Yeah I know, us europeans have *special* tastes

 

Oh man... Kentucky... I... I'm at a loss. I would suggest browsing the vendor classifieds in the marketplace to get an idea of some decent wheels. I don't know about Europe, but here in the US those would get you laughed at by most car enthusiasts/pedestrians/senior citizens/dogs/ intelligent squirrels.

 

I'll give u an example of what we call a hideous rim :



lol

 

welcome to the boards. my brother in law lives/works in switzerland (Klostersdorf).

 

Simply speaking wheel offset refers to the placement of the face of the wheel in regards to it's placement in the barrell. In simple (general) terms the lower the number the more lip you will achieve. When ordering a wheel they usually have 3 to 4 measurements you can request. Diameter, width, offset and face type.

I recommend an offset in the range of +22 thru +29 on an 11" rear and a +22 thru +25 on a 9.5" width front.
This is my personal prefrence but be warned that some calculations will have to be made to clear a big brake kit as well as you wil most likely need to roll your rear fenders.

This is a 19x 9.5 +24 R and 19 x 11 + 22 O and it clears my project mu BBK.

 

Those are the worst things I've ever seen, second only to maybe:

 

no, don't generalize all 'europeans'.. after all, europeans give us benz, bmw, ferrari, lambo, porsche, jaguar, etc. not all those cars come with tasteless wheels

 

i'd stick with 18's truthfully. .less money on all the extra camber adjustments needed. .19's at the most.. but truthfully those rims look like they belong on a diablo. .not a Z

 

Dude, learn how the period works in the English language!

 

you. .got. . it. . buddy. . .!!





some1 needs to get laid.

 

Thanks man.. that's a real nice city.

It's in the swiss-german part...

I live in the swiss-italian region

 

sry I don't get it.. if i get 20's with the right offset, and if they're "compatible" for the cars make and model, what other adjustments should I need to make ?

 

i may be wrong .but you may need a camber kit in the rear. .but maybe not. .only 1 car so far needed that WITH OUT lowering the car. . there just wasn't enough adjustment to make it right. .

 

well, to be honest the Z is a performance car. it was made to perform at its best with 17-19" wheels. and there are not that many decent performance minded 20" wheels out there anyway (weight, make, etc). there is a sticky in the wheel secion that has links to a bunch of threads goign over every size wheel for the Z, i think there might even be a 20" one or two. check those out and see wha tothers here have done.

 

K, thanks... I'll try searching the wheel section

 

So finally I managed to find some pics on the Z, I saw with those rims...

doesn't she just look stunning

 

No, those rims look horrible. I'm Swiss and I don't approve of your taste in wheels either. I feel sorry for your 350Z that you're going to buy in the future.

 

yeah.. whatever..

 

oh man. your taste in wheels is questionable. who are your influences?

 

Where in Switz are you?
I am originally from Lottigna which is part of Aquarossa now. I was just in Switzerland last month visiting family and I saw about 3 z's in my 10 days there but all around Geneva none in the Italian part.