Which Wheels to buy?

General discussion forum about the 240sx, and a great place to introduce yourself to the board!
my91silvia
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Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:31 pm
Car: 91 240 sx going to Silvia

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I was wondering what alot of you were thinking on this subjet. Which size wheels look good on Sil40, 18 inch or 17 inch?


Veriest1
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Car: '96 BMW M3
'93 Nissan 240SX coupe dd

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17's are going to be the way to go from a performance standpoint. As far as looks are concerned you won't be able to tell a whole lot of differance between the two unless you're really looking.

If you aren't upgrading to larger brakes I'd recommend going with a very nice 15 inch wheel rather than a mediocre 18 incher.

Big wheels tend to look goofy on 240's. The wheels on my 240, in my sig, are 17's and in that picture they really appear to big. They look decent in person. But unless you REALLY need bigger brakes then don't bother.

Other than that check out the wheels, brakes, and suspension forum. There is a lot of information there and a good bit of it is stickied at the top of the page.

my91silvia
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Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:31 pm
Car: 91 240 sx going to Silvia

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The wheel sizing link isn't working, thanks for your reply though i am planning on going to bigger brakes. but i'll be looking at 17's more I think.

naed240sx
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16" is a pretty good size for 240's IMO. Thats what I went for... should be here in about a week . But yeah, veriest was right, better to get something good in 15 than some crappy 17 or 18. Make sure you get decent offsets, and definately go wider than stock, cause you will want to put more rubber on your car eventually.

If you look around on here, zilvia.net and others, in the used forums, you can find some used wheels and save some money. You just have to be patient.

good luck

my91silvia
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Joined: Thu Jan 06, 2005 4:31 pm
Car: 91 240 sx going to Silvia

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Well you do raise a good point about the offset. I have been looking for rays gram lights but for obvious reasons (price) if something else comes my way then i'll probably pick it up.

Thanks


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