I Just bought a 03 touring 350z with navigation. the car has 35000 miles. It have 20 inch rims that are after market which is great. Im driving to florida from chicago at the end of may and i was wondering if people think its a good idea to drive that distance on those rims or if i should buy the stocks and drive on those, if anyone have stock wheels and tires they wanna sell heres my email ciro.pescatore@cingular.com

 

Why not drive on what you've got, are they that uncomfortable?

 

If it's just a once there, or once there and back trip, I wouldn't worry about it. If it's something you plan to do regularly, it would be a serious consideration.

Personally, on a longer highway trip, I'd prefer to have as much rubber(height) as possible. I've got the 17's with 50's on mine and it rides as smooth as glass on the interstate. I've driven other cars with low profiles on the interstate and about got beat to death.

I think the main thing I'd worry about though is beating up your nice rims.

 

im worried about getting a flat on the highway. i never have had anything over 17 inch on my cars so i dont know how they will be, should i be worried??

 

Well, your ride will be rougher for sure, and with low profiles, you have to be extra careful of potholes and other road hazards since you don't have the cushioning to protect the rims from hard hits.

Getting a flat would really suck too, especially if you scar up the rim and can't find a replacement or get it fixed, you'd be out an entire set of rims.

If you've got the spare $500 or whatever for them, it'd probably be worth it, just to save yourself from potential problems in the future.

It's like, do I pay 500+ for one replacement rim, or 500 for a set of 4 to protect the entire other set. Though if you get a set of stocks, then you would also have a beat around set for days at the track, other road trips, etc.

I know when I get my new rims, I'll be keeping my stocks for such use.

 

my brother has a jaguar x-type that he put rims on would i be able to use those, i know ill look like an idiot but ill look like a bigger idiot if i ruin those 20's

 

I'm skeptical as to whether the Jag rims would fit/function properly. With the VDC on your Z, you have a very finite amount of tire circumference that you can work with that won't throw off the VDC's calculation, and that's still not considering whether the rims will actually bolt up.

EDIT: A quick Google showed the X-Type as having a 5x108mm bolt pattern, whereas the Z is 5x114.3 bolt pattern. Unsure of the offsets. I don't think they'll work.

 

thank you, id look stupid anyway

 

if you can get a set of 4 stocks with enough rubber to last at least 10k miles for 500 or less I'd do it.