Yea so i just got Volk SF Challenges 19, 10 1/2 in the back and 19, 9 1/2 in the front they are "Mercury Silver" so i hope they look good on my sliver car (has any one seen them on a sliver car and what do you think about it) I also got the Greddy EVO2 exhaust.... One bad thing is that i have to waite 3 months for the Volks to get in

Stephen

 

why do you have to wait 3 months. there are plenty of places that have them in stock. thats probably one of the highest selling wheels for z's and g's

 

Well i went to projectnissan (witch is where i go for all my stuff) and he said that they would take that long i really dont know why but he also gave them to me for a really good price i think....

 

how much?

 

$2500 so is that good??

 

im getting mine w/ toyo tires shipped to my door for $2575

 

Cool where did you get yours? thats one more thing im going to need it tires when they come in...

 

There a guy in the crew i run around with that can get deals on rims and tire combos

 

So funny that you just ordered wheels.....sooooooo funny, I just posted on your other thread that I thought you should get wheels first. I think it's awesome that you went with the 9.5/10.5 combo. They're right though, there are probably a lot of places that have them in stock already.

What front/rear offsets did you get?

 

any pics????

 

i'm so jealous.. i love VOLK SF CHALLENGES!!!! They're my fav rims at the moment.. dang.. you lucky.. if i had the money i'd get the same thing.. 9 (or 9.5) in the front and 10.5 in the back all in merc silver..

 

the off set is....+28/+23 that should give me a nice almos 4in lip in the back....pics will be up when i get them in....witch is like in 3 months...but when i get the EVO2 on (i hope this friday night) i will put pics of that i guess. Im hopen that the mercurry silver is going to look good on my car....

 

Yeah, with a +23 offset on a 10" rim you need to be careful what size tires you run. 275/35 is the closest to factory rear tires sizes, but it will be a little stretched on a 10.5" rim. 285/30 should fit the width fine, but the over diameter is much smaller than factory. If you have VDC, you'll probably have to drive with it off constantly. 285/35 would be ideal, but with that offset you are sure to rub the rear fenders. I'm not into cutting/rolling the rear fenders.

You know Tim's car right? The Silverstone TT that was at the meet last weekend with the Volk SF Winnings? He has 10.5" rims in the rear with a +22 offset on 275/35's. His rear fenders were professionally rolled though....I don't think it needed it with those tires, but if he goes lowered with the car or larger with the tires he will.

Another thing that could save you is your negative camber in the rear. If you have enough camber, you could clear the fenders fine...but you'll wear the **** out of your tires.

 

see there is the thing im kinda woried about...but the guy i bought them from he had a Z and he had the same exact weels and he was fine o i hope i will be ok also....

I dont know that much about the tires so there is a problem for me but i just seem to tust what people say if they have had them bofore..

 

The brand of tire is equally important. Let's say a 275/35R19 clears in a Toyo T1-R, that same tire size might not clear in a 275/35R19 Nitto or Falken, etc.

So I guess you already have the offset. The other variables are......

tire brand
tire size
amount of drop in the rear of the car
amount of negative camber

unless you actually want to roll your fenders....those are all the things I'd be thinking of for the next 3 months.

 

if your gonna go 275/35 in the rear on a 10.5" wheel make sure you go with tires with thicker sidewalls like BFG KDW-2's or Bridgestone SO3's, Toyos walls are thin and will look really really stretched, absolutely stay away from falken.

 

Where are you getting that info from? Check out the wheel section of the forum. People are running 315/30/18 dropped without rubbing and even plenty more people are running 285/35/19 and dropped without rubbing. I think 285/35/19 is basically the standard size tire for upgraded wheels on the Z. People are getting the 295/35/19 now and are still fine.

 

Oh, everything I've stated was based just on what I've read or seen (mostly read). I based everything I stated on his particular rear offset. I don't doubt that there are people with these tires sizes NOT rubbing, but with his offset? And what kind of camber are they running as well? I was just saying that for his particular offset...it could easily be an issue.

 

+22 and 23 is the most common offset for the rears on the Z. I have seen a +17 with 285s dropped without rubbing. I saw one that was rolled but he had a huge lip. His offset was -4 or something like that.