Wheels for sale?

[B_Rye]

Hey guys I'm new to the forum. I have a black 2010 A/C with a few mods looking to do more. I have Eibach springs coming in next week and have been looking for a decent used set of 18" wheels and tires. Have been looking for gunmetal from a few brands, not much luck yet. Anyone on here selling or know of someone who is or suggestions on where to check? Not looking to spend too much, also if I am posting in the wrong spot let me know I'm new to this, thanks!

[seldomseen]

First check out the likes of http://www.tirerack.com to learn about tire & wheel combos that will fit your car if you do not know what size, offset, width, backspace are compatible with your vehicle. There are tons of online websites that sell entry level to top level custom wheel fitments at very affordable prices. Just be sure to do your homework on any online wheel site before you make your purchase. Importantly, stay away from buying a used set of aluminum wheels. 99% of used aliminum wheels will be bent and require straightening and will cost you more money in the long run. Just save your money for a decent new wheel & tire combo.

Some websites/companies are better than others:

http://www.ebay.com
http://www.wheelstudio.com
http://www.wheelsforless.com
http://www.streetdreams.org
http://www.superbuytires.com
http://www.victoriatire.com
http://www.wheelmax.com
http://www.wheelfire.com
http://www.discountedwheelwarehouse.com

[normmynorm]

All personal preference. I and a lot of people like the XXRs. I spent 600 on mine. Pretty cheap for a decent set of wheels.

I got mine from http://www.nlmotoring.com with no problems.

[B_Rye]

Thanks guys my plan was to go with the gunmetal 521's. My question now is what offset should I shoot for? The site I was planning on ordering from had the gunmetal xxr's size 18 x 8.5 with a +25 offset. Not sure if this is too much, what can I get away with? Are any members on here running a similar offset?

[B_Rye]

Actually found a set with the right offset, hoping they're delivered sometime next week thanks guys

[JerseyBoy201]

Thanks guys my plan was to go with the gunmetal 521's. My question now is what offset should I shoot for? The site I was planning on ordering from had the gunmetal xxr's size 18 x 8.5 with a +25 offset. Not sure if this is too much, what can I get away with? Are any members on here running a similar offset?

good call,i also wanted to get wheels but there just all expensive and im not trying to spend 2000 or more so i gave up on the whole getting wheels but than i came across the XXR521s and for the price its very good and tires the most ill go is 1200 and thats not bad so im going with XXR521 hypersilver once i get the money hopefully soon !

[B_Rye]

Yea I was in the same situation as you, wasn't looking to spend too much but wanted somethin that looked nice. I placed the order yesterday it was $1038 shipped for wheels and tires and they mount/balance for free. I'll let you know how they look when they show up.

[JerseyBoy201]

What wheels and tires you order ?

[B_Rye]

Went with gunmetal 521's and Falken all seasons. Didn't go too expensive on tires, car is a daily driver going for looks more than performance.

[JerseyBoy201]

Nice good call what size? Put some pics up when u get them on

[B_Rye]

Will do. Went 18x8.5 on wheels and 235/40/18 on tires.

[BamaCoupe]

Hope you're mistaken or typed it wrong; you need to be running 235/45/18 tires. Now your speedometer will be wrong, and worse your odometer will be rolling thorough the miles faster. As in your trip may have been 90 miles, but your odometer rolled over 100 miles. For resale purposes that's very bad.

[JerseyBoy201]

Hope you're mistaken or typed it wrong; you need to be running 235/45/18 tires. Now your speedometer will be wrong, and worse your odometer will be rolling thorough the miles faster. As in your trip may have been 90 miles, but your odometer rolled over 100 miles. For resale purposes that's very bad.

Never heard of that before please explain more lol everyone runs with a lower sidewall mostly 40 or 35 whats the problem with that how does mess up ur speedometer

[BamaCoupe]

Hope you're mistaken or typed it wrong; you need to be running 235/45/18 tires. Now your speedometer will be wrong, and worse your odometer will be rolling thorough the miles faster. As in your trip may have been 90 miles, but your odometer rolled over 100 miles. For resale purposes that's very bad.

Never heard of that before please explain more lol everyone runs with a lower sidewall mostly 40 or 35 whats the problem with that how does mess up ur speedometer

Sorry for the late response; your odometer and speedometer are calculations made from the count of revolutions your wheel/tire make. Per the OEM setup the tire O.D. (outside diameter) is 26.3" and a 235/40-18 O.D. is 25.4"; that means that in a mile the OEM size should make 767 revolutions, but a 235/40-18 will make 794 revolutions. 767x100=76,700 is the revolutions made on OEM in a 100 mile trip; 794x100=79,400 on 235/40-18's. 79,400-76,700=2,700 additional rev's; 2,700/767=3.52021 additional miles that rolled over onto your odometer. That doesn't sound like much, but say you own the car for 40,000-60,000 miles that will add up. You can go lower in sidewall but you better go higher in wheel diameter too; increasing wheel diameter is how "everyone runs with a lower sidewall mostly 40 or 35, but on 18" wheels you need to stick with 235/45-18's"

[JerseyBoy201]

i actually called tirerack and they said its recommendation tire size for a 18" would be 235/45/18 so i guessing when i get my wheels i should go with 235/45/18 ?