nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I've spend most of my spare time at work today browsing wheels and I'm still undecided on what to go for. I had been talking to CS about the XXR527's but I'm not so sure on them anymore. My car has the stock (not rays) wheels on at the minute and I've recently put new 225/45/18, 245/45/18 tyres on. I don't really fancy forking out an extra £500 for tyres. So I'm hoping they will fit on a future wheel purchase. I'm hopeless when it comes to offsets and wheel sizes etc, I really like the look of the rota grids, with the staggered rears, I'd want them in 18's obviously. Is this possible with using my current tyres? On rimstyles website the standard grid 18's appear to come with 225/45 tyres so it looks promising right? The other thing I'm debating is the colour. My Z is silver, I know gunmetal and hyper black will look awesome but I'm considering taking a risk and trying them in white to be a bit different. What do you guys think? The other wheel that has caught my eye is the rota MXR in gold with polished lip. Again this is a pretty bold choice and I'm not sure I'd have the bottle to try it out. It could potentialy look awesome or completely horrible haha... Help me out here guys, I'm desperate to get rid of the stock wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 The staggered rota rears can be 9.5 or 10.5J wide, depending on if you wants dish, or just concave. So a standard rays 245 rear would be a tad stretched... However, if you do get them white is a good choice. Google around as someone had a set of white rota grids on a silver zed and they look fantastic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Ive got a silver zed with rota grid drifts if thats any help.Glad i went for the silver ones with the polished lip but was very close to ordering them in black but it seems to be the most common colour. Staggered fitments 9.5 front and 10.5 rear. Had some GTRs before that too. 9.5 rear 8.5 front Edited February 25, 2014 by Tackleberry 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Cheers guys, I've tried googling and can't find any decent pictures. I don't mind a little stretching, do you think that would be a safe/useable stretch tho? I can't view any pics now as Im at work and it blocks them, I'll check em out when I get home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Not sure on how that much stretch would look, or how safe it would be. Could be very safe, could be very risky. I'll leave a tyre guru to wander in on that. However, I just did a google for 'silver 350z with white rota' and came up some the pics I was mentioning earlier. See below, lovely looking motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony.r123 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 9.5j and 10.5j would be too wide with standard tyres, i run 9.5j front Rota's and a 245 is slightly stretched on them. a 245 on a 10.5j would be a bit much Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 http://slammedia.net/3-fiddy-z/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desey Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 i run gtr-d 9.5j front 10.5j rear with a 265 tyre that is stretched on the rear... standard tyres will never fit!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Bugger! The one in that link looks great stevo, I'm going to have to wait another month or so if new tyres are needed tho, unless my bank manager is feeling freindly. I'm getting seriously tempted to get a small loan out to buy coilovers, wheels and a few other bits. Must resist! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattross1313 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) Nice exhaust Stevo!! Same as mine Edited February 25, 2014 by mattross1313 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 I've just noticed the one in the picture is running 245/45/18 on the fronts, which bassicly means I could put my rear tyres on the fronts and only need to buy rear tyres... Not quite so bad I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackleberry Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I got some falken 453s all round i think the rears are 275 and at the time about 150 a pop. Work a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 (edited) I've just noticed the one in the picture is running 245/45/18 on the fronts, which bassicly means I could put my rear tyres on the fronts and only need to buy rear tyres... Not quite so bad I guess. if your on about the mine there 19s but yea you could run them on the fronts if you got 9.5j fronts Edited February 25, 2014 by StevoD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Yea I meant yours stevo, didn't realize that was your Z, it looks amazing. Pretty much the exact sort of look/stance I want to go for, expect I'd prefer 18's. Do you have any other pictures anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 there the best i have tbh but im swapping down to 18"s again for this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Richie Crozier? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 No worries, cheers anyway man, those pics helped a load. I seem to struggle to find many high quality pictures of silver Z's on different wheels for some reason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 25, 2014 Author Share Posted February 25, 2014 Richie Crozier? You got me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 What if I went 8.5j front and 9.5j on the rears, would my tyres fit then? Would the wheels still fill the arches ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bounty Bar Kid Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 Tackleberry... Can I hump your ride? Lovely! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KyleR Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 What if I went 8.5j front and 9.5j on the rears, would my tyres fit then? Would the wheels still fill the arches ok? Yes you could do this and your current tyres will fit. You would maybe want an offset of about +10 though rather than the +20 that most with 9.5/10.5 run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I think the white on silver looks awesome, I am afraid there is a but, the moment they start to get dirty they will look, well, dirty and bad, which will be as soon you drive with brake dust etc So unless you want to be wiping them down or cleaning them all the time stay well away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nowhereboy Posted February 26, 2014 Author Share Posted February 26, 2014 (edited) I tend to clean my car atleast once a week so it shouldn't be too bad should it? I've never seen any Z's in the flesh with rota's on, I could do with getting along to a meet or something to check some out. Pictures often don't do wheels justice, I once went to view a type r STI with white wheels, it looked average in the photos but amazing in the flesh. I'm probably going to go all out and buy some coilovers too, driftworks are doing 0% finance and I'm considering paying cash for the wheels and financing a few other bits for the year. Are the HSD coilovers up to the job? I'm not fussy about ride comfort. Edited February 26, 2014 by nowhereboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jetpilot Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I tend to clean my car atleast once a week so it shouldn't be too bad should it? I've never seen any Z's in the flesh with rota's on, I could do with getting along to a meet or something to check some out. Pictures often don't do wheels justice, I once went to view a type r STI with white wheels, it looked average in the photos but amazing in the flesh. I'm probably going to go all out and buy some coilovers too, driftworks are doing 0% finance and I'm considering paying cash for the wheels and financing a few other bits for the year. Are the HSD coilovers up to the job? I'm not fussy about ride comfort. I am guessing you have never owned a white car, lol. White looks great no doubt, but imho they have to be pristinely clean to work and wheels just done stay clean for that long, 1 miles worth probably, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevoD Posted February 26, 2014 Share Posted February 26, 2014 I tend to clean my car atleast once a week so it shouldn't be too bad should it? I've never seen any Z's in the flesh with rota's on, I could do with getting along to a meet or something to check some out. Pictures often don't do wheels justice, I once went to view a type r STI with white wheels, it looked average in the photos but amazing in the flesh. I'm probably going to go all out and buy some coilovers too, driftworks are doing 0% finance and I'm considering paying cash for the wheels and financing a few other bits for the year. Are the HSD coilovers up to the job? I'm not fussy about ride comfort. hsd are fine been using em for a year now no issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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