I am a newbie to the 350 community and I had a quick question. I am looking to buy 18x8 wheels with 35mm offset and I was wondering if they will fit my stock 03 350...
Thanks

 

oh and i have 225/40/18s on front and 225/45/18s on rear

 

Welcome. Use a offset calculator to compare your current wheels to the new wheels. With the new dimensions, check the car with a tape. Do you clear the suspension, brakes calipers and fenders? Reference: http://www.1010tires.com/WheelOffsetCalculator.asp

 

35mm will be very weak and tucked in tight.

 

what would look good? and would it rub?

 

If I'm not mistaken, the stocks are 18x8 +30, so you'll be slightly different.

 

You would be far from rubbing... when i had 18s i had a +5 offset on 9.5 wheels and 275 tire and was fine while slammed...

and 225 are way to small for a Z...\

If its a must.. get spacers 20-25mm, but i would suggest proper fitting wheels.

 

Those would fit and it will look a lot like stock. Those sizes may not be ideal, but they are about the same as stock, so they will be fine.

 

well those are the tire sizes that were on it when I bought it..what would be a better tire size?

 

Those are fine. Run them until they are done, then you can replace them with 245 or 255 sized tires. I would likely go 245/40/18 in the front and 245/45 or 255/40 in the rear if you stick with those 18x8 wheels.

 

if you have your heart set on those rims, run a 20mm spacer and you'll be fine.

 

And those won't rub with the 35mm offset or would I need spacers?

 

No and no.

35mm offset is considered "high", which means it's tucked more into the wheel well than a lower offset (like +30, +25, +20, etc.). Your wheels are similar in size/offset to stock. Spacers make the offset less positive, i.e. your current +35mm offset wheel with a 15mm spacer would net a +20mm offset. You could run spacers, but you wouldn't have to.

 

Ah thank you! I appreciate it!

 

Welcome, you got lucky with easygoing answers. Just to really mess you up. I am running 20x10 rear wheels, 20 offset with 305/25/20 tires. The fronts are 19x8.5 wheels, 15 offset with 245/35/19 tires. How did I do this? Use the search section, or take a boat load of money to specialty shop and let them take care of it.
Spending money to mod a Z is expensive. Try to do it right the first time. More than once puts you future mods behind.

 

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