.html

But it only goes up to 18's

itsa300zx
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If you are set on 235 fr and 265 rear then 235/35/19 and 265/30/19. Pretty hard to find a 235/25 series tire, plus it will be a lot smaller than the stock over all wheel height. What are the off sets of the wheels??

Gizzmo25
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itsa300zx wrote:If you are set on 235 fr and 265 rear then 235/35/19 and 265/30/19. Pretty hard to find a 235/25 series tire, plus it will be a lot smaller than the stock over all wheel height. What are the off sets of the wheels??
I will check the offset tommorrow. I put the rears on to see if how it would sit being it was on a g35. It fit but with the 275/40/19 tire it looked crazy oversized. I may just go with the setup you suggested I see it used quite a bit on the z and others also with staggered fitment. i know im probably may need to do some fender rolling when dropped.

235/35/19 and 265/30/19

thanks I bought this recently as a work/project car and I literally work 15 min from my house. Its basically a cruiser and I dont really race it or bring to track. I did alot of that in my younger days. Just want to restore it jdm and make it look nice and clean.

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Gizzmo25
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Joined: Wed Mar 14, 2012 10:51 pm
Car: 91 300zx 2+2 Na
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t.mcginley.jr wrote:Not sure how well 19's fit on these cars. I checked the Wheel fitment guide:

wheel-fitment-and-tire-size-guide-t512311.html

But it only goes up to 18's
thanks I will check it out.

Gizzmo25
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Tires cam and installed went with the closest on tire calculator found on another site. Went with the 225/35 and 265/30 the speedo etc was the closest with this setup. 225s were pretty skinny and more stretch/rim than I am use too. I should have probably went with the 235s but too late now, maybe next time around. Glad I drive this to work only and my Jeep when I go around with the fam, roads here will leave you hellaflat. Now just waiting to get my coilovers to drop this thing, looks so high. I still have alot of work to be done but heres a quick picture so far.

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