I've been looking for an 03 or 04 Z to build up as a BSP car. I ran across one for sale tonight but I have a couple of questions I'm looking to get answers for.

The car currently has Tein Flex Coilovers on it. Anybody have any experience with these? Will the be sufficient for just starting out.

Next the car has 19" wheels on it and I'm probably going with 17 or 18's at most.

The guy will take the wheels/tires off but the only thing I have is a set of SVT 18 x 10" wheels with a 43mm offset. It seems that the 350z has the same bolt pattern as a S197 Mustang. Can anybody verify this.

Also, will 295x30x18's fit front and rear?

Thanks

 

Tein Flex is good stuff...no issues there

Mustang wheels have the same bolt pattern as the Z

43 ET offset is too much...you would need to use some BIG spacers to make this work

Will 295x30x18's fit front and rear? Not on the front without some serious fender flaring

 

295's fit fine on the front. Even a 315 on a 10.5" rubs just barely. You will have to run a +15-20 to get them to clear. The +43 is not what you want. Even with long ARP studs a 25mm spacer leaves you very few threads.

 

I am running 295/35 17 all around on 17x10 RPF1 with et18. Front works perfect with -3* camber. No roll needed. The rear on the other hand rubs on big dips.

 

Or you could get hubcentric spacers like ichiba v2? That's what I use to have and never had problems.