ben@RARE RIMS

These arrive tomorrow, I should be able to get some pics up of the actual colours we have tomorrow!

Most people would never go for 8.5 on the front, as they're not concave. I would suggest 18x9.5 ET20 front and 18x10 ET15 rear. That will get you a good flush fit, and concave wheels all round. Negative offsets will give you a headache for sure, unless you want to mess with the arches.

The legality is down to the tyres, and whether the car is used on the road like it. In terms of having the wheel stick out like that it's not an issue, the law is concerned with where the tyre tread is - and whether or not it's covered by the arches. The 'correct' tyre size would be 335/30/18 on an 18x12...

Different strokes for different folks It's a 285 tyre on there.

http://s1005.photobucket.com/albums/af1 ... 12%20350Z/ Needs lowering... but you get the idea 18x12 is not too big an ask for a 350Z

Previously we have these only in high offsets... Now we have some exciting offsets coming White with Polished lip Flat black with Gloss Black lip Here's some pics: Rear Front Please excuse the colours not being the ones mentioned above - they are not here quite yet but due in a few weeks, so thus far I dont have pics of the actual wheels.

When wheels are made they're tested for the specific PCD. re-drilling them is not something you should do, as it will be untested and the wheel may not have been created with the additional strength available to support this.

Ha, single crystal casting sounds very exotic! Time for some iplayer action later me thinks!

It's a feature of ebay, if we take the listings down we are penalised, so when stock runs short the price just has to be changed They will be back to normal price again soon

I would strongly suggest not having Aluminium nuts anywhere near your car. Pretty well all the nuts here would be fine: http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Rarerims/_i.ht ... d=56611406 As above M12x1.25 thread is what you need.

That's pretty well it Chris Forged wheels go 1 of 3 ways usually. They're the same size as a cast version, but lighter due to the increased strength allowing for less material to be used. Strength and load rating usually similar They're heaver than a cast wheel, but stronger - this is where race and rally wheels fall mostly The forged wheel is a blingy design that cannot easily be cast, often multi-piece. Weight and strength is similar to a cast wheel, but a more exciting design. The different techniques do give different properties in terms of stiffness and how they perform under damaging impacts, but both will be strong enough if VIA / JWL certified and tested. The time to be worried about a cast wheel is when it's made by somebody you've never heard of, and cant find out about. There's a large number of chinese manufacturers who do replica wheels, on alibaba you can get a replica of almost any wheel where a mould has just been taken of another wheel and it's copied, with the original manufacturers markings still in place. These are the scary ones - likely little or no testing is involved. There's no UK / EU standard or requirement for a wheel, so it's up to suppliers to make sure things are fit for purpose. When people are in it to make a quick profit you cannot always be sure on the quality of the products, like wheels with Forged Monoblock written on the side that actually aren't...

Rotas are not forged, they're cast. Chris 'I you'll find the R&D in Rota wheels is there, they're similar to other wheels sure, but not identical as you cant just copy a forged wheel and make it cast and thus cheaper without making is significantly less strong. This was quite an interesting read the other day: http://custompinoyrides.com/2012/03/que ... ta-wheels/

We do have contacts with various other suppliers also, so if anybody finds something specific they'd like we can check availability etc

You're right, 19" multi-spokes aren't about yet Hopefully by the end of the year there will be something

T2R Torque I also think there's room for these: 18x10.5 Force The Force is new in that size though, so no 350Zs with them on yet

Please excuse the ride height here... 18x12 ET20 rear, 18x9.5 ET12 front I believe Standard arches there is memory serves, 285 rear and 245 front roughly on the tyres.

It depends on tyre brand to a degree, and the offset you choose - those tyre sizes I mentioned are just the most popular, we have done all sorts in the past

We also have these little beasties

Spacing will have the same effect as having a lower offset wheel - it does the same thing The only point where spacing has an adverse effect will be if you dont have hub-centric spacers, which means the wheel will have nothing to locate on the become central. This can lead to wheel wobble at higher speeds. Staggered wheels for most people means running a wider rear wheel than front. For example 2 of the most popular 350Z options are: 19x9 ET20 Front. 245/35/19 Tyre (usually falken FK452) 19x10 ET20 Rear. 275/35/19 Tyre (usually falken FK452) Or 19x9.5 ET20 Front 245/35/19 Tyre (usually falken FK452) 19x10.5 ET20 Rear 275/35/19 Tyre (usually falken FK452) Depending on your ride height and alignment, if you have an offset much lower than this (lower offset means the wheels stick out from the car more) you can start to have tyre rubbing on wheel arch issues. The can be solved by rolling the inner lips of the arches flat to give you more space, dialling in some camber, or using smaller tyres and going for the 'stretched' tyre look which I have to say doesn't tend to make you a huge number of friends on here Every tyre has a range of wheel sizes it will fit. They are usually faily generous, for example a 225/40/18 will happily sit on a 18x7.5 wheel or a 18x9 wheel and still be within spec. Whoever supplies you wheels should be able to help you with tyre options as well. 350Zs are a little sensitive to tyre sizing for their traction control. They have slightly odd sizes as standard, and like to keep the same ratio of front - rear sizing, so this is worth mentioning if you're buying from a non-specialist wheel+tyre supplier. 18" wheels are going to be cheaper for tyres, and cheaper to buy, along with being a bit lighter and give you a higher profile tyre so the ride quality will remain as standard. 19" wheels are a little more expensive, as are their tyres. They are a bit heavier, simply as there's more to them. They do however tend to suit the 350Z better than 18s, they arches are HUGE and 19s fill them better, and proportions suit better. I think that covers most things, if I have missed anything let me know and I'll do an edit - hopefully as a sticky this will be a handy post

White are on the way, probably be just over 1 month

That looks ace Clean car you have there sir!

We're the UK distributor for Rota Wheels, and as such this is our traders area and so that's what people are posting about would probably explain the preference in this thread

There's loads of different wheels shown here mate...

It's not specific to each set, it's a star-drive key. Allen key tuners aren't so good, they tend to round off which is why we dont do them.

These are steel, and as per the pictures They're tuner nuts, so each nut needs a key so you dont need a locker so much. We advise using the standard torque settings in the car's manual